Bethesda and the awful E3

[vivster]

irstupid said:

vivster said:

Bethesda or Valve don't have to be involved at all. It can be an independant store front where people put their stuff and then the game owners can go there and get their share but are not directly involved with the mod creators.

Why it would have any effect on modders who give away their stuff for free I don't know.

Because people woudl rip off other modders and steal their content, putting it up on the store. Whetehr it a direct complete rip-off or they change the color something miniscule to be NEW.

If people coudl get money for mods, you woudl see so much plagerism.

That's called piracy and it hasn't stopped any business ever.

Believe me, I'm on patreon and there are people giving a ridiculous amount of money to creators despite their content being free on the internet. Some creators are even part of the forums where their content is made public for free and embrace it rather than condemn it.

If there is good content and a convenient way to pay for it then people will come and they will pay. Not everyone but enough for it to be profitable.