Quote Originally Posted by Yeargdribble View Post
I don't understand why people don't think Valve and Bethesda deserve such a large cut. You're using Bethesda's game and tools. Surely some of you do some creative things and have an idea how much it costs to get access to AutoCAD, or Maya, or Photoshop, or Premiere, or ProTools. These premium creative tools can cost ridiculous amounts of money even on their subscription models.

Bethesda is giving their game, and their TES Construction kit for a ridiculously low price by comparison. Oh, and did I mention it's their game?

Valve is providing a distribution platform seen by millions. It gets your wares in front of the eyes of tons of people and cover costs of hosting and bandwidth.
I don't blame Bethesda at all. I blame Valve almost entirely. Honestly, if Valve came out with the numbers and showed that they were receiving 5-10% of the total, I'd be fine with it. Any more than that, and I think they are blatantly extorting their position of market dominance.

The 75-25 split is fine with me, as long as that split is with the people who are actually make the games being modded. I don't mind Bethesda getting a massive cut. They poured far more resources into the original product, and the mod work is derivative.

Valve is doing diddly squat here. They're "hosting the content". Something with has zero oversight, zero quality control, zero long-term investment, and costs next to nothing. They don't deserve a massive cut of the profits. I'm pretty sure, however, that they're receiving at least half of that 75%, if not more.