• @merthyr1831@lemmy.world
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    108 months ago

    Wonder how much money would be owed to these devs if they were paid even a fraction of the average bethesda dev. The management of Bethesda knowingly relies on the thankless* labour of thousands of devs just to get their games to a playable state.

    • okay sometimes they’ll offer you a tour of their studios but you still have to pay for the flights and accommodation so not really a ROI.
    • CashewNut 🏴󠁢󠁥󠁧󠁿
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      38 months ago

      Bethesda tried to monetise mods to help mod devs get money for their projects.

      They were absolutely destroyed by backlash and withdrew it.

      • @wahming@monyet.cc
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        68 months ago

        Because the implementation was a shitshow. There was no verification that uploaders of popular mods were the actual mod creators, anybody could rush to be the first to upload something.