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Video Game Mods Are In Danger
For as long as games have existed, players have been modding them. But with some big changes happening in gaming, the future of modding might be in trouble.
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Nintendo goes after Palworld modder
www.ign.com/articles/modder-who-put-pokmon-into-palword-says-nintendo-has-come-for-me
Mod support dev post
askagamedev.tumblr.com/post/189191740196/a-little-about-adding-modding-support-in-games
Arma 2 gets 300,000 sales boost thanks to DayZ mod
www.cinemablend.com/games/DayZ-Helps-Arma-2-Rack-Up-More-Than-300-000-Sales-44161.html
"Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Warns Community About Threats and Toxicity Over Mod Support"
www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-dev-warns-community-about-threats-and-toxicity-over-mod-support
Baldur's Gate 3 Devs dealing with threats
gamerant.com/baldurs-gate-3-developer-threats-mods/
Skyrim modder gets sued
www.polygon.com/2019/5/15/18625132/skyrim-mod-thomas-the-tank-engine-fallout-nexus-mattel
Big studios suing modders
www.polygon.com/2017/3/23/15034994/blizzard-mods-bnetd-org-lawsuit-world-of-warcarft
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epic-sues-german-modder-for-selling-i-paragon-i-hack
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epic-sues-german-modder-for-selling-i-paragon-i-hack
Rockstart shuts down NFT server
www.pcgamer.com/rockstar-sets-new-rules-for-gta-online-roleplay-servers-after-shutting-down-rappers-nft-grift/
Thomas the Tank Engine mods
ua-cam.com/video/7H5VwLmNico/v-deo.html
Castle Smurfenstein
ua-cam.com/video/_YL8dhwasYQ/v-deo.html
Clips from @ToastedShoes
www.youtube.com/@ToastedShoes/videos
BG3 has mod support coming
ua-cam.com/video/g_OJj4x0MuE/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Fextralife
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The Going Indie Game Jam Starts... NOW!
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Go go go! itch.io/jam/going-indie-jam-2024 The goal of this jam will be to build the best gameplay loop in the shortest period of time. The jam will last two weeks. Additionally, the first place winner of the jam will get help from me in getting their game published and marketed. I'll take nothing from the publishing. It will just be free consulting and support to kickstart your indie journey. ...
Why Most AAA Games Suck
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Lately, it feels like the AAA guarantee means nothing. But what if I told you AAA games are making a come back? And that it’s happening right now. 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord! discord.gg/azW3CUwShn 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🐦 Follow me on Twitter! GoingIndieYT Huge thanks to Rob for helping out with this video primehy...
Why Netflix is Scared of Fortnite
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Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks: www.masterworks.art/goingindie Purchase shares in great masterpieces from artists like Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Andy Warhol, and more. 🎨 See important Masterworks disclosures: www.masterworks.com/cd Netflix stated that Fortnite is now more of a threat than HBO. How did this happen? And why is Netf...
How This Dumb Game Broke The Internet
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How has Content Warning already got over 200,000 peak players? While this might look like a silly party game, what if I told you that this was the most genius game launch EVER? 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord! discord.gg/azW3CUwShn 🐦 Follow me on Twitter! GoingIndieYT 📃 Research Links Landfall landfall.se/ C...
Your First Game Should Be Done By Now
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We took a break from developing our dream game to make a game in a week! Should you do the same? 🎮 Try out Stranded Shootout on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/2790010/Stranded_Shootout/ 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord! discord.gg/azW3CUwShn 🐦 Follow me on Twitter! GoingIndieYT 📃 Research Links Video Game I...
The Game That Started The Indie Revolution
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Nowadays, some of the most popular games in the world are indie. But before the late 2000’s, almost nobody played them. So what happened? 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord! discord.gg/azW3CUwShn 🐦 Follow me on Twitter! GoingIndieYT 📃 Research Links Braid braid-game.com/ Football Manager magazine ad www.devonli...
