So why are paid mods for Skyrim a bad idea?
Plenty of arguments to be found in other threads, but a quick recap of my concerns in no particular order:
-I don't like encouraging unfinished games being sold with the justification that they can just make more money later if people mod the games. Bethesda is already comfortable enough releasing buggy ass games. They shouldn't be rewarded further when somebody else steps up to fix their mistakes.
-The modders, who are doing the largest share of the work on any given mod, got the smallest share of the money.
-It was released into an already healthy mod community that had been built up as a free resource for the game.
And, a more minor issue because it's just a slippery slope argument but it's all sorts of relevant given who is involved:
"It's only horse armor vote with your wallet and nobody will ever release more DLC"