Petition to remove Valve's Paid Mods gets 120,000 Signatures

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A Change.org petition to remove Valve's Paid Mods from the Steam Workshop gets 120,000 Signatures. Do you think it should be replaced with a donation button?

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Read more on Valve's Paid modding and the backlash against it here.
 
IMO, But to me this will not work, Petitions don't work, Remember what happen with the Youtube Petition back in 2013 did that get anywhere...Nope

A donation button is the better idea.
 
An optional payment/donation button would be better IMO as paying for something that has no real after sales support is a little silly.
 
120k signatures on a general daily user base of 6 million minimum is really nothing! But i do want this mod selling to stop, its a stupid and greedy scheme.

Donation button through paypal, patreon is acceptable, donation through steam credit isnt.
 
120k signatures on a general daily user base of 6 million minimum is really nothing! But i do want this mod selling to stop, its a stupid and greedy scheme.

Donation button through paypal, patreon is acceptable, donation through steam credit isnt.


Steam must get their cut that's what it's about
 
Yet Valve is not obligated to do anything this petition says. They can legally ignore it, which they will, while they all complain. Also ever since the paid mods has started... look at Steams Top Seller list. Yep they don't care about this petition. To me it's not a big deal as it helps modders make money for their time and ideas. I just don't want all future modding games to turn like this.
 
the question comes say 2 people make similar mods that do roughly the same thing 1 get theirs out first and puts a price on it, the other releases his/hers 2 days later for free, could the first person get it taken down?. if not then what is to stop someone from taking a paid mod making a few minor changes and releasing it for free or better yet charging for it
 
the question comes say 2 people make similar mods that do roughly the same thing 1 get theirs out first and puts a price on it, the other releases his/hers 2 days later for free, could the first person get it taken down?. if not then what is to stop someone from taking a paid mod making a few minor changes and releasing it for free or better yet charging for it

No they couldnt, not easily as valve made it clear they wouldnt curate a damn thing on there.

But its all rather moot now, they dropped the entire thing.

http://steamcommunity.com/games/SteamWorkshop/announcements/detail/208632365253244218
 
this is going to be a big plus for everyone, is everyone on drugs?

the argument i am seeing is people worrying that free mods will become a thing of the past and that is mute because existing modders who are happy to provide mods for free would continue to do so and I have seen posts by many of them stating this.

what this paid mod system brings is that we might actually start getting some sensational mods made by experienced professionals. from personal experience, i am not going to take time away from projects that pay hundreds of dollars per hour to write a game mod. but, if it was possible to actually make a living out of selling mods, i would quit my day job and put that 20 years of experience both in coding and 3D modelling into making very high quality mods instead (i'd be happy to just cover my living expenses in that case). in a commercial environment, other modders will also have to improve the quality of their mods to compete - it doesn't matter if your mod is free if the $5 alternative works much better.

so, whoever signs this petition is basically asking for less modders in the system producing lower quality mods ?! :huh:
 
this is going to be a big plus for everyone, is everyone on drugs?

the argument i am seeing is people worrying that free mods will become a thing of the past and that is mute because existing modders who are happy to provide mods for free would continue to do so and I have seen posts by many of them stating this.

what this paid mod system brings is that we might actually start getting some sensational mods made by experienced professionals. from personal experience, i am not going to take time away from projects that pay hundreds of dollars per hour to write a game mod. but, if it was possible to actually make a living out of selling mods, i would quit my day job and put that 20 years of experience both in coding and 3D modelling into making very high quality mods instead (i'd be happy to just cover my living expenses in that case). in a commercial environment, other modders will also have to improve the quality of their mods to compete - it doesn't matter if your mod is free if the $5 alternative works much better.

so, whoever signs this petition is basically asking for less modders in the system producing lower quality mods ?! :huh:

Or maybe its because we dont want to be paying for mods on top of DLC when it should all be free anyway.

I'd rather support modders and donate to those providing content for free than pay a professional group.
 
so, whoever signs this petition is basically asking for less modders in the system producing lower quality mods ?! :huh:

Its more like people don't want people to rip off existing free mods and charge for them. There is a cities skyline modder who has a patreon account. He gets paid per building made. That is how 'paid' modifications should work.
 
Its more like people don't want people to rip off existing free mods and charge for them. There is a cities skyline modder who has a patreon account. He gets paid per building made. That is how 'paid' modifications should work.

Slightly off topic. Is that game good?
 
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