I’m getting more excited about the open source cross-platform Nexus Mods app, especially as we’re getting closer to Bethesda games support. Going to be really great when it’s more ready since this has Native Linux / SteamOS support, finally a good proper fully featured mod manager for Linux integrated with the biggest modding site around.
My biggest complaint is how much shit they make a mild pain in the ass to do just to push people to pay them the exorbitant subscription rate for Premium.
I understand they need funding, and I would gladly pay for the service if it were a reasonable cost. Like a couple dollars a month or something.
But $9/month or $90/year for faster and more convenient downloads? Fuck right off. Nebula costs less than that and they’re serving, hosting, and sometimes producing video.
$9/month or $90/year
Shit, that much? I’m glad I bought a lifetime subscription a while back
I can’t help but feel like they’d make more money if they charged like $20 annually. I’d have signed up years ago just to support them. But considering that…
- I play most games without modding them at all.
- Quite a few of my more heavily modded games have Steam Workshop support, which doesn’t require a second application, updates automatically with the game itself, and is free.
- Most of the rest of the games that I mod have maybe one or two mods installed and don’t get frequent updates, so waiting for slow downloads is an annoyance more than a problem.
…that leaves like one or two games a year that would meaningfully benefit from what they’re offering, which makes it hard to justify spending so much. Plus, intentionally degrading the free service in ways that don’t save them money doesn’t entice me to pay for premium so much as make me resent it. So they’ve made $0 from me.
Not only that, Mod Organizer is way better for massive custom mod lists, and it already works on Linux. The only thing that Vortex has going for it is collections support
