Rekiara

In response to post #24659674. This is exactly how I feel. Even with negative press at the launch of the program, even if it only ends up with mediocre "sales", this is nearly cost-free revenue for any publisher and there's not a chance that it will be passed by. Publishers are going to start pressing developers to release mod resource kits with built in DRM / publishing restrictions to tie them to Marketplace (or Origin or Uplay or whatever future services start offering similar options). The thing that bugs me most is the constant, naive insistence that this "won't change anything". Because it will. It absolutely will. People spouted the same naivety about things like custom maps and skins in FPS games, and look at the state of that genre today. DLC, DLC, DLC, call us next year for your annual paid update.

To be frank, if a Mod author wants to ask for donations, great. There have been a few that I've been absolutely thrilled to support in the past. In the future, as more stunning mods are developed and shared, I'll gladly continue doing so. If a multi million dollar corporation wants to ask me to pay for content that was free yesterday, cost them literally nothing to produce, and for which they explicitly state there will be no quality control or support, then no. I will not buy into that "business model". Not even when they tell me they'll give a pittance to the "content creator" (here meaning "the person who uploaded the content, regardless of whether or not they actually created it"). To hell with that company and to hell with anyone intentionally supporting the most vile business practice we've ever seen in gaming.