You Can Now Sell Skyrim Mods on Steam

... And look: skyrim is on sale this weekend. Coincidence perhaps? I think not.

Greed. Greed never changes.

May seem terrible, But I can see a-lot more awesome mods being created, Some rivaling good DLC's. Project Nevada was a great addition to FONV, I feel like it should've cost something, 5-10bucks even. The creators put in a lot of devoted time for an awesome experience for no cost. Just an example I thought of.

Sure, DLC and microtransactions aren't bad enough, throw in some paid mods, then this industry will be done.

R.I.P Modding community.

I'm kind of concerned about this. This is only questioning the definition of a mod. Am I supposed to buy a DLC which will probably have compatibility issues and unfinished? Just add a ''donation'' button. Problem solved

Here is to hoping that this money creates new companies to deliver ACTUAL DLC for these games

What the hell is wrong with "donate" feature anyway?

And that's where I was when the revolution started. By year's end we were seeing the chief conspirators and their hapless pawns with their guillotined heads on spikes. Gaben, once a symbol for their prosperity, soon became a symbol of oppression when he decided to advance his own prosperity at the detriment of those supported him.

Old heroes would be cast down on that day, and Valve, the gamer's champion, became another EA or Ubisoft: forever destroyed by their own greed.

Who uses Steam for Skyrim mods? lol I use nexus and if I do go and get something from Steam its just music files. I'm all for helping the moders with donations but being forced to pay for a mod ..eh.. no.

nope nope nope. This is bad. very bad. mods are supposed to be free. this is going to cause a lot of problems. people are going to spam and charge ridiculous prices and even rip off people ideas etc. gaben don't get too greedy now.

Yet another step in the wrong direction. I'm so glad I'm not as big a fan of videogames as I used to be. I used to buy 3-4 games a month back in the day, down to 1 every other month. occasionally 1 a month.

And this is the beginning of the death of PC gaming

75% to Valve, all they are doing is hosting. They aren't even doing the hard work. How could they sleep at night? I do believe that a modder should receive something for his/her work, we all should receive payment for doing work. Just think it should be a better percentage.

What concerns me is mods that use licenced work. For example lightsaber mods, they didn't get looked at because they were free, however now using a Star Wars item and making money from it is a reason for companies such as Disney to start looking more closely at the mod scene. But I guess if Steam is taking 75% of the cut, Steam will cover 75% of the lawsuit.

Also what's to stop you from grabbing a mod off Nexus and selling it on Steam even if the work isn't yours.
One other thing is I could see more experienced modders come onto the scene and actually create topclass mods if they see potential for making an income from it.
This will all come down to the consumer taking a stand though, there are a lot of mods like horse armor that should never be at a cost.

I can see a day where Steam DRM will only allow workshop mods to work on steam games. PC gamers have always had a mod community, a labor of love. This money grab by Steam and Bethesda (75% of the money to them?) is a money grubbing nightmare. I PC game for the freedom it has. I didn't pay the $$$ I did for my rig to turn it into a cash cow for distributors. Next will be $60 for the base game and $100 for the 1080p or 4K version.Bad enough Developers hand us day one DLC for more $$$, Now they want to profit from other peoples work. If they want to allow pay for mods, then at least the majority of the money should go to the people who made the mod. Bethesda made the game moddable on purpose so people would still buy the game, now they want to back end profit from the very thing that keeps people buying a years old game. How greedy and sad. Guess I should buy an XBONE and join the sheeple.

Look forward to seeing hundreds of shitty mods made in a shitty attempt to get some cash. Horrible idea overall

I'm gonna add a mod that makes Nazeem and Heimskr talk a lot more. I think I'll also set his aggression to foolhardy, level capped 100 and protected... Oh and he will be aggressive towards the player character. I will charge $45 for this amazing add-on.

I weep for the future

Mod quality is gonna go the way of Greenlight just a matter of time.

Also 75%?! GTFO Valve

This will really impact the atmosphere of Modding community.

I read into this a lot, and I must say that, personally, I do not see ANY good side to this; this is the exact opposite of a mutually beneficial relationship, with the consumer likely to get the shaft.

Not to mention that this goes against EVERYTHING the mod community [I would think] stands for; developing, as a hobby, additional content for a game you love, to be shared with the people that share your love for the game.

Greenlight and Early Access are bad enough, do we REALLY need this, too?

This would have to be the dumbest thing to have developed in gaming. And they say you can get a refund within 24 hours, I have a hard enough time getting a refund for an actual game. Steam somehow think it's okay to put the money back into a Steam Wallet, not back to your credit card. I will never purchase a mod, hopefully the same mods stay at Nexus. Otherwise the industry will start seeing mods being pirated.
Bethesda and Steam will also now be liable for the mods since they are generating money from it.

I like it, really! It's great that modders can sell their work on Steam. It makes sen... wait a sec, what? Creators get just the 25% of the income. All the rest goes between Valve and BSG.

This is not "allowing creators to sell mod", this is a dirty way for developers and valve to get money from modders.

This is horrible and I hope modders will not agree with these terms, becasue if they do, it will be like trow gasoline on fire, and the videogame business ( which is already ridicolous thanks to EA and Ubi) will just become even worse.