Bethesda opens up about Skyrim paid mods controversy
Bethesda's Pete Hines has talked to GameSpot about last April's controversy surrounding paid mods for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim in the Steam Workshop. Here's a quick recap: earlier this year, Valve introduced paid mods in Steam Workshop, allowing mod creators to charge for their work. Skyrim was the pilot game for the program. Proceeds from paid mods were divided among Bethesda, Valve, and the mod's author. That went about as well as tossing water into hot oil, as the gaming community's furious reaction eventually led Valve to cancel the whole thing a few days later.
In the interview, Hines says he would like to see paid mods return in some form, but he doesn't provide any details on how that could happen. He does say that "our stance on it is we're going to re-evaluate it going forward." The company does think that mod authors ...