We reached out to Sony and Bethesda for clarification on what, precisely, was the logjam. Mod culture is all about free-wheeling alterations by way of expressing a modder’s creativity, and Bethesda has taken a light hand in deciding what mods are or are not appropriate for its games. The implication is that Sony wanted to exercise more control over mod approval than Bethesda was willing to accept. “However, until Sony will allow us to offer proper mod support for PS4,” continues Bethesda’s statement, “that content for Fallout 4 and Skyrim on PlayStation 4 will not be available.” “After months of discussion with Sony,” Bethesda announced on its blog, “we regret to say that while we have long been ready to offer mod support on PlayStation 4, Sony has informed us they will not approve user mods the way they should work: where users can do anything they want for either Fallout 4 or Skyrim Special Edition.”īethesda restated the importance of mod support for Fallout and Skyrim mods on PlayStation 4, and how much time it has put into the project. Now, it seems they’ve been canceled entirely.

Fallout 4 mods for Xbox One went live in June ( here’s our curated list of the best early mods), but mods for the PlayStation 4 version had been delayed. The assumption among fans was that both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of Fallout 4 would be included in this initiative. Modding Bethesda games was exclusively the province of PC gaming until Bethesda at E3 2015 announced that Fallout 4 on consoles would receive mod support. Mods have long been a deeply rooted aspect of Bethesda’s fan culture, from wholesale recreations of old Bethesda games using modern graphics technology, to funny alterations like replacing dragons with Thomas the Tank Engine. Bethesda today announced that Fallout 4 and Skyrim Special Edition on the PlayStation 4 will not receive mod support, and suggested that Sony’s mod-approval process is to blame.

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