You can now buy game mods on Steam! [Update]

People should just encourage the makers of the popular mods to take their mods off the workshop at this point. Maybe that would get a reaction out of Valve. No honest modder should support forcing people to pay for mods.

And I thought the Steam Workshop was a very convenient way of getting mods..

I think its a bad idea. It was more good if they made a donation system for the people who make mods. I mean if i like a mod , i have a button to donate "x" money to that person.

And what if one of the mods I'm already subscribed to through the workshop will come with a fee later?

Well. I just hope they don't add this to too many games, don't own Skyrim on PC and now it looks like I might never buy it. Don't know how many of the good mods will remain free.

This is fucking hilarious

http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/reviews/

i think the idea behind this is to encourage developers to make their games modding friendly, because you know now theres a great reson to do it rather that just be good guys, if thats the case im all for it.

What the fuck. Oh wait, there's always modnexus.

Say goodbye to good free mods I guess?

As a modder for a game (NHL 2004 Rebuilt) i am disgusted by this because you do mods because you love the game. You want to preserve the game and make it more enjoyable to people who just want to try it out. I have spent count less hours modding. I spent 2 months working on the same part of one mod and it was grueling. Why did i do it? I love the community. I dont want your money. I want you to enjoy the mod.

How the hell does this even work?

1.buy mod
2.rip files out of .vpk
3.paste files into my own custom directory
4.refund mod

To make things worse most mods use scripts from other mods or various libraries, and the whole things rips from game assets, which means that there's plenty of takedown requests to go around.

Also, 75%? What the hell, Valve.

And if the mod breaks with a game patch in a week then you can't get a refund, and the modder has no obligation to fix it at all because they already have your money. Early access mods are already a thing.

Just wait until intentionally broken games are released on day 1, with paid patches as DLC.

Hey. Is valve deleting the threads with the negative comments about this shit?

I'd prefer a donate option, no one aside from rich kids are gonna buy mods so workshop might as well be dead now.

ha ha
perfect plan!

1. create a legit project
2. advertise, create many useful tools for your project
3. once it has million of users convert the "features" into trash to avoid profiters
4. ??
5. Monthly fee to login on steam
6. MUCH PROFIT!

thanks to steam i will come back to my pirate days eventually, just wait for it lol

people are going to be selling mods other people made, then we will have to turn to valve support and we all know that's shit

now i can't wait for the next Jimquisiton

I'm looking forward to mod bundles. :)

Its a good idea. More qualified people will care to commit their time to creating mods. We'll get more professional mods.

Bought a mod, asked for a refund. Now I will have to wait 3 days for the credit to arrive back at my Steam Wallet.

Finally I can pay for something that was free. best idea after realease unfinished games, worthless DLC and micotransactions. praise Gaben

UPDATE:
One mod has allready been taken down with DMCA claims, as the author did not have permision to use the assets.
Guess Valve has some re-thinking to do.
Source: http://www.pcgamer.com/paid-for-skyrim-mod-removed-in-a-matter-of-hours/

This will kill modding in the long run. More and more paid mods will emerge, then suddenly editors and modding tools become not free or paid DLCs, and only 'professional' modders remain and only these 3rd party DLCs to choose from.

Dumb.
I can only imagine Gabe got this idea when he heard about what Unreal Tournament was doing, which I'm also a bit skeptical about. It's like, most official DLC isn't worth paying for anyway, why would some dinky armor be worth plopping down $5 for.

Now modding will be less something of a fan passion and more something you do if you want to make a quick buck. I can't wait to see how they try and implement DRM in mods next. Or how they'll handle all the incompatibilities with other mods.

Note: a DMCA takedown notice has been filed on this item.

clicky
am i the only one getting that message at the top of the page? :V