Daily Delib: Should Valve Keep Selling User Mods Through Steam?

Recently Valve has made it possible for users to sell mods of Skyrim, and eventually other titles, through Steam. The service lets the creator of the mod choose whether they want to sell it for free, a fixed price of their choosing, or an open price of the customer’s choosing. This allows anybody that creates their own modifications to a game that’s available on Steam to eventually make their own money.

Valve is taking all measures necessary to make sure users do not pay for a mod that they do not like by allowing a 24 hour refund policy, ensuring customer satisfaction. But some people are still not convinced that the service will work, saying that mods are just fun side projects that don’t need to be sold for profit.

Which side of the fence do you fall on? Do you think it’s a good way to support the modding community? Do you think it hurts the freedom of the player? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!

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Adam Sherrill

Writing is half of my life. Video games make up the other half. I decided to put these two hobbies together and join Gamnesia back in 2015. I spend most of my time working at a retail store and paying off my student debt. When I'm not getting stressed about the thousands of dollars I owe my loan providers, I play tons of video games (which just puts me into more debt). I'm also currently writing a novel in what little spare time I have. It's a story I've been wanting to write for a while, but I don't want to talk about it until I have most of it completed. Any Gamnesia-related inquiries may be sent to [email protected] Feel free to follow my personal Twitter if you want (@Pindlo). I mostly just retweet things.