Safe to say this isn’t the most popular update.
As usual, Bethesda pushes out an “update” that fixes a few things and breaks a million other things. Classic.
None of that should be necessary, as the SKSE team reacted quickly and has already updated the Script Extender to work with the new patch.
Hopefully the updated SKSE will fix the old mods. But Bethesda really wants to keep making money off Skyrim, and the new Starfield. I am really worried about the next Elder Scrolls game, because Bethesda has really gone down as a game company. Greed is the word.
Bethesda is going through the enshitiffcation process for an entertainment company.
Greed has always been the word. I don’t know where you get the idea that this is new. They have been trying for years to monetize modding.
How quickly so many forgot about the horse armor
Though by modern cosmetic DLC standards, the horse armor was really cheap. $2.50 for a skin is super reasonable.
Paying for skins at all is bullshit
And that sort of thinking is what got us here…I’m no better or worse then you just saying
You have to understand that time moves forward. That was just before my time as a video game player and a lot of the modern audience won’t know what you’re referencing at all.
A lot of modern audience doesn’t know they’re being fleeced
This is precisely what they’re banking on. Current consumers will be put off but future generations grow up in the enshittified world believing it to be normal. You have to look back in history to see the full trend and most people won’t do that.
I am honestly surprised Starfield has done as well as it has. Fallout 4 will probably be the last Bethesda game I ever pay for unless they overhaul their entire business model. It’s very clear from all of what happened to 76 and interviews from Todd that the creativity at Bethesda is dead. It’s not gamers making games. It’s executives wanting to print money. At this point I hesitate to pay for any AAA game.
No one deserves to be held in such high regard that they get a free pass for bad behavior.
This is the update that finally got me to change my review from positive to negative.
Ugh the constant attempt to monetize mods is exhausting. Not everything has to be commoditized and commercialized!
But to Bethesda, it’s a dream: the community creates content for their game, and Bethesda gets to collect 30-50% of the proceeds of their labour!If I had a nickel for every time an update to Skyrim broke existing mods, I’d have at least $0.20.
I stopped playing skyrim because it updated about 2 times a week for no reason doing exactly that. These updates add exactly 0 value.
If i ever plan to play it again i’ll buy it on GOG or remove the steam drm from it.
Bethesda breaking everything with their update isn’t a surprise. Honestly, the thing I’m most looking forward to when the next Elder Scrolls releases is that Bethesda will finally leave Skyrim alone. Paid mods coming back is concerning and it definitely makes me worry about what the next Elder Scrolls is going to end up looking like if Bethesda are developing it with paid mods in mind.
