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Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod flatlines, after CD Projekt file DMCA strike and request its creator drop their paywall (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ZippyBot@lemmy.zip to c/gaming@lemmy.zip

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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 81 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Tbh thats fair

Make it free, would be better

Charging for a mod is usually what causes studios to lawyer up

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Paid mods suck for everyone, but free mods (especially giant frameworks like the one Luke Ross was working on) suck mostly for the people who make them. Not just because of the unpaid labor, but also because the worst kind of people (entitled freeloaders) end up harassing them.

I don’t blame him for charging for his work, or choosing not to challenge CDPR in court

[–] Sickday@kbin.earth -5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don’t blame him for charging for his work

It's a normal thing in other kinds of software like video editing and audio software as well. Sometimes entire companies spring up to create custom plugins for things like After Effects or one of the many DAW softwares. Then they sell them and sometimes even license them out. Maybe it just hasn't caught on in gaming yet?

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

And I hope it never does. I don’t want more capitalism in my hobbies than there is already.

[–] ISolox@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Although I would like to see the mod maker get some money for his work, he really should've just went the donation route. Not surprised it got striked.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

should've just went

should've just gone

[–] snowykitty@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today 19 points 3 weeks ago

Good. If it's not official licenced game content it should be free, if it is official game content then put it on a real store as DLC not some random person's Patreon page.

[–] redditmademedoit@piefed.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not a developer and not knowledgeable about how his tech works, but shouldn't it be possible to make a free mod that can interface with his proprietary VR software (which he then could license)?

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah the paywall is why they shutdown the dev.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Just like the Bully Online mod.

It's not the fact people are "breaking" the game, it's the fact people are charging for them to break it.

[+] termaxima@slrpnk.net -6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No paid mods. (And if you ask me, no paid GAMES either ! But the world isn't set up for that yet)

[–] ISolox@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So game devs shouldn't get paid?

Fuck big publishers and their stupid decisions, but the actual devs and indies deserve to make a living.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Generally when you see people advocate for not having to pay for things like that, it's because they want to do away with currency and the concept that a living is something that needs to be earned rather than something everyone gets as a basic right. Plenty of people make art, including games, without a profit motive, so it's not unreasonable to think that enough games would be made if everyone had way more free time and games were all made for free.

[–] termaxima@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly ! My comment was quite unclear, but what I meant is everything should be free ; games included.

[–] termaxima@slrpnk.net -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Money should not exist. So, yes, every game should be free.

But in the mean time, I only pay for indie games.

[–] ISolox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ah I see, your one of those peeps.