Bethesda gives paid Skyrim mods another try with new Creations hub that may pave the way for Starfield - but breaks a key mod in the process
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The developer is seemingly working with modders to fix the critical mod
  • evatronic@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Paid mods is almost never a good thing for the game itself.

    Almost every mod out there is addressing some (real or perceived) deficiency in the base game. Good game studios look at what’s popular and either pull those features into the base game, or work with the modder to do the same.

    Adding a paid mod system changes that cooperative relationship into an adversarial one, where modders see their revenue stream attacked by the game maker.

    (Except maybe the make everyone nude mods)

    • Goronmon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Paid mods is almost never a good thing for the game itself.

      Are there other examples of games having paid mods that you can point to for the issues you are concerned about?

      I can’t think of any off the top of my head, mainly because so few games provide any supported tools for mods in the first place.

      Edit: People are downvoting for asking a question? I honestly want to know if there are previous examples.