Valve/Bethesda announce paid modding for Skyrim, more games to follow

[joe1st]

In response to post #24595404.

1SHOT2KILL wrote:

hahhahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahaha yessss

[JoshBadWriter]

Speaking as a modder, this is terrible. Every idiot who cobbles together a broken mod in five minutes will start selling their crap for $5 or even $10 soon. We see how bad quality control is on Steam Greenlight and Steam Early Access, this is going to be even worse.

 

Once you start forcing people to pay for mods, that's when support stops. No one will pay money for nude mods, no one will pay money for junk thrown together in a few minutes. The reputation of mods will continue to decline. And what about mods that feature teams, and voice actors? Are these amateurs going to be able to split up the money in a fair way, or is the lead going to take all the money for himself?

 

The standard model should be that of the Nexus. Mods are always free, and people can donate to modders if they so choose, however much they want.

[hector530]

good thing i stayed away for first 24 hours of the sh*t storm

 

all this rage never knew so many nexus users used steamworks so much!

[Zaikeiil]

In response to post #24596674.

JoshBadWriter wrote:

I agree. This is going to be a train wreck and then some.

[Nyachi]

Speaking as a modder, this is terrible. Every idiot who cobbles together a broken mod in five minutes will start selling their crap for $5 or even $10 soon. We see how bad quality control is on Steam Greenlight and Steam Early Access, this is going to be even worse.

This. I honestly wouldn't mind donating a little something for a mod, as long as it is fully functional, has a decent amount of quality to it and isn't just a blatant cash-grab. Paying $5 for a sword or armor set is ridiculous, $5 should pay for something much, much larger than that.

 

 

[hector530]

well some modders arent opposed to it, it seems

 

paid steam version:

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=429374670&searchtext=

 

free nexus version:

 

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27563/?

 

 

Nexus is still nexus, valve can do what it likes. i doubt many nexus users even touched steamworks anyways

[KyrieMikomi]

In response to post #24592459.

Georgiegril wrote:

Then how far would you go before considering a donation to be a bribe? I'm not one for fighting money with money.

[nnnordom]

In my country almost all mods in workshop are more expensive than game itself.

"That's not how it works... that's not how any of this works!"

[Deleted437972User]

In response to post #24590334. #24591639, #24592089 are all replies on the same post.

Arendella wrote:

belenbelen wrote: Chesko and isoku. People dont have any clue about economics. you dont have to be a f*#@ing proffessor. its econ 101, capitalism and monopolistic market behaviour. Again, Cheske and isoku, you are a shame for this community. who wouldnt want a chance working with vakve and beth ? Lol man you both are just kids. h think you are now working with beth ? hahahah let me laugh my arse of while you try to create a real mod which doesnt include a stolencontent.

gameboytj wrote: Did the mod use FNIS? If it did, that is the reason why. The creator of FNIS doesn't allow people to use it for commercial mods, aka mods that cost money to download and use.
Not trying to be rude but yeah if it requires FNIS or another program type mod that doesn't allow commercial use then it can't be uploaded.

It doesn't require it, but it has additional functionality that uses FNIS.

http://www.pcgamer.com/paid-for-skyrim-mod-removed-in-a-matter-of-hours/

[Calu93]

In response to post #24594599. #24595064 is also a reply to the same post.

Ehwhat2008 wrote:

SkeletonShen wrote: I agree.

Me too