Safe to say this isn’t the most popular update.
As usual, Bethesda pushes out an “update” that fixes a few things and breaks a million other things. Classic.
None of that should be necessary, as the SKSE team reacted quickly and has already updated the Script Extender to work with the new patch.
Hopefully the updated SKSE will fix the old mods. But Bethesda really wants to keep making money off Skyrim, and the new Starfield. I am really worried about the next Elder Scrolls game, because Bethesda has really gone down as a game company. Greed is the word.
Greed has always been the word. I don’t know where you get the idea that this is new. They have been trying for years to monetize modding.
Though by modern cosmetic DLC standards, the horse armor was really cheap. $2.50 for a skin is super reasonable.
You have to understand that time moves forward. That was just before my time as a video game player and a lot of the modern audience won’t know what you’re referencing at all.
I am honestly surprised Starfield has done as well as it has. Fallout 4 will probably be the last Bethesda game I ever pay for unless they overhaul their entire business model. It’s very clear from all of what happened to 76 and interviews from Todd that the creativity at Bethesda is dead. It’s not gamers making games. It’s executives wanting to print money. At this point I hesitate to pay for any AAA game.
No one deserves to be held in such high regard that they get a free pass for bad behavior.
This is the update that finally got me to change my review from positive to negative.
Ugh the constant attempt to monetize mods is exhausting. Not everything has to be commoditized and commercialized!
But to Bethesda, it’s a dream: the community creates content for their game, and Bethesda gets to collect 30-50% of the proceeds of their labour!