Yes…core game updates typically do break mods. This is nothing new
It’s mostly about the timing that is infuriating people. Fallout regained popularity with the TV show and they dropped a mod breaking release days later. Now they keep updating it with shit nobody asked for and breaking mods.
Your accusations are driven by anger but they don’t make much sense.
It’s mostly about the timing that is infuriating people. Fallout regained popularity with the TV show and they dropped a mod breaking release days later.
At the end of last year when Bethesda announced the next-gen update would be delayed, it was already easy to suspect they will be releasing it along with the tv show. As soon as the show premiered, they announced they’ll release the update in 2 weeks. Annoyance by the initial delay aside, this was a perfect moment to release the update.
dropped a mod breaking release
Mods are not developed by Bethesda, they are not integral to the game or necessary to play it and you cannot expect Bethesda to align the release date with every “modder” or test for each mod compatibility. Modders are welcome to create mods but it’s not their game - you seem to be implying that Bethesda is required to consult with modders on game development. It’s up to modders to keep their mods up to date with the game, not the other way around.
Additionally, Fallout 4 has seen a significant increase in sales during that period, which not only confirms it was the right moment to release the update, but also that it brought many new players, who are unlikely to play the game for the first time with mods.
Now they keep updating it with shit nobody asked for and breaking mods.
Just because you haven’t been waiting for the update, it doesn’t mean nobody has. Many players waited for this update, myself included. The next-gen update, as the name suggests, is mostly intended for consoles and the game has never looked or run better on my PS5.
The only reasonable issue you can have with this update is if you’re on PC and playing the game via Steam - they automatically updated the game and don’t allow to rollback. But that should be a protest directed at Steam, if you play the game via GOG, you can easily rollback the update. Or disable the game-breaking mods.
The article itself is rather unimpressive and not very investigative. Victoria Kennedy did “quick scan over on Steam’s Fallout 4 forums” and decided to make an article about it because she knew mocking Bethesda will bring precious clicks.
Without mods, Bethesda’s games would not have been so consistently played since:
2011 for Skyrim’s FIRST release
2014 for Fallout 4’s FIRST release
Saying that mods aren’t important, is actually kind of weird. Without those mods keeping the games afloat through the internet ether, they would not be AS popular as they are today.
People STILL play Fallout 3 and New Vegas TO THIS DAY, because of mods that LITERALLY allow the game to be played as crash free as possible.
From that context, I would assume mods are pretty damn important for these games.