Where Did Blizzard Go?
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In the past 10 years, Blizzard has been in decline, and the people who once made it great left one by one. What drove them away from the company they loved, and where did they end up? 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord! discord.gg/azW3CUwShn 🐦 Follow me on Twitter! GoingIndieYT Huge thanks to Rob for helping ou...
The Decline of Esports is Over
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We interviewed the CEO of Team Liquid and other industry experts to dive deep into Esports. In just a few decades, they swept the globe, but recently the hype train is gone and now all we hear in the media is esports is dying. But what's actually going on behind the scenes? 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord! discord.gg/az...
Why 96% of Indie Games Fail
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Only about 4% of games turn a profit. So how do you succeed as an indie game developer? 🎮 Check out Tanks But No Tanks! store.steampowered.com/app/1631630/Tanks_But_No_Tanks/ 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord! discord.gg/azW3CUwShn 🐦 Follow me on Twitter! GoingIndieYT 📃 Research Links Only 4% of games turn a p...
How Hollow Knight Became The Face of Indie Games
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🕹 Get a browser that’s literally better at everything: operagx.gg/GoingIndie2 Sponsored by Opera GX! Since its release, Hollow Knight has become the face of Iindie games. But it didn’t begin like this. When the developers made the first prototype, people hated him. It took years before the Knight became what it is today, and it only happened because the devs saw something that others didn’t. 🟥 ...
Why Consoles Are Going Extinct
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Get 4 months extra on a 2 year plan here: nordvpn.com/goingindie. It's risk free with Nord's 30 day money-back guarantee! Since the creation of video games, no piece of hardware has been more important than the console. But with the console market in decline in recent years, what comes next? 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🔵 Join the Going Indie Disc...
How Undertale Escaped Failure
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Undertale is an anomaly. It went from 0 recognition, to one of the biggest games in the world overnight. After researching the games history, I think the reason Undertale succeeded is the same reason it almost failed. 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord! discord.gg/azW3CUwShn 🐦 Follow me on Twitter! GoingIndieYT...
Overwatch Shouldn't Be Dying
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Overwatch 2 fixed many issues that plagued the original. Yet players with 1000s of hours in the game are leaving. Despite being a great game with millions of dollars behind it, Blizzard is killing their most popular franchise. So what went wrong? 🎮 Faster Than Light store.steampowered.com/app/212680/FTL_Faster_Than_Light/ 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! www.patreon.com/GoingIn...
Why Valve Doesn't Make New Games Anymore
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Valve is responsible for some of the most iconic games in gaming history. So where’s Half-Life 3? It doesn’t make sense. But when you take a look at Valve’s history, it all becomes clear. And there’s still hope we might get the game we’ve been waiting a decade for. 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord! discord.gg/azW3CUwShn ...
League of Legends Should Be Dead By Now
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Why Pokémon Doesn’t Care If Their Games Are Bad
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Why Physical Games Are Going Extinct
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How Counter Strike Became Unkillable
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Why Modern Games Take FOREVER To Make
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How This Indie Game BEAT Battlefield
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Why Unfinished Games Keep Making Millions
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The AI Revolution Taking Over Videogames
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How Minecraft Became Unkillable
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The REAL Reason "Virtual Reality" Keeps Failing
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  • @dumpanimator
    @dumpanimator 6 хвилин тому

