that’s it right there. I wouldn’t want my modders to have a full gaming development suite, I’d only want to ship an editor for my game.
I believe you’re thinking as a developer, not as a modder.
do you think the Skyrim modding community would be as big if every modder had to pay $19 to use the editor? I doubt it’d have even a quarter the amount of mods.
and think not only mods but also levels, Warcraft3 and Starcraft2 are great examples of how custom maps can enhance the lifetime of a game. put a $19 barrier on it, and you might as well not bother supporting custom maps at all. There’s plenty other examples: NWN, HL2, and yes, the Unreal series.
putting a barrier on level creation and moddability hurts the game, which is bad for both the developer and the players.
I’m with you here, but this has nothing to do with the matter at hand
no need to get a defensive attitude. I love Unreal. I’ve used UDK for almost 4 years, I have written tutorials for it, and thanks to it I got a job in the games industry. I also helped beta testing UE4, since 8 months ago. but I’m still entitled to have concerns and opinions, am I not? you said it yourself, you like to have some sort of rights or say in it