#PAID MODS ON STEAM MOD#

The best example I can think of is Black Mesa, which is a crazy impressive fan-made remake of the original Half Life. There are mods that have managed to somehow hold a team together long enough to make a big, diverse piece of content, but they're few and far between. In the case of Skyrim, the base game is already loaded with bugs because the Elder Scrolls code base is a gruesome mess. The result is that manyВ mods are buggy, often don't work with other popular mods, and are usually hard to install. Very few modders are willing to spend their free time doing this kind of tedious grunt work.

Unfortunately, video game testing and debugging is one of the most thankless tasks ever invented. Mods are hobby projects, which means that people work on them out of passion, a desire for prestige, and other non-monetary incentives with the possibility of landing a job someday. So, what wouldВ the advantages of monetized mods have been in the first place? Well, there are a few major benefits that are worth talking about.ДЇirst, there's polish. We'll see if this comes up again in the future, but let's look at what could have been.

#PAID MODS ON STEAM MOD#

There are valid reasons to pursue mod monetization, and it may have been very positive in the long run. While the Q&A devolved into mass-downvoting pretty quickly, Newell did get the chance to say some pretty interesting things about theirВ reasons for commercializing mods. Looks like we did something to piss off the Internet.'

The most dramatic voices in PC gaming argue that paid mods would kill the very spirit of the modding community, and that Valve has 'turned evil.' Plenty of people stop short of that, but are very unhappy all the same.В Yesterday, Gabe Newell, Valve CEO, did an open Q&A on Reddit to try to address some of the complaints about the new service.

Paid mods on steam