Paid Mods Removed From Steam

Just hours after Bethesda defends the feature, Valve removes paid mods.

Paid Skyrim mods have been removed from the Steam Workshop, Valve announced. The feature was launched last Thursday for Skyrim, and was originally planned to be implemented for other games in the coming weeks.

Valve stated that the payment feature for the Skyrim Workshop will be removed, and players who have spent money on it will receive a full refund. "We've done this because it's clear we didn't understand exactly what we were doing," the statement said.

"To help you understand why we thought this was a good idea, our main goals were to allow mod makers the opportunity to work on their mods full time if they wanted to, and to encourage developers to provide better support to their mod communities. We thought this would result in better mods for everyone, both free & paid. We wanted more great mods becoming great products, like Dota, Counter-Strike, DayZ, and Killing Floor, and we wanted that to happen organically for any mod maker who wanted to take a shot at it," the post details.

Valve's decision to pull the plug on paid mods came just hours after Bethesda defended the paid mods system.