NFS-Planet - Info: Companies encourage Modders

Info: Companies encourage Modders - not EA

Wednesday, 14.04.2004

Modding is no new. Already in 1996 fans created modified versions of "Doom", so-called "Mods" which extend the shelf-life and increase the sales of a game. The "Hollywood Reporter" got focused on this, and wrote an articel about Mods, related to the examples Half Life and Tribes. Very interesting to read.

We all know, Electronic Arts does not publish any Modding Tools. Also this is mentioned in the article:

"Electronic Arts, for example, believes in customization and letting you put your face on the players in their sports games," said PC Gamer's Morris. "But that customization is a far cry from (modding) and giving modders the tools to change the game completely. Of course, EA is aware of the business model that supports modding but, instead, it wants to own its brands and not dilute them. It wants to make money on the release of its games as well as on the add-ons that follow.

"Which philosophy is the better one? As a gamer," Morris added, "I have to support the philosophy of Valve founder and managing director Gabe Newell, who says that his team may never have an idea half as good as some 13-year-old who will build a mod that will generate a demand for two million copies of Valve's next game. And so Valve gives him every tool to do that. But, at the end of the day, will EA make more than Valve? Probably."

We all just can hope EA might will change their direction in the future, and makes Need for Speed possible for editing. :)

Hollywood Reporter

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