And this is what fucking makes me sick about microsoft. Worth it? How much are they going to shove down their piss covered bullshit "business decisions" down our throats? Yes they produce games and sell them for money, no problem; no one is asking for a free game. Anywhere else they just need step the fuck out and let the actual game developers have a say in what the game and it's features are. This is where they cross the line when they enforce restrictions to work against the will of developers and the players, and most of all to the PC modding community for their own personal priorities. Modding is what makes PC games unique and separates them from the console counter parts. Epic understands this, ID software understands this, Valve understands this, so why won't MS get with the damn drift? Mods are NOT business competition as microsoft may arrogantly think, they push along innovation in games and extend game life and value. Their is no need to go the extra mile to restrict them from being created unless their priority is to ensure innovation moves at their own pace and that the game's life span is as short as possible so users would go out to buy more games more frequently. Is that whats it worth?Originally Posted by Nick
This statement right here "- they don't want you to prototype your game ideas on their dime" is just a complete slap in the face into anyone who truly shares passion for any modding community as that is the pure essence of what modding is all about. And how the hell is it "on their dime" if we are the ones who spend our time, blood, sweat and tears in putting our own new ideas into a dieing game to give it more life and higher value? Especially when they had to pay to have the editing kit locked, have crucial features removed, and extensive extra testing done to the editing kit to make sure it can function after its been broken.
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