Editing Video game modding (section)

===Controversy surrounding paid mods===
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In April 2015, [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] implemented a "paid mod" feature onto [[Steam (service)|Steam]]; the first game to implement this feature was ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-04/24/steam-workshop-paid-mods | title = Skyrim is first game to allow paid game mods on Steam | first = Matt | last = Kamen | date = 24 April 2015 | access-date = May 4, 2015 | work = [[Wired.com]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150505192753/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-04/24/steam-workshop-paid-mods | archive-date = 5 May 2015}}</ref> The move resulted in a swift backlash from the modding community, and after an enormous influx of complaints of overpriced mods, content that had been published without its creator's consent, and concerns over mods that contained third-party copyrighted content (i.e., material that neither Valve nor the mod creator owned),{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} Valve discontinued the 'paid mod' feature entirely and agreed to refund those that spent money to purchase a mod.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.pcgamer.com/valve-has-removed-paid-mods-functionality-from-steam-workshop/ | title = Valve has removed paid mods functionality from Steam Workshop | first = Shaun | last = Prescott | date = April 27, 2015 | access-date = May 4, 2015 | work = [[PC Gamer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://steamcommunity.com/games/SteamWorkshop/announcements/detail/208632365253244218 | title = Removing Payment Feature From Skyrim Workshop | date = April 28, 2015 | access-date = May 4, 2015 | work = [[Steam (service)|Steam]]}}</ref>  Other concerns identified included that being able to mod the game was a reason why players bought the game on PC in the first place, a worry that [[newbie]] modders would not be able to [[stand on the shoulders of giants]] by modding pre-existing mods, and that mod teams would become unworkable.<ref name="auto5"/>  The removal of the system itself was also criticized.<ref>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029183110/https://steamed.kotaku.com/some-people-are-pissed-that-skyrims-paid-mods-are-gone-1700837400 | archive-date=2018-10-29 | url= http://steamed.kotaku.com/some-people-are-pissed-that-skyrims-paid-mods-are-gone-1700837400 | title = Some People Are Pissed That Skyrim's Paid Mods Are Gone | first = Nathan | last = Grayson | date = April 28, 2015 | access-date = May 4, 2015 | work = [[Kotaku]]}}</ref>