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Fallout 4 is officially on the way and this time around, mods for the game will be available on all platforms for the first time ever. While most are excited for Fallout 4 to arrive and modders to get to work, some are still sceptical over Bethesda's plans following the failed attempt with Valve to bring paid mods to the market with the Steam Workshop.
Fortunately, it seems that Bethesda does not have any plans to try to jump back in to paid mods with Fallout 4. During an interview with German gaming site, Spiegel Online, Bethesda's Todd Howard was asked about paid mods.
According to Kotaku's translation, the question from Spiegel Online went something like “In the Microsoft press conference was announced that created by PC Fan extensions to run on the Xbox One. If you have to pay for some mods? In “Skyrim” Bethesda has experimented with a Mod-payment option , which was withdrawn after fan protests.”
To which Todd Howard replied: “How long was the online payment system? 24 Hours? I can only speak for the present time, but currently there are no plans for a payment system.”
So it seems Bethesda has been scared away from paid mods for the time being. Maybe the concept will be revisited in the future but if it does, hopefully any companies involved will have the sense to be more open about it, rather than dropping it on everyone out of nowhere.
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KitGuru Says: From what I could gather, paid mods themselves weren't such a bad idea but Valve's total lack of quality control (apparently at Bethesda's request), the wonky refund policy and the pricing was all wrong. On top of all of that, Valve and Bethesda tried to change decades worth of tradition suddenly overnight without consulting the wider audience, which was also a pretty terrible idea. I don't think gamers will be ready for paid mods to be tried again for quite some time so hopefully Bethesda's plans won't change and Fallout 4 will keep mods free for now.
Large-scale mods as “official third-party DLC” might work.
fortunately? dont bullshit me. paid mods was a great idea, all it required was moderation and a much higher cut for the mod maker.
Isn’t this a nice thing? Free speech..
You made a video of something similar (free speech that is). About AMD not letting you go inside an NDA room.
You went on a ranting spree about how AMD denied you entrance into that room and how in the end (after all the uproar) they denied your Fury X test card saying that they don’t want to give test cards to negative websites. You went on a huge article about rebranding and tried to leverage people’s different opinions and now you do the same thing that you accused AMD of doing.
You deleted all posts who objected to your opinions and blocked people’s discus accounts so that they won’t be able to commend again.
It’s obvious that you are no different from the ones you accuse (AMD) acting like this. It’s a total pity because you act out of total anger and spite. I feel sorry for you and I regret for all the time I spent on your website reading about reviews and basically adding to your popularity by clicking on links and letting all the ads running.
It’s a total pity that despite you “calling” AMD biased, you are even more biased than they could ever be. And this is so provocative because it shows that you, “The Press”, become the “bully” when feeling threatened by people who object to your opinions and try to have a proper discussion using true examples and showing your own mistakes. And instead of embracing your mistakes so you become better, you try to “delete” the mistakes and keep living in your little world..
what are you talking about 😮