Todd Howard says the only thing wrong with paid mods for Skyrim and Fallout is that people don't buy them: "Our issue now actually is getting that content in front of more people"

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The real issue is that products of equal or better quality exist for free. And Todd knows that. This isn’t about getting people to pay for it, it’s about the best way to kill the alternative without admitting that’s the real goal.

Expect future Bethesda games to be significantly less modder friendly.

Without mods their bug ridden games won’t be playable for many months after release.