    Mod always been cool addition for me My favorit mod is terraria calamity I doubt you can consider calamity as normal terraria It is feel like seperate game that why i love it

  • @leonhood914
    @leonhood914 8 хвилин тому

    They went woke, we only saw them go broke so quick because they aren't a mega company like disney.

  • @jackistoasted645
    @jackistoasted645 14 хвилин тому

    Modpacks.

  • @scruf153
    @scruf153 20 хвилин тому

    if gamers are buying consoles and there games then consoles will NEVER go extinct

  • @humanrightsadvocate
    @humanrightsadvocate Годину тому

    There is no greater betrayal than selling your company or software to Microsoft or Google or some other monopolistic dictatorship.

  • @DoctorFlux
    @DoctorFlux Годину тому

    Mods is insane important to the gaming industry i care say it is a piller that keep the industry going: alot of newer game dev. today started out as modder for a game becuase modding a game like a QoL mod, adding Goku to Smash & etc. is teaching how to do alot of the game dev. stuff in a alot easier entry barrier than open up a game engine a Smash like game pixelart styled called Rivals of Aether got Steam workshop: it got really boosted in playbase on that after it got launched mods dont hurt their brand infact its brings in new fans if it was not for the unwritting rule of thomas needs to be modded into a new game at this point people wont know about thomas in today´s age properly and that just 1 example of many

  • @philosoaper
    @philosoaper Годину тому

    the future of me paying for any game that isn't made by tiny independent indie developers with no ties to...a growing list of companies...has ended

  • @SoulfullyUnaware
    @SoulfullyUnaware Годину тому

    No matter how you spin it, capitalism sucks, Microsoft bought all these dev teams just to turn around and shut down so many of them like Arcane and the ones who made hifi rush just to keep their games but not have to pay for the studios, it sucks, so many lost their job all because it’s turning into a subscription war instead of making good games that the gamers want. They are chasing the money so hard that it’s just turning into streaming services like they did to cable boxes. It’s following the same damn patterns, I’m just glad that there is only 4 main ones rn, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and steam and Nintendo I don’t think will ever go to cloud only gaming. As long as the pc will always have indies to back and buy, I will always choose those most of the time. sure I will play big releases, but I will only quickly buy the subscription for a month the play the game, I’m not consistently shilling out 12 a month just for a load of games I’m probably not gonna play that month, other than that, imma stick to steam and only steam (with the occasional free game from epic every Christmas)

  • @mehtapkorkmazer5580
    @mehtapkorkmazer5580 2 години тому

    Rockstar Games video is coming ???????

  • @Thiantrus
    @Thiantrus 2 години тому

    Eazy the passion for the games was changed for passion of money when the company was sold to the devil called Activision. You sit in a place and you can see how everything goes to shit when you talk about it your brushed off as not the owner of chief in charge and slowly your soul rots until you have to make that choice and just leave.

  • @jimbeaux89
    @jimbeaux89 2 години тому

    The blizzard foundering is because of executives and shareholders, and no one else. Such a damn shame..

  • @BalasielVOD
    @BalasielVOD 2 години тому

    Can't wait for Monster Hunter Wilds, I will probably put many hundreds of hours into it. But the recent stand Capcom is taking against mods worries me. I don't want to cheat, I don't want nudity mods, but I love being able to install qol mods. The reason there was a "Make drops more visible" and a "show monster weaknesses on their icon instead of going through several menus to find them" mod was a huge factor for me buying Monster Hunter World and it's expansion again on steam after putting over 1.000 hours into it on console.

  • @nickochioneantony9288
    @nickochioneantony9288 2 години тому

    Now Manor Lords just came into my mnd.... While the solo dev work hard, he can't keep up with the inevitable mod releases, hindering his job to create a game that he envision. I mean, it's suck to see other tinkering with what you create with years of planning, worst is, to see the player demands that the mod become the core of the game. It's like cooking a dish, planned all the ingredient, but somebody ended up seasoning your own dish. It sucks both way. I guess both the dev and modders shouldn't restrict each other business, but for godsake, if the Dev update a game that makes mod don't work, don't blame the devs!

  • @4rtochka
    @4rtochka 2 години тому

    Незнаю что за мужик, но выглядишь как blender guru с усами

  • @SolantisA
    @SolantisA 3 години тому

    Fuck 'em! Most of these studios, who employ literal armies of lawyers, started out as modders in the '90s.

  • @armorbearer9702
    @armorbearer9702 3 години тому

    It sounds like the amount of mods allowed depends on the type of game and time. I can see fighting games limiting costume mods because the developers want to sell skins to players. That being said, it would be good to allow the mods after a certain period of time. I am thinking the best time would be when the developers announce they are no longer updating the game. This would allow the modders to go crazy and possibly draw in new people in. These new people buy the game and everyone wins.

  • @gavenskyles-jones7086
    @gavenskyles-jones7086 3 години тому

    I’m not even a gamer but the quality of your videos is impressive, entertaining, and easy to follow… just subbed!!

