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Steam creates a paywall so modders can get paid for their work. Seems good right? Nope. They're going to be taking a 75% cut of those sales. -- (link)

Posted by Qale (aka Qale) Apr 24 '15, 16:55

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linky (arstechnica.com)

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"You did all the work we take most of the profit just for giving you space to sell it. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 24, 17:43
Wii Mods are all over the place. PS3 too, Xbox less so. -- nm - budice Apr 24, 17:01
Those modder fuckers -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 17:00
So the modders get 25% more than they were getting? -- nm - Max Apr 24, 16:56 9
- Is this a result of negotiation with the modding community, or a party with negotiating power dictating terms? -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 18:23
- Modders that offered their wares on any other site, via donation links would get 100% (well, I suppose Paypal probably takes some.) -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 17:04
- I am having a deja vu moment. someone else did this some time back, right? maybe yt gaming something or other? -- nm - b. Apr 24, 17:00 6
  - Yeah, it was YouTube. - TWuG Apr 24, 17:03
  - b! - budice Apr 24, 17:02 1
    - boo.! - b. Apr 24, 17:03
  - Nintendo you tubers -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 17:01 2
    - thanks! -- nm - b. Apr 24, 17:04 1
      - Yeah Nintendo decided it wanted some free pie at the expense of popular YouTubers. -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 17:08

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