The rise and fall of modding as we know it.

[madpaddy]

Ive been around on the Nexus and other modding sites for along time, im not really much of a mod maker my skills are not in that area, but ive seen some amazing mods over the years and ive donated and endorsed to many of them, but this this Valve and Beth paid mods thing is well... a mess.Its a mess on so many lvls i don't know where to start, lets start with ethics, modding was and has mostly been a thing people did for fun, as a hobby to feel part of something and maybe to help others but this all changes when you bring money into the equation.Lets start from the angle of free vs paid, if its free its a much simpler commodity, alot less rules and laws, plus your doing a good service because lets face it there are MANY people who cant afford to buy games and mods, so that poor kid whos parents saved up to buy him skyrim can play mods to give him some pleasure, he doesn't need to nag his parents for another game they cant afford he can look on the nexus and think wow that looks so cool and play it.Also when its free it doesn't matter if 90% of the mods are rubbish you haven't spent your hard earned cash on a load of junk, when its free you respect the good modders for the hard work they do and the modders and the users feel a bond of gratitude. One money is involved the state of play completely changes, the modders feel compelled to do stuff, ie addons to make more money, add things that they would normally not do to try and make the mod more attractive and lose the feeling that they are doing something good.The users is where the biggest change comes, they suddenly go from loveing the modder to hating them, if they have paid money there expectations increase 200%, they demand more and more for the money they paid, they dont care if your at work all day and it takes you weeks to make a patch etc, they want blood and feel justified because you took money off them.

 

 

Valve....A massive corporation with one and only one goal...to make money, this crap they they have said about wanting to help the nexus and modding community is the biggest load of crap ive ever heard, just like the second hand game scene they see a market for money and they are not getting any of it, it doesn't matter if you think modders should or shouldn't be paid 75-25 is a complete joke and i cant believe that anyone would take them up on it, a quick look on the store and it would seem the average price is £1.00+ so you get around 25p per sale and valve and Beth make 75p, so if you had 200 mods which is easily done thats £200 you would spend, thats crazy nobody with half a brain will spend £200 on some mods that he wont be using in 3 weeks or less and as it would seem chesko has found out you sell your soul to them, your mod isnt your mod anymore, when money is involved it because so much more, people have expectations and greedy corporations have demands and nasty lawyers waiting to enforce them, the Dark0ne must of been crazy to get in bed no matter how little it is with these people, who lets face it will have an ultimate goal of seeing the Nexus gone and i can very well see it happening or at least as we know it. My vision for the nexus looks grim, i can see in 6 months the site struggling if it stays as it is, it will be full of even more rubbish that nobody wants and the really heavy weights will have moved to Steam most probably using the nexus as another store front with demos or old versions of the great mods tempting you to go to Steam to buy the updated full version or even worse go pirate it.

 

 

No matter what side your on modding as we know it will never be the same, Valve and Beth have pulled the rug from under our feet and will make sure that nobody gets back up unless they have paid the fee, the anger and vitriol of people is already in full swing and i think there will be many casualties, but unfortunately the ones left standing will be the Corporations and a lot of the great modders with be sacrificed to the Gods of money.