bethesda

A mod is akin to a remix of the game, and that remix is still mostly Bethesda assets, not to mention running atop their engine.

The real, fundamental answer here is that Bethesda can just shut off modding entirely, or at least, they can going forward.

This isn't bethesda where it is just bugs on bugs, they capped the FPS.

So Bethesda does not actually have that power to shut off all mods.

Arguably, these are things that Bethesda should have done themselves, prior to release.

However I don't see why I need to give Bethesda a cut simply because it runs on their platform.

I can think of no reasonable argument why Bethesda should get a cut of any mod.

The thing that's bothered me with Bethesda Softwork's games is that they are stubbornly single thread CPU bound, and don't scale beyond 2 cores that well.

* The revenue split (30/45/25 to valve, Bethesda and the modder respectively) * Resistance to change.

But when kids do this in Minecraft or I hunt and gatherer in a Bethesda Softworks game, no one arrests me even if I get caught.

Even without a price discrepancy though, the reputation of moddability has certainly influenced my decision on bethesda games in the past, as well as other people I know.

Unfortunately, I can't find a reference (probably in a video), but I heard that Bethesda Softworks had a party when Microsoft announced that the 360 would have 512MB RAM.

Bethesda must see the game as "rented" from them rather than purchased.

If the Washington Press wants to bemoan the old office space situation at NIH (National Institutes of Health), then they should ask about having NIH tear down the fortified walls they built around their beautiful Bethesda campus because of "9-11 terrorist threats".

Bethesda _already_ got their cut when the user paid for the game before even considering the mod.

My big hangups were: -Bethesda gets a cut, but offers no guarantees concerning compatibility and user support.

Bethesda are good at creating open worlds, but technically the games have been mostly subpar.