Charging money for mods was almost a thing!

[Xtyfe]

What a total fucking farce, And leave it to Beth of all to jump in first. This is the last thing PC gaming needs right now, it's the final nail in the coffin.

Charging money for mods is now a thing.

It's been a thing since 2006, and over eight million people have bought in.

Ah, well played Kinsie (and xenoxols).

For Beth games at least, I think this sucks if only for one thing - we all know Beth has a habit of releasing buggy, unfinished games and as far as PC players are concerned, the Unofficial Patches are considered compulsory. Well be prepared to pay $60 for the next huge Beth game and whatever else on top of that when the UP teams decide to charge money for their projects too...

The USKP team would NEVER subscribe to this shit.

[Nash]

The USKP team would NEVER subscribe to this shit.

I don't know man... remember when Notch said he won't sell out? ;)

[Gez]

Charging money for mods is now a thing.

It's been a thing since 2006, and over eight million people have bought in.

Final Doom was not released in 2006

[Kinsie]

The USKP team would NEVER subscribe to this shit.

Developers of paid mods are given the option to take part of Valve's cut and give it to AFKMods, who I am guessing from a brief Google are the USKP team or their home community. Nexus and the MCM team are other options.

So, uh, welp on that.

[Arctangent]

I feel like I'm missing the big deal about this. This seems like a strange move, yes, but I really don't know why everyone is flipping out.

[Kinsie]

I feel like I'm missing the big deal about this. This seems like a strange move, yes, but I really don't know why everyone is flipping out.

People are seeing it from the perspective where everyone will charge for everything and there will be no more free stuff ever again because nobody's ever driven by passion, dumb hobbies, padding out their art folio or feeding their voracious ego with the love/hate/indifference of thousands of random internet strangers.

[Nash]

Yeah other companies will follow suit... it's a good way to milk out money from hard-working modders who fix their unfinished games for them. :D

[Graf Zahl]

Why do people still pay money for such games?
I stopped caring 11 years ago and haven't missed anything by not playing any new game since then.

[Nash]

Graf, you'd be surprised by the things people pay money for these days. Apparently even things like "walking simulators" is a legit game genre these days... :D

[CorSair]

... you get 25% cut from the mod you are selling directly in Steam?

what

I feel like I'm missing the big deal about this. This seems like a strange move, yes, but I really don't know why everyone is flipping out.

I understand that some people want some sort of compensation for what they do. But it also draws vultures that leeches off on what some folks do as their hobby, or the game they like. While it is not my business who's buying what, but this is just disgraceful, and lowers my faith in humanity if people really are buying into this shit. (Do note that I don't not object donations, since it is voluntary.)

Who knows what this action is going to spawn in future.

[Kostov]

Someone mentioned that charging for some mods is prohibited due to usage of SKSE assets.

Such as Wet and Cold.

What the heck, isoku.

[Nash]

... you get 25% cut from the mod you are selling directly in Steam?

Let's rush our unfinished games out and let the dirty modding peasants create fixes for us! They'll probably want to charge money for their hard labour but not to worry, we'll take 75% off their grubby hands!

[Xtyfe]

I can confirm that the USKP team will NOT be following through on this. Still free

[raymoohawk]

you people are over reacting, there will still be free mods, and maybe some of the paid mods will be good even if the majority are bad. this could help aspiring developers who dont have the team to put together a whole game. that thing of the only 25% for the modder is what upsets me most

[scalliano]

When an item is sold via the Steam Workshop, revenue is shared between Valve (for transaction costs, fraud, bandwidth & hosting costs, building & supporting the Steam platform), the game developer (for creation of the game and the game's universe, the marketing to build an audience, the included assets, and any included modding or editing tools), and the item creator (including any specified contributors).

transaction costs, fraud, bandwidth & hosting costs

fraud

fraud

Excuse me while I die from laughter ...