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Changes to Premium Billing

The price of a premium subscription is increasing on 17 June 2024.We are required to start collecting taxes globally so you may have taxes added to your current subscription.We are moving to a differe...

www.nexusmods.com

Price increases

We know that increasing prices is never an easy thing to talk about, and it’s something we try to do as infrequently as possible - the last time was 3 years ago and before that, it was back in 2013, so two price increases in 11 years. Monetary inflation alone is over 15% since 2021 and we could write an entire news post about how we’re using the money to improve all of our products but to keep things simple here are the big ticket items:

• We have donated $8 million USD to mod authors, and we’re currently adding more than $10,000 per day to that fund.
• We now have over 30 staff working at Nexus Mods, including the app team working on the future of open-source mod management and our community team which has grown by 3x. We are actively recruiting for our community team.
• We have increased our server and CDN infrastructure capabilities to many multiples of where they were 3 years ago to deal with the increased demand and are continuing to do so as our traffic increases. We have just this week signed off on purchasing another 30x16TB NVME drives for our own CDN nodes and increasing their network capacity to 80Gb/sec per node to keep up with demand. During our most recent peak following the release of the Fallout series we moved more than 2.5PB in 24 hours at an average speed of around 225Gb/sec, and this would have been even higher if we weren’t maxing out every 10G network port that we had available!
• Keeping the website and API online now requires infrastructure that spans over 700 CPUs and 5TB of memory to help serve around 4,000 incoming web requests per second at peak times. Over the entire nexusmods.com domain we serve 1 billion requests per day.

The current price of a subscription is £4.99 (~$6.50) plus taxes monthly and £49.99 (~$65) plus taxes yearly. The new prices, excluding taxes, are listed below - these come into effect on 17 June 2024.

Monthly
USD $8.99 plus tax
GBP £7.19 plus tax
EUR €8.39 plus tax

Annual
USD $89.99 plus tax
GBP £71.99 plus tax​

 

[StereoVsn]

That’s quite a price hike. I think they are overestimating willingness of people to pay for mods.

It’s a useful service if you want to grab a Wabbajack or Nexus collection and do auto download, but that’s about it.

 

[Soltype]

i thought the site was free, been on there since maybe 2007 and haven't spent a dime

 

[LordCBH]

I’m not paying for their shit ass service with their dumb woke owners.

 

[lh032]

dont see the point of this subscriptions, if im not mistaken they just cap your speed if you using it free right

 

[adamsapple]

Nexus mods cost money? I thought they were free.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Well, what can I say. Good luck to them.

 

[GHG]

Nexus mods cost money? I thought they were free.

It is, you can just pay to get priority/faster downloads.

 

[Zimmy68]

40% increase x 0 = 0. Yay!
I predict download free speeds are going to be 40% slower as well.

 

[Mithos]

i thought the site was free, been on there since maybe 2007 and haven't spent a dime

It is free BUT...

Download speed is capped if using free account.

Free:
~1,5MB/s with adblocker activated.
~3,0MB/s with adblock deactivated.

Premium:
"Unlimited" download speed if paying for premium.
Also you can use wabbajack modlist 1 click install full modlist configuration.

 

[StereoVsn]

It is free BUT...

Download speed is capped if using free account.

~1,5MB/s with adblocker activated.
~3,0MB/s with adblock deactivated.

"Unlimited" downloadspeed if paying for premium.
Also you can use wabbajack modlist 1 click install full modlist configuration.

Yeah, large mod list automated download/install is where true advantage lies for a sub. Wabbajack is one place and Nexus has mod collections now you can install through Vertex I believe.

It’s pretty huge to be able to download a 300+ mod list and have to do only minor cleanup and config. Note this mainly applies to Bethesda games. But for those it’s a huge timesaver which is worth the current $5 or so for a particular month.

 

[Soltype]

It is free BUT...

Download speed is capped if using free account.

Free:
~1,5MB/s with adblocker activated.
~3,0MB/s with adblock deactivated.

Premium:
"Unlimited" download speed if paying for premium.
Also you can use wabbajack modlist 1 click install full modlist configuration.

Yeah, large mod list automated download/install is where true advantage lies for a sub. Wabbajack is one place and Nexus has mod collections now you can install through Vertex I believe.

It’s pretty huge to be able to download a 300+ mod list and have to do only minor cleanup and config. Note this mainly applies to Bethesda games. But for those it’s a huge timesaver which is worth the current $5 or so for a particular month.

never knew this was a thing, it makes sense though.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

I’m not paying for their shit ass service with their dumb woke owners.

This. Fuck Nexus. Others will fill the gap quickly, it's not rocket science to get a mods community up and running.

