As you might have heard by now, Valve has decided to put an end to their controversial feature on Steam which allowed modders to sell their creations to other gamers for a price. According to Valve, it seems that they underestimated the different communities of gamers, like those who mod Valve’s own games versus those who mod games of other developers.So how does Bethesda feel about this? The company was pretty excited about the feature earlier on, but it seems that they took have decided it was not the best course of action. In a blog post on their website, Bethesda issued a statement which hopefully helps clarify the situation for gamers.
According to Bethesda, “After discussion with Valve, and listening to our community, paid mods are being removed from Steam Workshop. Even though we had the best intentions, the feedback has been clear – this is not a feature you want. Your support means everything to us, and we hear you.”
Bethesda goes on to explain their stance on the matter, claiming that despite their belief that mods should be free, developers who spend their time creating mods should be justly reward for their efforts as well. “We believe most mods should be free. But we also believe our community wants to reward the very best creators, and that they deserve to be rewarded. We believe the best should be paid for their work and treated like the game developers they are.”
In any case we suppose that’s the end of that, anyone happy/disappointed to see the feature go?
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