NamelessTed

In response to post #24581894. #24582039, #24582049, #24582084, #24582119 are all replies on the same post. You people are using word like "corrupt" is absurd. These people spend a lot of their time on these projects and now they have a reasonable venue to make money off of their hard work if they choose to do so. If you don't find their work valuable then don't pay for it, it is that simple. You don't have the right to the content, and you don't have the right to get it for free. I have also thought more about the 25% revenue share and don't find it as bad as most people probably think. Realize that in a traditional publishing scenario a developer usually only gets 10-15% of physical retail sales, the rest goes to distribution, retail, license (MS, Sony, Nintendo), marketing, publisher, tax, etc. Getting 25% doesn't sound like much but it is certainly a bigger share than what is already established. Also, if a mod is actually good and worthy of a few bucks isn't it a great idea that these mod authors could make a living doing this? Instead of only having spare time to work on these mods what if they could do it full time? Imagine if these people didn't have to work a full time job if they didn't have to and they could make more mods or make their current mods even better wouldn't that be better for all of us?

In response to post #24565684. #24565749, #24565819, #24565874, #24565944, #24566139, #24566154, #24566189, #24566214, #24566264, #24566339, #24566349, #24566439, #24566459, #24566504, #24566524, #24566569, #24566579, #24566644, #24566769, #24566779, #24566819, #24566909, #24566934, #24567024, #24567079, #24567154, #24567239, #24567264, #24567269, #24567344, #24567354, #24567469, #24567539, #24567564, #24567664, #24568174, #24568504, #24568524, #24569644, #24570059, #24570684, #24570944, #24571509, #24571604, #24572384, #24582389, #24582414, #24582584, #24582599, #24582694, #24582734, #24582839, #24582924, #24582949, #24583354, #24583399 are all replies on the same post. I have always used SMIM when playing Skyrim and would probably find it worth some amount of money, especially if it meant more/better content. I paid for a lifetime Nexus membership because I use it a lot and it was worth it and haven't regretted it. One thing people need to realize is that it will be a dynamic economy. People might try to overcharge early on but the community will eventually decide what is worth $1, 5, 10, etc. Anybody who is upset over the option to pay content creators for their content is insane. Of course the mod authors can choose to give their content away for free if they choose to, or they can ask for $1. There are over 2 million unique downloads for SMIM, if 5% of those people decided it would be worth $1, at 25% that is $25,000. Valve paid out over $10 million last year from TF2 and DOTA2 user created content. If people like you could suddenly support themselves modding a game image how much better and how much more you could be doing. It is incredibly short sighted for all these people to complain about the option to pay for content. People also need to realize that this system is going to evolve over time. They talk a lot about how paid content changes balance in their games (negative or positive externalities) and they have made plenty of changes over time already.

I don't understand why everybody is freaking out over this. Is Valve or Bethesda actively preventing mods unless you pay for them? No. There are still free mods, we still have the Nexus. All Valve is doing with this Workshop update is allowing mod authors to charge for their mods. I can understand a conversation on whether a 25/75 split is fair, and I would probably be on the side that would say that the mod authors should get closer to 50% of the revenue. Who are you to say that if a mod author has spent time and effort into making something that they shouldn't be allowed to charge for it if they choose to do so?