 

[IFireflyl]

I bought lifetime premium about a year before they made it available only to "mod authors who hit a threshold of unique downloads each month" and/or "mod authors via the Donation Points store". If there's ever something you use on a semi-regular basis and it has a (non-crazy-priced) lifetime option, you should almost always jump on it. Those never last, and subscriptions suck butt.

 

[AV]

This. Fuck Nexus. Others will fill the gap quickly, it's not rocket science to get a mods community up and running.

Any day now!

 

[Boss Mog]

Fuck that place, I hope it goes under.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Yeah... no. Most people aren't willing to pay for mods and most mods aren't worth paying for, not to mention the modders doing complex work worthy of monetization often already have patreons anyway.

Nexus has been going to shit lately with their moderation. I myself have been getting mods from other places, at least many of the great ones aren't even there to begin with.

 

[tusharngf]

payment system doesn't even work in most countries.

 

[StereoVsn]

Any day now!

Yeah, people are underestimating level of effort to properly implement something like Nexus. And their API features are very good for what they are and wouldn’t be easy to replicate.

It’s also not cheap to run and maintain that infrastructure.

 

[MonkeyClaw36]

This. Fuck Nexus. Others will fill the gap quickly, it's not rocket science to get a mods community up and running.

Are you from Finland by any chance?

 

[Topher]

Free:
~1,5MB/s with adblocker activated.

Team 1.5 right here

 

[Mithos]

Team 1.5 right here

Tried what would happen with it off... you do not get 3MB/s at least not for me, it becomes more stable at closer to 2.0MB/s, a speed I get randomly anyways with adblock ON.

 

[GHG]

Fuck that place, I hope it goes under.

So you hope there's nowhere for PC gamers to get their mods?

Because that's the situation that would arise.

 

[SJRB]

I'd rather let my download run at 1,5mb/s for three days than to pay to download a mod faster.

 

[FoxMcChief]

It is, you can just pay to get priority/faster downloads.

So it’s like those suckers that paid for winzip or winrar.

 

[Meowtor]

i got a lifetime membership on sale forever ago so, eh no skin off my back

 

[Sleepwalker]

Half measure.

Make it accesible only to paying users, cowards

 

[GHG]

So it’s like those suckers that paid for winzip or winrar.

You don't have to pay to use the website.

 

[FoxMcChief]

You don't have to pay to use the website.

I know. Just like you don’t have to pay to use winzip. Just find it funny when companies monetize free stuff.

 

[ozz ex machina]

So what's the difference between nexus and moddb? I only mod stalker and thats all Moddb and free.

 

[Skifi28]

Constant moderation to take down problematic mods is expensive.

 

[nani17]

This is what happens when you have no competition? I can imagine the amount of people that are just going to pay the year before the price hike

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Yeah, people are underestimating level of effort to properly implement something like Nexus. And their API features are very good for what they are and wouldn’t be easy to replicate.

I'm just old, wtf do I need to use an API for a mod site? I just need to download the mod, I'll install it on my own.

I know some people love the convenience of mod managers and stuff but it just seems like a ton of overhead to me.

ModDB > NexusMods and all their bullsh1t

 

[Red5]

This is what happens when you have no competition? I can imagine the amount of people that are just going to pay the year before the price hike

There's Moddb, older than Nexus, been using it since Dawn of War came out back in 2005 I think. But Nexus has a lot more content and has the Vortex app that integrates mods directly into games.

 

[Guilty_AI]

But Nexus has a lot more content and has the Vortex app that integrates mods directly into games.

However, i think Moddb mods tend to be way more interesting and well developed than the ones on Nexus. I've seen plenty of 'mods' there that are really just full games,

 

[Ridaxan]

I paid for premium (but I have a grandfathered lifetime account). I've only recently started using the extended features around collections, etc and I definitely appreciate the features. It would most likely be a tough sell for me on the monthly.

They don't frequently change pricing if I recall though, so it's not entirely unexpected. The free tier should be fine for most people.

 

[StereoVsn]

I'm just old, wtf do I need to use an API for a mod site? I just need to download the mod, I'll install it on my own.

I know some people love the convenience of mod managers and stuff but it just seems like a ton of overhead to me.

ModDB > NexusMods and all their bullsh1t

For automated mod lists installs. It literally can save you days of fiddling with mod lists once you are up to a few hundred mods.

 

[StereoVsn]

However, i think Moddb mods tend to be way more interesting and well developed than the ones on Nexus. I've seen plenty of 'mods' there that are really just full games,

ModDB doesn’t have nearly the amount of mods. It’s fine for augmenting larger mod lists, but you can’t build a full on collection out of that.

