Fallout 4 EULA Confirms That There Won’t Be Any Paid Mods For The Game

ASidCast: Do you still have a bad taste in your mouth because of the paid mods fiasco that happened this year? Well, we’ve some good news for you. Seems like Bethesda took the criticism seriously since the Fallout 4 EULA on Steam literally says, “Customized Game Materials must be distributed solely for free.”

[nX]

Good, wouldn't pay for mods anyway. Expansion packs and addons are a different story though, as long as they're worthwhile.

[brish]

What do you think the difference between a mod, an expansion pack, and an addon is?

[nX]

Mod: UI/HUD modifications or new visual effects for example

Expansion: New Story, characters, quests and locations

AddOn: new perks, weapon mods, followers etc

Of course the lines are blurred sometimes and there are some exceptions, but many mods are not worth any money imo.

[brish]

@nX

There are mods that do everything you called an expansion, and AddOn.

[DarkOcelet]

As it should.

Look, i dont mind donating for the mod creator to support him, but paying him to play the mod, i would just stick with the vanilla version.

And to the developers, not everything has to involve money in it, these mods are made because people love your game and usually want to make it better by adding these mods.

You take that away and you will see that the huge support your game will fade away.

[ThunderPulse]

They learned that lesson after trying to put paid mods into SKYRIM.

[Kalebninja]

I think the only game that can get away with paid mods is Garry's Mod.

[Nwah]

No, that would be an even bigger disaster, because GMod relies almost completely on modding the game(Hence the name).

[Kalebninja]

Shows how much you know. The game already has premium mods and has had 2 websites that sell them. The game has communities that are built upon that content. And its worked out quite well.

[Dynasty2021]

Pretty sure they learnt the lessons on Steam - the community will eat you alive if you make us pay for mods that should be free, and add often better content than your own expansions.

Cant see massive mods on consoles though - can a console run a script extender and edit ini files? Don't think so.

Both are required for like 90% of Fallout and Skyrim mods since the dawn of time. You need base access to the OS for the best mods, done through 3rd party software. No chance it will work on closed-off consoles.