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[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (4 children)

That goodwill can change in an instant, especially if they are releasing a competing product, and especially if the legal team gets in the loop rather than the development staff.

[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Can it change? Sure. There's just no reason to expect that based on Bethesda's approach to modding until now. I'd rather base my expectations on their past actions rather than assume the worst just in case.

[–] TommySalami@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

skyblivion is great marketing, and it's free to let them keep going for now. Keep people excited about a new oblivion, and then kill the only other option besides yourself. I actually think it's more likely than not that there is a last minute reversal.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

It can't if they've made legally binding agreements, which I would hope that they have.

[–] Enzy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well the "product" is a free overhaul mod.

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That cuts into Bethesda's paid re-release.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It really really really doesn't.

We can already see it with stuff like the Beamdog remasters. People insist that it is totally better to play BG2 with these five mods, that launcher hack, etc. And everyone except for the usual suspects just say "Buy the Beamdog release. It has almost everything you want and is zero effort".

Also, the mere existence of a fan project (that will never release in a satisfactory manner...) shows that Bethesda is super mod friendly and blah blah blah.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

How does it not? It is the same game map, same missions, even the same character names. You just know the corporate bros would hate an alternative to their paid remaster that is basically the same thing.

[–] Enzy@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

Yes but they definitely don't wanna piss off the fan base... Again.