  • @BryonLape
    @BryonLape 3 години тому

    Old Steve must have forgotten what young Steve said. He put a bean counter in charge and Apple hasn't recovered yet.

  • @tomvu1470
    @tomvu1470 4 години тому

    Monty Burns (Kotick) retired so there's still hope

  • @Raphy_Afk
    @Raphy_Afk 5 годин тому

    Beware, your mustache could get you a copyright strike from Nintendo

  • @dennisd4452
    @dennisd4452 5 годин тому

    Now they have pronoun, touchy feely people that can't even make a game fun. It's complicated. Look at the profession trees. It's like stereo instructions

  • @lucamayhem
    @lucamayhem 5 годин тому

    Modding is amazing and fuck devs who are anti-mods. Mods are great and improve the experience of many games. For example Vanilla Minecraft is awful. Also if mojang cared for java mods they would pull a re-logic and make it easier to play and make mods. (I know TML isnt made by re-logic but it is officially endorsed by them and is on steam).

  • @user-ub1gz8lx8c
    @user-ub1gz8lx8c 5 годин тому

    Can't be doing that bad their stock price is at an all time high.

  • @BourgeoisRaser
    @BourgeoisRaser 6 годин тому

    Greeat video.

  • @whoeverofhowevermany
    @whoeverofhowevermany 6 годин тому

    If they don't throw up strict limitations on "intellectual property" then the edges of which intellectual property is which becomes blurred 🙄 because it's all actually only ideas - they have to squelch things like modding and fan art to maintain the overarching illusion. it's stupid

  • @matthewvandyk7773
    @matthewvandyk7773 6 годин тому

    Modding, the only only way to get new Banjo-kazooie games via rom hacks. The only mods ive used outside of turing link into a Deku Scrub on the OG top dowm zelda games haha

  • @FragileBitch
    @FragileBitch 7 годин тому

    I think current state of VR is actually "Sustainable". Currently the technology allow for consumer level even at the cheapest level price entry still manage to do the basic VR function (Compare to at the very begining of year 2013, With same price, back then the best is either google cardboard box or that gadget allow you to strapped your own smart phone to your face) All thanks to the big player going very hard initially like HTC (x Valve), Oculus even if some of them doesn't living to see current daylight. They did help launch the VR technology and garner the investor and big tech company to joining the fray. Even if current VR things are quiet compare to about 3 years ago. I think its temporarily. Sooner or later when someone finally get the VR right as in the controlling system, Locomotion system or make a breakthrough (Deep Dive or Half Dive?) That's when things we going BOOM even more and so on.

  • @HVS.11.11
    @HVS.11.11 7 годин тому

    Mods make multiplayer games suck ass if other players don’t have mods. Just play the damn game. Yes I like modded games but I’m not modding to outplay others for instance only playing gta5 in god mod and just grief kill people. I hate gaming now

  • @chrisrosenkreuz23
    @chrisrosenkreuz23 9 годин тому

    Nintendo feels like the equivalent of Scientology lol

  • @BadazzRule
    @BadazzRule 9 годин тому

    The Nintendo Switch IS a console…

  • @lottji
    @lottji 9 годин тому

    Just from the titles you showed on screen when you say “greatest games of all time” I know this is worthless lmaooo

  • @turokrambo5617
    @turokrambo5617 9 годин тому

    Mods are literally....ways to play a game you wish was in the game. Or wanted....if you own the game. You should be allowed to do WHATEVER you want to it. As long as its not a Multiplayer game. Unless its a private server with friends and setups for players to try if they want to. Edit: fuck copyright laws. If the game is like OVER 10years old. Who cares if theres a SpongeBob mod in a game. Or Mario in a JDM racing game. Its old. And no one is shaming anyones brand. Literally doesn't harm people if they don't play the mods or even when they see vidoes of it. Like who cares?