Again, for some games you have hundreds of mods being used at a time.

 

[StueyDuck]

nexus mods can get fucked.

A bunch of losers run that site.

i feel bad for modders though where it's essentially their only choice if they want mass visibility.

 

[MadchesterManc]

As someone that only ever uses a few mods at a time, I'm fine with free Nexus. Probably used ModDB more over the years, it's at least not all pages upon pages of thicc elf models when browsing for a mod to try on Skyrim

 

[xrnzaaas]

The more people stop paying them the better. Besides 1,5MB/s isn't bad unless you want to download some huge project that weighes as much as a full game.

 

[Guilty_AI]

ModDB doesn’t have nearly the amount of mods. It’s fine for augmenting larger mod lists, but you can’t build a full on collection out of that.

Again, for some games you have hundreds of mods being used at a time.

I didn't say it had more, i said it had better mods with a lot more effort put into them.

I mean, look at this stuff:

Apotheosis X mod for Marathon Infinity

Apotheosis X is a total conversion for Marathon Infinity running on the Aleph One engine. Apotheosis X pushes the boundaries of what's possible aesthetically with the marathon engine whilst retaining its low resolution 90's charm. The campaign features...

www.moddb.com

Ashes 2063 mod for Doom II

Ashes is a Post-apocalypse themed total conversion for the GZDoom engine. It combines old school build style level design and Doom style action with a twist of Stalker and Fallout.

www.moddb.com

Arcane Dimensions mod for Quake

An alternative universe of Quake featuring new game play features, a massive variety of monsters and 30+ maps to explore!

www.moddb.com

Brutal Doom mod

The definitive gameplay enhancement mod for the GZDoom and Zandronum engines. Adds realistic gore, dismemberments, headshots, executions, lightning effects, particles, makes enemies smarter and harder, makes gun louder and beefier, and adds epic new...

www.moddb.com

 

[StereoVsn]

I didn't say it had more, i said it had better mods with a lot more effort put into them.

I mean, look at this stuff:

Apotheosis X mod for Marathon Infinity

Apotheosis X is a total conversion for Marathon Infinity running on the Aleph One engine. Apotheosis X pushes the boundaries of what's possible aesthetically with the marathon engine whilst retaining its low resolution 90's charm. The campaign features...

www.moddb.com

Ashes 2063 mod for Doom II

Ashes is a Post-apocalypse themed total conversion for the GZDoom engine. It combines old school build style level design and Doom style action with a twist of Stalker and Fallout.

www.moddb.com

Arcane Dimensions mod for Quake

An alternative universe of Quake featuring new game play features, a massive variety of monsters and 30+ maps to explore!

www.moddb.com

Brutal Doom mod

The definitive gameplay enhancement mod for the GZDoom and Zandronum engines. Adds realistic gore, dismemberments, headshots, executions, lightning effects, particles, makes enemies smarter and harder, makes gun louder and beefier, and adds epic new...

www.moddb.com

And it’s fine if you want to try one or two mods. What I am saying is that ModDB doesn’t work for something like Skyrim or Fallout 4 mod list that would have hundreds of mods and where Nexus could help with automation of installs of that.

The two have basically different purposes.

 

[Guilty_AI]

And it’s fine if you want to try one or two mods. What I am saying is that ModDB doesn’t work for something like Skyrim or Fallout 4 mod list that would have hundreds of mods and where Nexus could help with automation of installs of that.

The two have basically different purposes.

And why exactly you decided to quote me and tell me this? It has nothing to do with what i said.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Btw, if we're talking about amount and variety, i think Steam Workshop is the real top one.

 

[Jigsaah]

It is free. However, maybe they could further throttle non-paying customers. Most mods aren't really that big and if I do find one that's particularly large, I just do something else while I wait.

I do feel that modders should get a small cut of the sub price if they have a particularly popular mod, either with many downloads or endorsements.

I never even checked how much the sub price is....

 

[Last Hearth]

Changes to Premium Billing

The price of a premium subscription is increasing on 17 June 2024.We are required to start collecting taxes globally so you may have taxes added to your current subscription.We are moving to a differe...

www.nexusmods.com

All their moderators that will ban your mod for containing elements not suitable for "modern audiences" don't come free you know.

 

[Last Hearth]

So you hope there's nowhere for PC gamers to get their mods?

Because that's the situation that would arise.

So your local supermarket shuts down people will just starve?

 

[Rheon]

Yikes.

Good thing I swiped lifetime membership (free of charge) a while back.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

So your local supermarket shuts down people will just starve?

lol most people have more than one local supermarket