This means that presumably, a higher split of the money will go to the person who actually did the work. Bethesda is basically working as a publisher, checking the quality of the work, paying the developer and giving the mod an official badge.
Rather than payments being split between Bethesda and Valve, with some scraps thrown towards the modder, now it is a one-on-one arrangement between Bethesda and the modder.
There are two key differences between this new attempt and the first. But now Bethesda has cut out Steam and is back for a second attempt. In a rare win for consumers, two giant corporations backed down on making easy money due to how unpopular and flawed the system was. We can all remember the catastrophe that marked Bethesda’s fist attempt at monetising mods. Yet the topic of paying mod creators never fails to put people on edge. Many games are near unplayable without mod patches while other games are given a wealth of post release content, often offering a better experience than what the developers managed, that keeps a game’s community thriving for years. I don’t think there is anyone out there who doesn’t think that certain game modders release work to a high standard. As a struggling writer pumping hours of hard work and passion into my craft, I can certainly understand wanting to get paid for that effort.
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