Thoughts on Paid mods on steam?

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They should never be.

>there are people who seriously believe paid mods would create higher quality mods
>there are people that seriously think modders need financial support or they'll stop making mods
Donate if you want to support them
Probably the best thing about mods is that they're passion projects, they're made by people who actually give a fuck about what they're making over the profit they make from it. They're like the game industry used to be.

there is lots out there with lots of time and effort put into them, these mod makers deserve to be rewarded with their hard work and are usually better than the actual game

The only people who I can see that hate on paid mods are poorfags.

Name your favorite mod and post what you think a fair price for it is.

>there is lots out there with lots of time and effort put into them, these mod makers deserve to be rewarded with their hard work and are usually better than the actual game
Hi gaben

>charge for UI or Technical mods that other mods are supported by
>suddenly fuck everyone who needs or used them
Yeah this is a good idea

But it's making money of another product, don't get me wrong modders are great, but a paid fee should be done as a donation as the users choice. Best way for quality control

Pay what you want, with $0.00 being an included possible price.

>paid mods
You have 5 seconds to explain how this isn't LITERALLY what DLC is.

Precisely that way the best modders can rake in the mula senpai

I feel the same way about flash games. There used to be all kinds of cool shit you could try out for free because people just liked making games.

Now every dipshit who makes a basic game for the iphone wants to be paid obscene amounts of money by way of in app purchases and shit

>you got my back, right?

>DLC
Extended gameplay hour plus a few weapon or skins if you're lucky...15 bucks Americano

>Mod
Pic Related

If modders want to charge for their mods let them, only a retard would pay for a mod that's not guarateed to work but that's the retard's fault.

Bad idea, mods have been free for a reason, best to keep it that way.

also, hi Kelvin

Totally agree with you on this

Hi user

>these mod makers deserve to be rewarded with their hard work
Game company's like Bethesda should foot the bill.

letting retards dictate the market is the reason mobile gaming is such trash

>you lived long enough to pirate mods

Long story short, enable paid mods and people will start pirating and/or "illegally" distributing the paid shit just out of spite.

>Windows 10
>Bethesda thingies
Cancer? Cancer is that you?

Your a fucking retard

Considering the vast majority of mods involve stolen assets I wouldn't be shocked if mods die out all together due to a massive influx of lawsuits from companies.

It BLOWS.

>Stuff like Pokemon mods for Minecraft wont happen anymore cause of copyrights
>Bunch of money hungry modders will produce outright shit
>small mods like different enemies in Skyrim? That'll be 0.50$ pls :^)

they should fuck off

Knew this would never get an answer

kek

I'll bite.

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$3

This would be the only sane way to do it. Sometimes you get something like Nehrim for Oblivion that would actually be worth paying for and you can do it, while not getting into such shit as """""illegal""""" distribution, or losing exposure to the 1 cent wall.

any nude mod or sex dungeons in skyrim. a few bux would be great

I don't think they should be implemented, but the reason is not because they cost money.

The reason is because if you need to charge for mods, then free mods most likely will get blocked as the company is not making money from them. This means that they will stat getting regulated and that kills them for me.

If I ever buy skyrim is most likely because of the sex mods, regulated mods would make installing them even more annoying that it already is.

If you are going to let people give them away for free still more likely than not they will be regulated as they are a source to generate money, meaning a lot of laws will start applying to them.

>Donate if you want to support them

you think thats a great business model? have you tried making a living off of donations? such a retarded idea

>making a living off modding
Yeah, great idea pal.

>Paid mods will make modders strive for better quality

Just like greenlight pushes people to make better indie games

Actually, money is how the community steers work.

mods were never meant to be a business model. It's been a community with the understanding that either the creator works on a mod as labor of love, or they will get donations by people who want to support them. Not everything needs to be a business model, a way to generate revenue, or monetized in any way.

it actually does

>living off of mods
That isn't the point of modding you idiot, nobody expects to be payed for their work.
See

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>that one fucking set of armor that you had to use the console to get into the game, and it was a single piece of armor that covered your entire body.
>the main mod for paid mods on steam
>acceptable

Best way for mods to stop becoming microtransactions. As i have said before, the only way is allowing donations so at least good modder can get recognition they deserve, while allow ameture modders to want to excel since there's an obvious reward system if you're good at ya job.

>furfag game thats not even for me,

>being this oblivion

>mods were never meant to be a business model
>It's been a community with the understanding that either the creator works on a mod as labor of love

says who? Sup Forums? steam forums? reddit? If the the creators want compensation why should the "community" slap them and say no? AOE II the forgotten expansion was originally a fan made mod is now paid DLC. Why aren't people who are against paid mods up in arms over this?


>only way is allowing donations

so you want to limit how a creator should receive funding? stream now has refund system you know.

So after a mods crashed and ruined up your save game files would your £1.50 refund be worth it for a fucking texture mod?

I would have spent thousands of dollars if every single mod I have ever downloaded for a Bethesda game was priced at 1 dollar

This includes:
Mods that might not have worked
Mods that worked but then conflicted with another mod.
Mods that worked but then the game updated and they stopped working.

There was no Quality and Assurance for paid mods; Steam expected the community to do the grunt work.

I don't care. I don't buy games or mods, so it doesn't affect me at all. Let em try jewing all the cash they want.