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A vocal segment of theStarfieldfandom is unhappy with the game’s Creation Club, having said as much following the platform’s debut. The ongoing criticism is largely centered on the pricing of the newly introducedStarfieldmods, though some players have also shared other grievances.
Now called Creations, the latest version of theCreation Club launched as part of a surpriseStarfieldupdateon June 9. Its release marks Bethesda’s third attempt to systemically monetize community-made mods. The developer previously implemented the Creation Club intoThe Elder Scrolls 5: SkyrimandFallout 4, both of which received it in 2017.
Starfield Fans Denounce ‘Excessive’ Pricing of Paid Mods
And while theStarfieldversion of the storefront is not even 24 hours old yet, the platform is already receiving some pushback from the player base. E.g., there is currently no shortage of social media reactions denouncing the storefront’s prices, which a number of fans have labeled as “excessive.” The newly introduced Tracker’s Alliance quest called “The Vulture” attracted a lot of that ongoing barrage of criticism; “$7 is too much for a quest,” says one widely shared Redditpost, concluding that even half that price would be a tough ask given how short the mission is.
Fans Criticize Attempt to Sell Chopped-Up Starfield Questlines Mission by Mission
Meanwhile, some other players have taken issue with the fact that Bethesda has seemingly prioritized putting out paid quests over the Shattered Space expansion that they already paid for as part ofStarfield’s $100 Digital Premium Edition. For clarity, while The Vulture is sold alongside community-made mods, this particular add-on was actually made by Bethesda itself. Whether the premium quest was actually developed by the same team in charge of Shattered Space, thus possibly slowing down the expansion’s development, is currently unclear.
But charging $7 for such a brief quest “sets a dangerous precedent,” argued Reddit user The_IrishTurtle in another popular post criticizing the platform, concluding that something like The Vulture should have been part of the game from the beginning. The fan also rhetorically wondered what’s next for the space-faring RPG, and whether Bethesda will perhaps attempt to sell more chopped-upStarfieldquestlinesmission by mission, like it seemingly plans to do with the Tracker’s Alliance content.
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