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Spend money and consume! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Because Bethesda tried to make money off of modders' work, that's why. Bethesda is as cancerous as Nintendo, especially after acquisition when the office "hunger games" started.

It's like charging you 45% after building a house for using their shovel...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's entirely different case though? They didn't pull the shit with FOL and Skyblivion.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Ok? I don't think taking money for mods is wrong. It's not like Bethesda did this without the modders knowledge. Free mods still existed. Nowadays people just open a Patreon to get paid for this stuff.

What "hunger games" stuff do you mean.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The problem isn't modders getting paid for their work. The problem was Bethesda trying to take a cut for mods they didn't make.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Ok? I don't think taking money for mods is wrong.

Nobody argued taking money for mods is wrong. The argument is Bethesda taking ~50% of someone else's mod pay is borderline worthy of racketeering charges.

It's not like Bethesda did this without the modders knowledge. Free mods still existed.

So the choice was getting nothing and getting shafted by Toddy, most people chose to get nothing and you think that was OK, and not at all a sign of disgusting behaviour, because Bethesda looked modders in the eye while they robbed them?

I will NEVER understand fanboys.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

While I agree with you, that the money distribution was unfair, I think if you're actually comparing this to the shit Nintendo pulls all the time, you're insane.

Also, if you're calling me a fanboy, because I don't immediately blacklist a company for a (in my opinion) small issue, you have to be one as well, because otherwise you'd live off the grid in the woods.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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Edit: now that the placeholder comment has been replaced I can edit too.

While I agree with you, that the money distribution was unfair, I think if you're actually comparing this to the shit Nintendo pulls all the time, you're insane.

Bethesda, like Nintendo, has jumped the "bleed the fans dry" bandwagon, rather than make games that people love like in the days of yore. They indeed are as cancerous as Nintendo, just smaller.

Perhaps we can let Mick Gordon be the judge of that?