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Nexus Mod Manager (NMM) is an open-source program associated with Nexus Mods. [34] Available only for Microsoft Windows , it automates the download and installation of mods for 30+ games as of May 2022, among them The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 3 . [ 35 ]
Despite being described by critics as "paid mods", [6] [7] Bethesda has disputed this, as the content was made by independent creators using funding from Bethesda. [8]At launch, Creation Club was criticized for the content being too similar to free mods, and the requirement to purchase in-game credits with real-world currency.
Early access also helps to provide funding to the developers to help complete their games. [196] The early access approach allowed more developers to publish games onto the Steam service without the need for Valve's direct curation of games, significantly increasing the number of available games on the service. [197]
A healthy mod community greatly increases a game's longevity and the most popular mods have driven purchases of their parent game to record heights. [72] It is common for professional developers to release the tools they use to create their games (and sometimes even source code [ 73 ] [ 74 ] ) in order to encourage modding, [ 75 ] but if a game ...