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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 -1 points 10 months ago

Might not stop it, but having an approval process for developers and clear rules will make it harder.

[-] BURN@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

They’ve had those before and it hasn’t worked. Maybe I’m just cynical, but I’ve never seen an official supported modding marketplace exist without a significant number of free mods being sold as paid by not the original developer

[-] Goronmon@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Maybe I’m just cynical, but I’ve never seen an official supported modding marketplace exist without a significant number of free mods being sold as paid by not the original developer

Which games has this been a problem for?

[-] BURN@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Skyrim itself for 1

I’ve seen it with minecraft too, when mod distribution was centralized there was a lot of issues with people reuploading other creators work

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

The only paid mods that Skyrim has are the ones for Creation Club, and I haven't heard of people getting through the approval process with stolen work.

[-] BURN@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

The original setup for it did. I remember seeing SkyUI on the platform as a paid mod when it was and still is free

[-] Goronmon@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Wasn't that the actual developer of SkyUI who put it on the platform as a paid mod?

[-] echo64@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

so, it won't.

reference: every single marketplace that lets anyone upload things that in some way drives revenue back, from app stores, to youtube, to music platforms.