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Starfield is Going to be “a Modder’s Paradise” – Todd Howard (gamingbolt.com)

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Howard says Bethesda Game Studios is looking to keep expanding its support for the modding community with the upcoming space-faring RPG.

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[–] wackypants@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (14 children)

“One of the things that I’ll call out is, it’s important for us not just to enable that, but to participate,” he said. “To make is easy for them, to make this where they can make it not just a hobby, but a career."

What they really want: a sanitized official mod store that dominates over the Nexus and Loverslab. I'm not sure how they're going to pull that off, but I fully expect them to try.

[–] dinosaurusrex86@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

100% it's this. Their dream is to convince the wider playerbase that mods are something that should be purchased, it's creators making money from it, Bethesda retaining all ownership and rights in perpetuity of any/all mods uploaded.

The way everything has to be monetized these days is to me pretty disheartening. This idea that a thing isn't worth doing if you're not making money from it. Fortunately right now mod communities are alive and well and free to all.

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