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DoucheBagMcSwag, (edited ) do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

It’s was a lateral move from one person inside Nexus to another moderator. It wasn’t sold to some faceless corporation

Edit: fuck me I was was wrong:

reddit.com/…/nexus_mods_was_acquired_by_chosen_a_…

etchinghillside,

That’s a good chunk of money for some internal moderator to have on hand. (Not that it was an all cash deal.)

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Yep I was wrong. I edited

Elevator7009,

Thank you for editing with corrected information when wrong!

Ulrich, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community
@Ulrich@feddit.org avatar

They didn’t say anything about a sale…?

sad_detective_man, (edited ) do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community
@sad_detective_man@leminal.space avatar

Could have been worse. My first initial on reading the title was that some enshitification factory like Fandom. com or Microsoft had bought it

edit: wait nevermind. Chosen apparently is a literal enshitification company

ArchmageAzor, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community
@ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world avatar

Well, there’s still ModDB? (I don’t use ModDB so I dunno if it’s controversial or not)

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

Idk if it’s controversial, but I’ve always hated the layout of that site. It seemingly has not changed in decades, either, looking at it now.

SplashJackson, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

I remember getting my Morrowind mods off there. Peanut Gallery edition for me!

wizardbeard, (edited ) do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

Wait, was it confirmed sold? The news post on Nexus fron this morning indicated that the existing head admin and CEO (of 24 years) was just stepping back (and not even away entirely), and had already put the year+ in of identifying two successors from his existing team.

I didn’t see anything regarding a sale, and the existing admin said quite a bit about taking this seriously from a standpoint of what’s best for mod makers and users and not best for business profits.

Edit: I’m not seeing any company name given because as far as I can tell, it wasn’t sold. It’s the same company, same employees, the person at the tip top is just shifting.

And since when is “comicbook dot com” a source for game modding news? Unless someone can show me something from a more direct or reputable source, I think this is just someone running with the most click bait interpretation of the nexusmods post.

Edit x2: Dormedas’s resetera link has some convincing investigation that the two people named as taking over the reigns may work for a company that provides esports training, and also consulting services for user generated content focused companies.

tonytins,
@tonytins@pawb.social avatar

They say ownership has changed hands but that it isn’t a corporate “exit”. The whole announcement is extremely vague on the details with the only names given are two people.

dormedas,

Best I’ve got for you is this

Post in thread ‘Nexus Mods site has been sold’ www.resetera.com/threads/…/page-2#post-141554013

wizardbeard,

Thanks! That’s damn good for “best effort”! A convincing lead on what company it may be.

Personally, I still don’t think it’s time for immediate red alert, but I’ll have to keep an eye on things. Hopefully we’ll see some competitors like GameBanana step up to the challenge.

twinnie, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

I’ll probably keep using it and see what happens. To be honest I’ll just go where the content is, and if the new people fuck it up it’ll likely go elsewhere.

FinalRemix,

I got a “lifetime membership” on discount right before they did away with that option entirely. I’ll stick around for a bit, too, mostly.out of convenience, but I ain’t contributing, and I’m leaving uBlock on at all times.

ChickenAndRice, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community
@ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’ve seen too many services go through enshittification, which is why I’ve always made backups of the mods I installed.

That said, that obviously scales poorly if you download a lot of mods or really massive mods.

who, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

I wonder if someone could upload a snapshot of it to the Internet Archive.

NuXCOM_90Percent, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

This is shit but… if people weren’t already concerned over the massive monopoly that Nexus had then they weren’t paying attention.

DarrinBrunner, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

They had a good run. It was fun while it lasted.

HarkMahlberg, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community
@HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth avatar

GOG's move into mod support seems pretty prescient now.

mintiefresh, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community
@mintiefresh@piefed.ca avatar

Oh this is sad news.

Let the enshitification begin.

sigh.

scoobydoo27, do games w The Witcher 4 Developer Calls Xbox Series X "Extremely Challenging" for 60FPS

The series S, not the series X which is close in power to the PS5.

tonytins,
@tonytins@pawb.social avatar

It’s really convoluted and, in this case, not really the fault the developers. Microsoft presents everyone with a high-end console, the Series X, but studios like CD Projekt Red can’t make use of its full potential because they’re forced to target the lower-end Series S first.

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  • supersquirrel,

    yes, yes it is?

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  • tonytins,
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    And this is what makes it convoluted.

    However, every game on Xbox Series X also has to work on Series S, meaning every game is sort of chained to the limitations of that console to a degree. With that said, some developers have voiced frustrations with developing for the Xbox Series S and it was even reportedly an issue when bringing Black Myth: Wukong to Xbox.

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  • tonytins,
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    I feel sorry the developers.

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  • tonytins,
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    If Microsoft continues to make exceptions, then they might as well not even have the stupid rule.

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    A minute ago you agreed with my statement.

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  • tonytins,
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    Yes. I feel sorry for the developers. This requirement by Microsoft is ridiculous.

    Uh, huh… Glad we agree. Though, I’m still gonna take this statement with a grain salt now.

    EchoSnail,

    Funny cause they released halo infinite on the Xbox one as well.

    scoobydoo27,

    I’m responding to the stupid misleading headline. The series X (according to the article) is not the challenge. It’s the series S that is. Regardless of Microsoft’s dumb rules, the headline is misleading and disingenuous.

    Gerudo, do games w The Witcher 4 Developer Calls Xbox Series X "Extremely Challenging" for 60FPS

    You have 2 options for the S. Aim for 60 fps, or 30fps. If you target 60, most newer engine titles will look like the new Doom did at 60 fps, garbage. You have to run at such a low resolution to make it possible. At 30fps, you can at least not look like your screen is smeared with vaseline at the sacrifice of smoothness.

    Give the player the option of 30/60 so they we can play how we want.

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