Hopefully Bethesda see sense and follow Sony's rules. They don't make them like they seem to think
That is if they really care about a huge chunk of their player base.

Indeed it wasn't a smooth experience. But for what it does, it is a pleasant surprise. I'm also shocked at how they managed to shrink the size of many of these mods. I thought 2 GB would be gone like nothing, but there are mods that are surprisingly tiny. Plus there are mods that improve game performance on it too.

Yes, PC will always be the king when it comes to mods, but for the first time, there is a way that console gamers can get to mess with their games like never before. I was skeptical too until I tried it, but it is the essence of the real thing.

Care to elaborate?

So bethesda hasnt given up on themselfs? all they have to do is quality control every mod so it wont break consoles

Noble of Sony to try to safeguard their consumers from optional buggy software and yet gave No Man's Sky, a $60 game with numerous crashing issues the green light.

You might be joking but, if you're not, that's pretty silly.  Sony would have run the code for certification on NMS just like Microsoft or Nintendo.  None of them are going to play-test every game to see if they can force a crash.  Nintendo and Microsoft would have certified it as well and you know it.  

On the other hand, Bethesda does not certify the mods on their network.  They don't check to see if they run or even if they cause adverse effects.  You can go steal someone's PC mod, make zero changes to it, upload it as yours, and let people download it without having a clue if it will work or even break someone's game.

It's obvious that these are two entirely different situations.

Speaking of Nintendo, I'm just going to throw a question out there: if Bethesda ends up releasing games on the NX, will Nintendo allow mods?

I would hope Sony would run some sort of QA considering NMS went up for $60 on store shelves.

Actually, I don't know it because I can't recall an instance where a situation comparable to the NMS debacle has ever fallen in either of Nintendo's or Microsoft's laps. But assuming N and M would have done similarly, I would have ripped into them the same.

Thank goodness they're optional and there are plenty of places where one can go to scope out mods before giving them a shot. YT videos that try mods out so that you don't have to go in blindly. This one for example:

Or this one:

Or this:

Best of all, mods are OPTIONAL and FREE. NMS was $60 and apparently snuck past Sony QA.

Welcome to modding. Software doesn't always work but when it does, it can enhance a game greatly and it was FREE.

Indeed they are. $60 for a game that may or may not crash or $0 for optional mods that may or may not crash.

Dunno. Maybe?

You're telling me, honestly, that you've never heard of  Sonic Boom: Rise Of Lyric or the Master Chief Collection?  You expect me to believe that?  Bullshit.

That aside, it looks like you have some kind of vendetta about NMS.  That's fine but I really, really don't care.  Do that elsewhere.  This isn't a NMS thread.  

Otherwise, your argument that a company can't think about quality because they had a buggy game on their system previously is straight up ridiculous.  In that case, none of them can ever take any quality control measures ever again because THEY ALL HAVE HAD BUGGY GAMES.  I mean, seriously, go search google for "pokemon gliches".  It should take you awhile.

Quite honestly, it seems like you just want to complain about NMS so you're trying to link that to this even though the two things are very different.  If you're going to make an argument that people can respect then do it about the issue itself.

Apparently the mods on the X1 have a lot of issues. I can see why Sony doesn't want it on the PS4.

I don't recall that much hype around these two games. NMS had plenty of hype thanks in part to the immense platform Sony provided NMS.

Nothing really against NMS. It's just a counterexample to the argument that Sony rejected mods on Bethesda games because of quality issues. NMS had issues with crashing and yet Sony had no problem with it being released on the PS4 platform for $60.

It's inevitable that software will have bugs. My confusion arises when people suggest Sony rejected Bethesda mods because of quality issues and yet had no problem allowing NMS releasing for $60. Maybe the chance to move PS4 consoles made Sony see dollar signs?

When I brought up NMS, I didn't do it to criticize NMS. I did it to criticize the position that Sony rejected Bethesda mods because of quality issues.

Plenty YouTube videos showing off mods that seem to work fine on console.

Someone should notify Sony that the gaming community has ways of assessing mod quality for consoles: It's called the internet. Sony may have heard of it.