Valve is now offering content creators to charge for their work they put on the workshop, however there are many problems and it's (in my opinion) a bad, bad idea.

Read about it here:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/SteamWorkshop/announcements/detail/208632365237576574


Some of the problems include:

-Modders only get 75% of the cut

-Modders must first generate $400 before they even start making money. Valve is basically taking free labor and turning a profit for the first $400 of every mod before a modder can even begin to make their meager 25%

-Already there are ♥♥♥♥-tier mods like "high resolution horse genitals" for $99.99

-Modders are already stealing the works of others and will make profit. If it continues this way, Valve wont have the resources to deal with every workshop-capable game dealing with stolen content. They can hardly get customer service functioning.

-Other sites, like Nexus, will die out as people realise they can just charge for their mod on Steam instead.

-Modders are abusing their 3rd-party editing programs. Many are charging for their mods without buying a commercial license for their editing software (i.e. Autodesk).


They are dividing a once tight-knit community, and putting the #1 feature of PC gaming behind a paywall. Profiting off of other people's work.

Read people's opinions from various subreddits. All of these subs have one thing in common: They are either general gaming-related subreddits, or they are games that are heavily focused on enabling the mod communty (Total War, Space Engineers, Skyrim, Kerbal Space Program, Cities: Skylines, etc.). The overwhelming majority of people in these communities do not support this move. Do you?

From /r/gaming:
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/33m6mo/rip_pc_gaming_the_beginning_of_the_end/

From /r/CitiesSkylines:
http://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/33pc01/valve_charging_for_mods_is_a_bad_idea_very_bad/

View the comments of various threads on /r/skyrim:
http://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim

From /r/totalwar:
http://www.reddit.com/r/totalwar/comments/33mv9e/steam_workshop_now_allows_paid_mods_for_certain/

From /r/PCMasterRace:
http://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/33p1uo/steam_paid_mods_megathread_2/


From /r/PCGaming:
http://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/33m431/steam_workshop_now_supporting_paid_creations/

From /r/spaceengineers:
http://www.reddit.com/r/spaceengineers/comments/33mvay/steam_is_starting_monetizing_of_mods_do_not/

From /r/KerbalSpaceProgram:
http://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/33ouhl/with_valves_decision_to_implement_a_paid_modding/




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Regular Skyrim is only $9.99 and legendary is $23.99 as of this announcement (18 December 2014). Get it while you can!