Valve last week announced that it was allowing players to sell video game mods on its digital distribution platform, Steam, starting with mods of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, but the policing of the marketplace and the percentage of revenue shared with creators have become points of contention. Video game mods, one of the perks of PC gaming, encompass everything from code that delivers cosmetics changes to games, to patches that expand on gameplay mechanics.
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Modders Steamed over Valve's Revenue-Sharing Plans
Posted by: Quinten Plummer April 27, 2015 10:32 AMValve last week announced that it was allowing players to sell video game mods on its digital distribution platform, Steam, starting with mods of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, but the policing of the marketplace and the percentage of revenue shared with creators have become points of contention. Video game mods, one of the perks of PC gaming, encompass everything from code that delivers cosmetics changes to games, to patches that expand on gameplay mechanics.