Modders can now charge for their work on Steam Workshop
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Modders of PC games often contribute huge amounts of high-quality content to communities with no expectation of profiting from their work. Now, Valve wants to help those folks profit from their creations. Modders will soon be able to set prices or enable a pay-what-you-want scheme for their creations on the Steam Workshop.
Of course, there's a catch to this arrangement. Valve lets game publishers determine the percentage of revenue that ultimately makes its way to modders. For example, the program's pilot game is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ...