Nexus Mods updates its stance on paid mods for the first time since Bethesda's latest attempt at them, says it believes "modding should be a pursuit of passion first and foremost"

"Over the past year, several game developers have introduced varying paid modding schemes, including Bethesda's Verified Creators and InZoi's Creations Marketplace. As a result, we've received a lot of requests for clarity on our paid modding stance and our paid modding rules from a number of our users. We are now updating our policies to reflect our official stance."

"We will not allow free mods to be shared where they represent an inferior version of the mod with features stripped out to promote the purchase of the full version."

"We will allow it subject to the Advertising Limitations, linking to paid mods if the uploader has free content on Nexus Mods and would like to link to the place to purchase their paid content."

"...if a mod uploaded to the site requires a paid mod to function, we will not allow any patches or addons for user-generated content that requires payment to unlock."

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