Robrechtve

The problem with paid mods is that most of the time the majority of people who contributed to the making of the mod don't and can't get paid. Because most people don't realise how much the larger modding community relies on the free exchange of ideas and materials. And that free exchange is only made possible by the fact that mods are free, so it's not an economic disadvantage for a modder to allow other modders to use, in part or in full, stuff they made for their own mod. But when modders start charging for their mods, that falls apart. That's why so many made-for-pay stuff made by modders is worse than what they made for free: In order to sell it and not lose everything they earn in a lawsuit, they have to remove absolutely everything that was contributed by someone else who isn't getting paid and create absolutely everything themselves without drawing on the exchange of the modding community. And all the biggest and best mods contain the work of far more people than just the ones who are officially on the team when the mod gets released. So yeah, Pagafyr is right. The best way for modders to make money, if they want to make money, is to team up and make their own dang game, rather than trying to get paid for modding.