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by adam12 4070 days ago
75% should go to the modders. If people are buying the mod, then the mod developer deserves most of the cash for the mod purchase. Remember, the player needs to buy the original game too. Those funds don't go to the mod developer.
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stfnppv 4070 days ago
Except in this case the 75% was going to the studios (Valve got their flat 30% cut, as with everything, and Bethesda elected to charge a further 45%). The modders were getting 25%.
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speeder 4070 days ago
You misunderstood.

75% is not to the mod developer, 75% was to Bethesda, and 25% to the mod developer.

This is what pissed people off. (Also, the developer would only get paid if he got 100 USD to receive, meaning that he needed 400 USD in sales, meaning that probably most developers would never get any money).

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koube 4069 days ago
As mentioned by the guy above you, 30% was to valve, and bethesda determined the rest. A 30% cut is similar to what you'd get from the app store and in my opinion is reasonable for the costs of hosting and perhaps supporting the mods.

This all seems like an attempt to app-storify mods. I really didn't think it was a bad thing.

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