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I made a couple of mods and published them on Nexus, and with the donation programme actually made a little money from it, even though I didn't expect anything. If you want to make money modding without completely shitting up the user experience you're better off just shoving them on Nexus and maybe making a ko-fi or something.

Exactly, just another corporate cash grab. From here it will go to "you buy base game only", but if you want this city or that quest or planet then it's paid. You want that npc? Money. The final boss? Credit card pls. Fast travel? That's platinum club only.

And all in the name of "why should you pay for quests you don't like" or some other thinly veiled greed.

But they gotta keep that profit line climbing infinitely you know, somehow.

If it was about the content creators, then Bethesda wouldn't be making a cut from it

As soon as he hit with the fucking language of “it’s part of our job” I was in orbit.

I thought y’all made games??

You are completely right that they want to get a cut and it's bullshit.

But I don't see anything wrong with paid mods, where all of the money goes to the mod author (which this situation isn't). Some mods take months to develop and a massive amount of skill, and it's sensible to expect payment for it.

It's a false dichotomy between "corporations profiting" and "all mods need to be free". To me both situations are losing ones.

The way modding is right now is perfect, at least from a user's perspective. You get everything for free but if you can afford it and want to then you can donate to the creator.

I'm sure it's "perfect" if you're a leech that just wants everything for free.

Reality is that 99% won't ever pay a single dollar for anything if they don't absolutely have to.

While I agree Bethesda only gives a shit about Bethesda, I do think there needs to be a path for paid mods, as that will greatly increase the quantity and quality of mods.

It's no shock when a game developer builds a bunch of content on a platform like UE5 and charges for it. No shock that Epic might take a cut. But when it's a game developer building content on a platform like Starfield and Bethesda would get the cut, it should be free? Why exactly? Because you're used to it?

Well, either people like it or they don't, it's 50-50. Clearly Bethesda just needs to keep trying and one day it will stick!
/s (but also kinda not really /s)

Haven't played origins but I'm pissed off just reading your comment lol, glad I haven't bought an EA game in like 10 years

That's so immersive! I hope they add in-game vendors that accept credit cards next.

My first impression of Burnout Paradise was similar. I spent an hour or so waiting for it to download an update, only to find the update was an island I couldn't go to unless I paid them more.

It was all downhill after Burnout 3 anyway.

I swear that Bethesda tries as hard as possible to mess up everything they do. There’s not much hope left for them so we just have to twiddle our thumbs and wait till they release Elder Scrolls 6, receive more awful reviews and outrage, and then get gobbled up entirely by Microsoft.

This part is the worst part IMO. Designed a currency conversion system so you always put more money in it than you need to purchase the item this does two things and both are a win for the corporate.

1. Always have unspent money in the account, so kind of like a bank or gift cards, they get the money earlier when it's worth more and can be utilized to get more faster.
2. Incentivize the customer to be a repeat customer because you will "waste" your current credits if left unused, so you'll follow the lost cause fallacy when something you want hits the store, but not really need.

Wait. 1/100 of a euro is a eurocent and not a centieuro?