If possible to sneak some mod to consoles?

[weijean]

Hi I am new here, but I was wondering and yes you probably heard this a thousand times. Is it possible to port mods that are not nudes but change the perception of Skyrim like multiple marriage mods. I know it is not worth it because most are playing Skyrim on pc. Humor me though, why can't it be possible to port mods to consoles. I know it is hard considering it would take a lot of effort on the mod creators side but it would be nice if some of us console players get to experience the mods that pc player are able to get easily. I know Bethesda get on some the mod creators cases do to "mature" content but none the less we gamers of both pc and consoles thank you the mod creators for giving us such joy. Even if it is hard we still thank you for making mods even if it can't make to consoles.

[Deleted3897072User]

Adult content aside, the decision as to whether or not to upload their mods to BethNet for consoles is up to mod authors themselves. It is not technically difficult to do, but there are numerous reasons why it is not always done. Here are some of them:

• The mod author has left the community and not left permissions that allow porting
• The mod would run poorly on consoles
• The mod contains assets whose owners have not given permission for porting
• The mod author does not own a console
• The mod author does not have the time or the inclination to support two user populations
• The mod requires other mods that are not themselves available on consoles (for example, SkyUI and SKSE)
• The mod author works in Skyrim LE and does not own Skyrim Special Edition (which is what runs on consoles)
• . . .

You can reasonably assume that if a long-established mod has not been ported by now, it is probably not going to be.

It is wrong to think that console users are a deprived minority. In my (admittedly limited) experience, the "audience" for a console mod is about 10x greater than the audience for a PC version of the same mod. You can see this for yourself if you compare the download counts on Nexus and BethNet for mods that were uploaded to both places simultaneously (not mods that pre-existed on Nexus and were ported later, of course, because their download counts will obviously be skewed).

 

It cuts both ways, of course. There are now many excellent mods for consoles that the author has chosen not to release for PC.

 

However, to answer the implications of the work 'sneak' in the title of your post: no, if anyone tries to port mods without permission, they get removed and the uploader banned.