I’ll give it 8 months before it’s dead

If there was one god damned example of any company saying this and sticking to it I might believe them. But I have yet to be proven wrong. Sucks too as they were my go to for mods.

Make it a legally binding contract, otherwise don't bother promising.

Thats what they all say when they get acquired. "Won't change our creative direction" type bs.

They're definitely gonna monetize it to death.

Maybe this is what it will finally take to get some of the bigger game communities off Nexus. It's a decade overdue.

Nexus is dead, Start making a new one.

This is tragic. I have been on NexusMods since the 2000s. I learned how to mod games because of that site. I will be pouring one out for this landmark of a website after work today. Paid for Lifetime and everything, because the website made it easy to find, install, and update mods for any given game that supported mods. Damn, man. Damn.

I think the new owners will fark NexusMods to death and you should start looking for a backup site to host your mods.

Pinky promise?

Well they've promised so that's that. No story here.

Ok, so what is the current alternative nice option for SkyrimSE mods?

Preferably one with a mod manager/download client. Vortex is kind of janky but it did the job. I'd prefer not to manage any of this stuff manually, like cavemen. it's been decades you shouldn't need to do that

Probably a good time to start up a rival mod site that every one will flock too after these guys backpedal on their word.

Something synonymous with Nexus.. CapitalMods anyone?

Won't monetize it "to death", just right up to the line of death.

Promise in one hand, shit in the other, let me know which one fills up first.

As a software engineer i always found nexus simply archaic. Hot take but the molding industry might be better off with a new mod index.

Reminder that ModDB still exists, and works.

Translation: "Once all the hub-bub dies down we intend to as slowly as you'll allow, slip in monetization."

We all know how these things go, so I understand everybody’s fears but please wait to react until they make actual moves toward crossing the line. I remain optimistic about the site’s future, and the recent ways they handled user feedback as it has been changing in the last few years is evidence I should be

Narrator: they monetised the site to death.

Mod hosting seems to be a great usecase for torrent. It only need a suitable frontend and we are golden.

I miss FilePlanet. That's where I got my first Morrowind mods many years ago

At least GameBanana still exists, though there aren't as many uploads there as Nexus. Still good that there's an alternative

„Trust me, bro, we won‘t enshitify, please don‘t leave and make something new elsewhere that’s out of our control.“

Time to cancel the paid subscription for fast download i guess.

Oh so they'll do it subtly enough to think people won't notice.

The new owners are so trustworthy that they weren't even transparent about who they are. In the comments of the original announcement they defend that with:

This post wasn’t about Chosen — it was about Robin and the legacy he built over 24 years. We’re the new owners and ultimate decision-makers at Nexus Mods. We’ll share more about ourselves when we’ve earned that right. For now, we’re focused on listening, learning, and making modding even easier, and yes, you’ll see us around in the community being active.

I can't say I find that statement to be particularly trustworthy given it's coming from an NFT bro.