People on Restera did some digging: https://www.resetera.com/threads/nexus-mods-site-has-been-sold.1219452/post-141554013
Site of the company itself: https://wearechosen.io/
Here is a monetization "cheat sheet" that the CEO posted on LinkedIn which is linked on Chosen's main page if you scroll down: https://i.imgur.com/ztjS4K7.jpeg
In the CEO's LinkedIn profile it says this:
Working closely with teams at NexusMods and beyond to build meaningful, sustainable experiences
If I had to guess the acquisition details are under some sort of NDA right now
Edit: I know a couple people are going to mention that Dark0ne never said it was sold, but his post says:
So yes, the ownership of Nexus Mods has changed hands
So I'm not sure what else this can mean.. the people mentioned in his post that now have ownership (Victor and Marinus) are not preexisting Nexus Mods employees, they are the founders of Chosen.
Also, it looks like some of his post was heavily inspired by what Chosen says on their website
Their website:
No forced exits, no corporate playbook
His post:
this isn't some corporate "exit" or a backroom deal
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Dammit I literally just learned how to install mods this week.
Ok….so i guess we have to “Pay”…for modding….
Ah, a company specialized in monetisation. That bodes well.
sounds like a company specializing in wringing the last dime out of the customers
r i p
RIP free mods
Maybe this will finally give rise to another site…
Stellar Blade nudity mod, brought to you by Coca Cola.
Well, guess I’m never using nexus again.
We can start counting seconds to Nexus becoming a paid thing and another site taking the spot for the #1 place to get mods.
So it’s dead.
“.io” gg it’s over
Probably not really a surprise to anyone. When companies buy up sites like this, they do so because they look to make profit. Then promises are made that nothing will change, until it does.
For anyone who doesnt know how this works, you can’t charge for individual mods, that would be instantly legally challenged by the game company.
If I had to guess they will lock more features behind Nexus premium
Time to find a new mod site.
Meh. A new site will come along if this goes to shit. Have no fear.
Good for them, bad for us. Goodbye Nexus Mods, you will be missed.
Time to cancel premium
Guess I’m gonna have to leave Gate to Sovngarde at the version it’s at
They will paywall downloading with Nexus mod manager.
Oof RIP to nexus mods, it was great while it lasted
Gg everyone, time to backup everything
It will be a subscription based platform no doubt. Limited downloads per month (probably 1 a month), limited file size of the free mod itself, creators might even be able to have “premium only” mods that they get a portion of the sales from.
What about tiers of subscription?? Exactly. Take the above principle and stretch that across 1 free paid category and 3 paid variants, the most expensive being a very expensive annual membership.
End of an era, and a gross end at that. How tragic. Wow man.
Aaaaaand canceled subscription.
If i had mods up on Nexus i would be removing them ASAP, and looking at someone else to host them. Before the new owners suddenly THEY actually own them, and the rights to sell them..
No pls don’t ruin modding. Literally everything has to get ruined by companies now lol
Time to download and backup all my favorite mods.
RIP nexusmods.. it was a damn good run.
Great. Now they’re gonna own these mods that they didn’t create and they’re gonna charge us all for them.
I’ll join a class action if they revoke my lifetime membership.
Time to build a new site that is more modern and could run all the mods.
So Nexus Mods dead. Gotcha. Thanks for the heads-up
Time to change to a new site. 🙂
GG Nexus.
RIP Nexus.
It’s been a blast
R.I.P Nexus mods😢