Valves försök att introducera betalmoddar till Steam kommer sannolikt gå till spelhistorien som en av deras värsta floppar, men kanske var det utförandet snarare än grundidén som felade, det menar iallafall Daybreak-bossen (tidigare Sony Online Entertainment) John Smedley:
"We always manage to do stuff and then it pisses them off, but you've got to try things. Look at the Valve mod payment thing, for example; it's a great example of-of course they're smart for doing that. Modders getting paid is an awesome idea and I wish they'd stick to their guns, but sometimes you think you have a solid plan and it gets in front of the players and they're like, 'Yeah, we don't like this,' so it changes."
Smedley utvecklar sitt resonemang och förklarar hur viktigt det trots allt är att försöka:
"From our perspective, being able to listen and actually change the course of what we're doing in reaction to the people that pay the bills-our players-that's a positive as far as we're concerned. The reality is, I like dealing with companies that listen to their players. I'm proud to say we're one of those companies," he said, summing up. "I think we do a good job of that, but sometimes you put ideas out and they don't work. We're not going to change that, we'll still try it."
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