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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 天前

Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

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Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 天前
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Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital: 'The new owners are here… not sitting in a distant tower, remotely directing us all towards some nefarious goals'
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"We won’t compromise on what’s made Nexus Mods special."
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    I’ll give it 8 months before it’s dead

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    If there was one god damned example of any company saying this and sticking to it I might believe them. But I have yet to be proven wrong. Sucks too as they were my go to for mods.

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      All the examples I could think of have been recent acquisitions… which means they just haven’t soured… yet. Sadly its inevitable.

  • MufinMcFlufin@lemmy.world
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    Make it a legally binding contract, otherwise don’t bother promising.

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    Nexus is dead, Start making a new one.

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      Easy to say, yet so far most of the other modding sites seem to be content sitting on their butts right now.

      Building an alternative would take time. And some money.

  • Deflated0ne@lemmy.world
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    They’re definitely gonna monetize it to death.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    venture capital

    Aaaand it’s gone.

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    Thats what they all say when they get acquired. “Won’t change our creative direction” type bs.

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    This is tragic. I have been on NexusMods since the 2000s. I learned how to mod games because of that site. I will be pouring one out for this landmark of a website after work today. Paid for Lifetime and everything, because the website made it easy to find, install, and update mods for any given game that supported mods. Damn, man. Damn.

    • Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com
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      Same… this is the swiftest of kicks to the nads…

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    I think the new owners will fark NexusMods to death and you should start looking for a backup site to host your mods.

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    Maybe this is what it will finally take to get some of the bigger game communities off Nexus. It’s a decade overdue.

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    Pinky promise?

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    Well they’ve promised so that’s that. No story here.

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      pinky-promise

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    I wish I could say this surprised me, but I’ve kind of been expecting this for awhile. They’ve been slowly getting worse for years, it went from just a hobby project to a corporation.

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    Won’t monetize it “to death”, just right up to the line of death.

    • UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Define “death.”

      • Some lawyer, probably.
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      It’ll always be at 1HP from now on.

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      'E’s only mostly dead.

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    So, just half to death then?

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      Just crippling pain.

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