Frustration over paid mods continues to be a sore spot among fans (and critics) of Bethesda games

That’s what “buy me a coffee/beer” and commissions are for. Not Todd Howards attempt to skim the mod community.

Wait wait wait, someone got a free coffee from OUR game? This should be my coffee, i want coffee too. Tod Howard probably

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Howard, “We make money off the game sales and the mods that people make. It just works!”

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If Bethesda created a paid mod market where creators could charge for access and Bethesda only took a super nominal amount of those payments to cover transaction fees (say, 2-3%) I would so be in favour of that. I love the idea of passionate creators being rewarded for their work, and frankly it could (and should) create a new employee pipeline for them.

Sadly though, then Bethesda might make 0.01875% less profit this quarter than they did last quarter, which these days is the death knell of the capitalistic venture.

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