DSOGaming writes: "As you may have guessed, Valve's decision to start charging for mods has been today's hot topic. And while we shared our opinion about this topic, it's time to see what some well known modders had to say about it."
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Just like I covered in the other posts, other modelers and real people in the industry are for the move.
They may think that 75% going to steam is too steep which may be the case, but paid modding is supported by the people who actually make the mods and the games. The community who wants free goodies are yet again the only ones upset by the idea.
I'm not sure about Garry, but Dean is not that surprising. I mean, they're already charging for a broken game currently.
Speaking as a modder, this is a terrible move. As if enough terrible junk didn't already clutter the modding landscape, this is only going to make matters worse. Valve has shown they don't believe in quality control with Greenlight and Early Access, the mod workshop is just going to become another steaming heap.
the only game I run with mods is skyrim. things like saturation mod level upbquick mod are these going to be paid
Of COURSE Dean Hall supports this. He made millions off a broken game, and still to this day won't fix it. The truth is, when some of these talented Modders create a one-hit-wonder, they get sucked into a vertex of greed and laziness. They have no obligation to finish what they started. But I bet if Dean was still a Modder, he would criticize this up and down, left and right, because all those donations would be no more.