ShadowGearX Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 While happy this was removed, I hate to think about the negative impact this had on some modders. Can't really blame someone for trying to make some money, but some got ripped to shreds on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terramaris Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Thank Talos this has occured, but this Dragon will rear it's ugly head again. The pandoras box has been opened and Bethesda can make their toolkits exclusive to steam/valve for their next games making it only possible to upload to steam. Believe when I say that modding has had a serious eye on it to figure out ways to monetize it. Places like steam and origins have basically monopolized the PC game medium by requiring us to have an account with them in order to play any games we purchase. While there ARE benefits to this situation, exploitation can and will be something we gamers must be ever on our guard for. Monetizing mods would eventually kill sites like Nexus. Indeed. We can accept this for what it is, a victory, but only for a battle and not the war. Gabe himself said to Dark0ne that he wouldn't stop Bethesda from going Workshop mods only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erinaea Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015  Thank Talos this has occured, but this Dragon will rear it's ugly head again. The pandoras box has been opened and Bethesda can make their toolkits exclusive to steam/valve for their next games making it only possible to upload to steam. Believe when I say that modding has had a serious eye on it to figure out ways to monetize it. Places like steam and origins have basically monopolized the PC game medium by requiring us to have an account with them in order to play any games we purchase. While there ARE benefits to this situation, exploitation can and will be something we gamers must be ever on our guard for. Monetizing mods would eventually kill sites like Nexus. Indeed. We can accept this for what it is, a victory, but only for a battle and not the war. Gabe himself said to Dark0ne that he wouldn't stop Bethesda from going Workshop mods only. It seemed like they wouldn't do that in the Bethblog..but I will never trust Bethesda or Valve again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlen1000 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I personally have no issue with a creator being paid for their work, provided it is something far more intricate than a weapon or armor thing. The groups and teams that created Moonpath, Falskaar, Wyrmstooth, Helgen reborn, not to shortchange the unofficial patch creators and some of the graphic overhuals are deserving of some monetary support. I had a HUGE issue with how steam/Beth was distributing the monies from the selling of mods and how they attempted to cover their greed by spewing a lot of bovine fecal matter at us. "show support to the creators of content" by taking 75% of revenue generated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69mAnU96 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Will the next time paying for mods be with the next game released by Beth (next TES, next Fallout)?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted3507349User Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 All well and good, depending on your view. But the fact remains that the can of worms has been opened. I still maintain that this was the perfect setup for future games to be moddable exclusively through Steam. Bethesda's big shindig at E3 will be most interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnabasCollins Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 While happy this was removed, I hate to think about the negative impact this had on some modders. Can't really blame someone for trying to make some money, but some got ripped to shreds on here. Agreed, the modders are not to blame, and so much hate was thrown their way and I don't think that was deserved. For me, this was never about paying modders for modding, it was about what it could lead to in the near future if it had been successful. I'm talking about Bethesda only allowing paid mods to protect a revenue stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlen1000 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 All well and good, depending on your view. But the fact remains that the can of worms has been opened. I still maintain that this was the perfect setup for future games to be moddable exclusively through Steam. Bethesda's big shindig at E3 will be most interesting.This IS going to happen. Before, there was really no way in which Bethesda could effectively control modding and where the authors of mods made the content available for download. With steam/valve it is a small step to ensure only workshop mods are utilized from now on. We (gamers) accepted and heralded sites like steam and origins, now the ugly side of exclusive game conglomerates will show their heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69mAnU96 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 @Arlen1000How can you circumvent Steam?I bought the DVD for Skyrim but I can't play the game if I don't go through Steam.It's a bit insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisperpuppy Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I think the people running big companies forget the power of the internet. Remember when Time magazine was doing online voting for the most influential person and the owner of 4Chan asked people to vote for him as a joke? Guess who was voted most influential in that campaign. It wasn't Oprah. The internet has spoken again. Anytime a company seems like it is doing something nice for its customers just remember that successful companies NEVER do anything for their customers unless they can make money off it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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