Starfield is once again receiving negative reviews. Players did not appreciate that Bethesda added a paid mod store to such a game
Todd Howard talked with blogger MrMattyPlays. During the conversation, we touched on the recent scandal in the Starfield community.
The fact is that Starfield launched a Creation Club with paid modifications. Some players were not happy with this maneuver and began to criticize the developers, and Todd Howard tried to outline Bethesda’s position – the players heard, but they will not cancel the initiative:
“….yes , you know, we also hear [negative] feedback. First of all, mods are priced based on what we've done before, both in Creation Club and in Fallout 76. And we always try to look at what else [can be done] to make sure we're offering [value proposition] to everyone, and where this is not the case – hey, you know, we will definitely adjust [add something].
I want to say about [the] Trackers Alliance [mod], which was actually an attempt at something that we did in the Creation Club where we were like, “Hey, you're going to get this special skin and a special weapons,” we kind of wanted to put them together and then we thought, let's go the extra mile and wrap it around a quest, but now we're definitely seeing the feedback – [this backlash] isn't quite what we want [the reactions are now along the lines of : oh no, this seems like a faction that we – Bethesda – cut and then sold for 700 credits], and so I think we're going to look at [this case and think about] how we deliver that kind of content….” It is expected that Bethesda will also think about the pricing policy.
In general, Todd Howard views the idea of paid mods (Creation Club) as something positive: he believes that such an initiative allows build a “healthy mod community” where there are professional developers who will see rewards for their work.
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