Do you have a link to that little nugget? We need to get out ahead of them and let them know that is not OK.
i heard about it from this group on steam, so don't worry, people are already preparing their pitch forks XDD (
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/BoycottSteamWorkshop). and here's the link from which i've gotten the information:
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/bethesda-plans-revisit-skyrim-paid-mods-after-fallout-4-459131
it's been a while since i read that article, so about the part about making mods exclusive to steam workshop might be mere speculations or rumor, but i'm positive i've seen it somewhere.
on the other hand, Todd Howard himself said during an interview that there won't be paid mods for FO4:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/3aadt9/todd_howard_confirms_no_plans_for_paid_fallout_4/
on a side note, i'm not sure a petition would be that effective, i mean many people have been voicing their interrest and concern in seeing a REDkit 2 for a long while, not only here, but also on nexus, especially modders from FO and TES, and yet nothing v_v
still, it may be worth the shot, and it may raise the awareness to the issue.
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Actually they did.
Not '' we promise it'll be in the game '' but they hyped it up and said it will be released.
Now they say they've no plans for it. Sad.
i know, which is what i said in one of my previous posts. they didn't "promise" it, sure. but they've been teasing for almost 2 years before the game's release, and it seemed like it was a given, nobody doubted that it wouldn't see the day.
how wrong were we v_v