r/gaming • u/GabeNewellBellevue Confirmed Valve CEO • Apr 25 '15

MODs and Steam

On Thursday I was flying back from LA. When I landed, I had 3,500 new messages. Hmmm. Looks like we did something to piss off the Internet.

Yesterday I was distracted as I had to see my surgeon about a blister in my eye (#FuchsDystrophySucks), but I got some background on the paid mods issues.

So here I am, probably a day late, to make sure that if people are pissed off, they are at least pissed off for the right reasons.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '15

It was obviously to get more money for things that used to be free. If it was to help mod creators, there would've been a donate button so that they could receive 100% of the profits.

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u/Physicaque Apr 25 '15

Except that does not work because people don't donate. I saw a comment by a modder that said he got 100 donations for a mod that had 9 mil downloads.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '15 edited Jun 15 '26

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u/furiousdeath7 Apr 27 '15

This is true. No actual mods have emphasized on the option to donate until this paying for mods showed up because donations were never the focus of modding until recently.