  • @Octo_Chara
    @Octo_Chara 9 годин тому

    Games N E E D mods. I use mods to add accessibility features that game devs don't add. I can't enjoy GTA V without adding a menu that allows me to skip levels that force me to shoot enemies from far away. I have a hard time enjoying Stardew valley without texture mods that makes the edges more visible. There are a lot more games that I don't know of yet that I could enjoy more with mods.

  • @lasercraft32
    @lasercraft32 10 годин тому

    Mods are harmless at worst (unless its multiplayer cheating mods), and MUTUALLY BENEFITIAL at best.... Yet despite this, companies are stupid. "Don't be creative, just buy products and mindlessly consume. How dare you touch my IP!"

  • @mrluthfians01
    @mrluthfians01 10 годин тому

    can't they just upload the mods without their identity? so the corporate cant find n sue them?

  • @Towik
    @Towik 10 годин тому

    If 90%+ of people that bought Enthem didn't refund it... then you all fucking suck and the reason why we constantly getting shitted on by disgusting corporations

  • @billylebullyhunter7366
    @billylebullyhunter7366 10 годин тому

    I’m gonna mod even more

  • @parapotes
    @parapotes 10 годин тому

    B like Blizzard, like Bethesda, like Business ... F them all....

  • @CuriousOne75
    @CuriousOne75 10 годин тому

    Classic Blizzard can be summed up in a simple sentence --> They got greedy. This story should be taught as textbook history to ANY upcoming Gaming Studio.

  • @radicalnight
    @radicalnight 11 годин тому

    Mods introduce a lot of content for free, which they dislike. My guess is that they aim to transform all games into a live service eventually. They can’t allow mods that offer free content when their intention is to charge for everything.

  • @02owo32
    @02owo32 11 годин тому

    Modding Community carried Bethesda on their back

  • @Makem12
    @Makem12 11 годин тому

    In many cases, mods should fall under fair use for parody. I think a flying, fire breathing, Thomas the Tank Engine would fall under that. The problem modders face is that it is too expensive to fight the lawsuits.

  • @scorokeelemental
    @scorokeelemental 12 годин тому

    Blizzard maybe was the king of your bubble - for the rest of us they were just one successfull company among many. And imho, when they and their monetarization practices would end to exist, that's a good thing.

  • @renewagain6956
    @renewagain6956 12 годин тому

    Wrong. Mods are ALWAYS legal. Terrorism by corporations and governments do not and can not invalidate this.

    • @user-od2qc2od1y
      @user-od2qc2od1y 9 годин тому

      I am pretty sure it is not legal if it is using someone else's IP especially online

  • @OutsideLookingInSports
    @OutsideLookingInSports 12 годин тому

    More downside with modding.

  • @chandu4765
    @chandu4765 12 годин тому

    video starts at 5:38

  • @lucas182512
    @lucas182512 13 годин тому

    0:14 Todd's probably the biggest defender of mods in the AAA space. Sure, Bethesda can do better, especially when it comes to communication, but they've benefitted greatly from the mods made in their creation kits, and Todd knows this. To say "slowly creators of our favorite games have become hostile towards mods" and have Todd show up right after Rockstar (which is actually hostile) is VERY misleading.

    • @nocaptcha8110
      @nocaptcha8110 10 годин тому

      He also released starfield hoping modders fix his game. Modders tried and said it wasn't worth lol

  • @Turtledira
    @Turtledira 13 годин тому

    Lol this is the first time i've ever heard of Heroes of Newerth.

  • @DiabolicCrusher
    @DiabolicCrusher 13 годин тому

    As someone who loves modding games like gmod(hell, still has the highest playtime on my steam account, because of mods), skyrim, kenshi etc, bloody hell do i hate modern gaming. Bamco going after modders of Tekken 8 that create visual mods because they added Tekken shop to the game(without so much as warning people before release about it and specifically waited a month so people can't refund which is infuriating to say the least) and it'll cut the revenue from it because of lackluster free customization is the most relevant example and is one of the things that's wrong with modern gaming industry.

  • @Mcbuzzerr
    @Mcbuzzerr 13 годин тому

    I saw you at a talk at my school, and got jump scared by seeing the face of someone I met on UA-cam because I had forgot we met lol