Developed valve mod video game market

• April 24, 2015
• Technology Product

Already created thousands of extras and mods for Skyrim game

Game Maker Valve has expanded its online store for the players to change or "mods" for games sell their creations.

Changes can make small changes in games or add his huge joint efforts, the additional challenges, levels and enemies or better graphics.

The first game of the mods is sold fantastic title role Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Valve has said he would leave the other games modders add your creations soon.

Treasury shares

Valve has long held a workshop on Steam gaming service, the people, their extras and additions to share, but so far only received change their work free downloads designers. Vapor have created about 125 million active users.

The only situation in which the players had become the money for their creations if you did something on a series of valves that are added to the title as the new official function. Many other games work like systems, reward players.

Designers can use the memory, select the number of people paying their mods, Tools and Accessories. If they do not want to sell, you can give them free. When to go to his creator sells 25% of the payment, the rest is divided with the valve and the studio or developer who originally made the game.

The change could be lucrative for the production of a popular mod. In January of this year, Valve announced that it has contributed more than $ 57 million (€ 37.6 million) on 1,500 people, made the extras for their games.

So far, 19 different mods for Skyrim paid on the website of the Steam Workshop to give players new weapons, locations and characters. The prices of these accessories from a few cents to a few kilos. At the workshop, there are now more than 24,000 free mods for the game.

Valve, said he had put in security systems because it can detect when people try to pass off the creations of someone other than their own. In addition, modders can fall "reduce" the announcement of the workshop, to stop counterfeiters and hackers to steal your work.

Many players had to discussion forums steam express their views on the amendment to the expression. Many criticized the valve to accept a reduction of 75% and concern at the Modder payment for their work.

Play journalist John Bain, also known as Total Biscuit, wherein the valve had a "Pandora's box gigantic" opens, change the. He criticized the valve in the split payment also asked how I go to the police, he, he asked this mod and helps people to get mods conflict.

"It's quite a fear among the player base that many mods that were used are now benefiting stood behind a pay-wall," he said, "I understand that fear, but also hope, that must always access the latest versions This free mods on the logic of the age. "

Bain said that many modders may have received for their creations before now if it was easy to do.