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RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - psychospacecow - 04-25-2015
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/33uplp/mods_and_steam/
Gabe's doing an AMA on Reddit about this.
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - Kriven - 04-25-2015
"Compatibility concerns"
There's no return window?
I'm behind selling of mods, but I'm also behind all digital goods having a 48-hour return window...
"Modders editing other Modders mods"
The modders are modifying somebody else's product in the first place. I find this as laughable as the "Do Not Steal Without Credit" tags on ripped sprites.
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - psychospacecow - 04-25-2015
You would hate to see how intricate some of the mods I can't link on here are.
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - daemoth - 04-26-2015
Could you imagine a country with sales taxes of 75%? I would not even want to sell something, knowing that the system will steal 3/4 of my money. Im all for modder being payed for their work, of course, but just Steam is just abusing theirs powers.
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - Kriven - 04-26-2015
It's not "stealing", that's the cost of doing business within that system... which is something you're not obligated to do.
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - daemoth - 04-26-2015
(04-26-2015, 11:20 AM)Kriven Wrote: It's not "stealing", that's the cost of doing business within that system... which is something you're not obligated to do.
Well youre obligated to use that method if you want to "sell" your mod. But you would buy something 20$ knowing that only 5$ will go to the one that actually worked on the thing you bought? Steam doesnt even test the mods they do absolutely nothing other than show the mods on their site.
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - Koh - 04-26-2015
But they also developed the game behind it, and already performed all the core bugfixing and patching. Without their game, there'd be no mods. 75% is reasonable.
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - daemoth - 04-26-2015
(04-26-2015, 03:29 PM)Koh Wrote: But they also developed the game behind it, and already performed all the core bugfixing and patching. Without their game, there'd be no mods. 75% is reasonable.
Oh, i wasnt even thinking about that, i was thinking steam would get the full 75%. But then the question is, how much steam gives to the developer.
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - [robo9] - 04-26-2015
Pfft 75% is still outrageous. Congratulations, you made a game. That's what the sales of the game is for. Don't take a ridiculous amount of the pie from the making new content
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - Gwen - 04-26-2015
(04-26-2015, 04:10 PM)daemoth Wrote:(04-26-2015, 03:29 PM)Koh Wrote: But they also developed the game behind it, and already performed all the core bugfixing and patching. Without their game, there'd be no mods. 75% is reasonable.
Oh, i wasnt even thinking about that, i was thinking steam would get the full 75%. But then the question is, how much steam gives to the developer.
The Developer gets to choose how much of the pie they want and I believe that Valve gets either 25% or 30%
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - psychospacecow - 04-27-2015
http://kotaku.com/valve-cancels-paid-mods-for-skyrim-1700526130
Paid mod is kill.
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - daemoth - 04-27-2015
(04-27-2015, 06:47 PM)psychospacecow Wrote: http://kotaku.com/valve-cancels-paid-mods-for-skyrim-1700526130
Paid mod is kill.
Well, thats hillarious. I particularly like the part where he says : "We’ve done this because it’s clear we didn’t understand exactly what we were doing. "
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - Lemonray - 04-28-2015
into the trash it goes.jpg
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - TomGuycott - 04-28-2015
I hope this doesn't kill the concept forever.
Although it is very clearly flawed in its current form, giving modders the opportunity to make any money from something they love would be amazing.
I kind of wish the internet didn't jump on this quite as viciously as they did. It almost makes it seem most people don't want content creators to make money for content at all, even though that's likely far from the truth.
RE: Discussion Time! Paid mods ala Steam - psychospacecow - 04-30-2015
http://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-2520-post-53404.html#pid53404
Hey folks, I'm trying to compile a comprehensive and unbiased account of the event. Links up top. I'm wondering if there is anything I should add, amend, etc.