On Impulse & User Content [Jun 21, 2008, 11:10 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
In checking out Stardock's new Impulse
service,
GameCyte went to the unusual extent of actually reading the EULA,
discovering details that may help Impulse better compete with platforms like
Steam. Among the legalese are terms outlining 50/50 profit-sharing for
user-created content sold over the service. It's not 100% clear what form this
content is to take (they were unable to get a comment from Stardock), but the
obvious implication is game modifications. Since users are accustomed to getting
game modifications for free, this may be an uphill climb, but on the other hand
mod authors are accustomed to not being compensated for their efforts, so there
may be motivation on their end to give in to this Impulse.
I being a modder and have released numerous mods and full conversions for games has never charged anyone for the work I have done but that being said it would be nice to sometimes get a little return on the hard work we have done and the many hours that we gave up making a mod and not getting to play games as much as those who are using the mods. Understanably there antre many who think that they deserve mods freely, well all I can say to that is try putting a year of your own free time into a mod then tell me how you feel then.
Author of the Neverwinter Nights Eye of the Beholder Series of Mods.
Now integrated into Steams NWN: Enhanced Edition
http://www.moddb.com/mods/eye-of-the-beholder-ii-ledgend-of-darkmoon
Now integrated into Steams NWN: Enhanced Edition
http://www.moddb.com/mods/eye-of-the-beholder-ii-ledgend-of-darkmoon
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