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Bethesda is once again adding support for paid mods to Skyrim (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/games@lemmy.world

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Seems like Bethesda wants another go at this

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[-] Goronmon@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

In theory I'm not entirely against the idea of paid mods. I don't necessarily buy that mods are more "pure" if no one is able to make money from them. And I do like the idea that people might invest more resources in mods than if they are effectively donating their time to the projects.

That said, things can definitely get complicated quickly once you start providing financial incentives. I think it's smart to require mod makers to go through an approval process rather than just make it open.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The perverse incentives alone can be enough to ruin the whole modding scene for the game

[-] Goronmon@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Maybe, but people's egos alone are enough to causing issues in the mod community, I'm not sure paid mods are necessarily going to make this significantly worse.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

One or two egotistical modders don't ruin the entire community unless those are the only modders in said community.

Greed ruins everything, though.

Not only would once free mods suddenly have a price tag, you're gonna get a lot of bullshit shovelware mods flooding the scene trying to capitalize on the market.