In the 20 years we've run ModDB, few mods have been more influential than FiveM and RedM, which have been used to spawn countless custom multiplayer experiences enjoy by millions of Grand Theft Auto V players. The most notable of these being NoPixel and others to run GTA Roleplay servers, which at this point in time have hundreds of thousands of concurrent players, flipping burgers, monitoring traffic, and making arrests. In fact we even inducted GTA RP into our hall of fame back in 2016, as one of the most important mods of the generation alongside PUBG, DayZ and DotA AutoChess.
The impact of these mods has not gone unnoticed by Rockstar, often counter to their modding policy. For many in the industry today's news of their acquisition of Cfx.re, the makers of these mods has been met with some surprize. What isn't surprizing is the response from the community, which is fair to say has been overwhelmingly positive, given what this potentially represents for fans of the series. What stood out to us in the official statement from Rockstar, is that they are working on a shift in policy to support such mod and community oriented initatives moving forward.
"... we recently expanded our policy on mods to officially include those made by the roleplay creative community.
By partnering with the Cfx.re team, we will help them find new ways to support this incredible community and improve the services they provide to their developers and players."
At ModDB we've witnessed countless modders transform games in incredible ways. Its super encouraging to see this continue to occur, and applaud Rockstar for taking such a bold step today. We certainly can't wait to see what influence Cfx.re and the Roleplay community has on the future of the series, and what this means for modders.
FiveM has fallen
absolutely
Sellouts. What a disgrace!
When a company messes with something that's free, they destroy it...
R.I.P FiveM aka Source SDK Base 2007
Damn, gross.
Rockstar/Take Two is just straight up evil...
They're trying to spin this as a pro-modding move, but it feels more like they're buying out the competition.
Taking T2 and RStars prior track record into account:
Best case (other than doing literally nothing):
They're going to start offering an inferior, no longer community driven, alternative to regular RP servers - possibly with horrible monetization somehow tied in - but at least leave the existing mods and servers alone.
Worst case:
T2 and RStar purge the mods now freshly under their control - which they've seen as a thorn in their side for a good while now - then proceed to go on a cease and desist spree, striking down any attempts to replace them, and at no point even attempt to offer an alternative, despite having hired the original creators.
Could also be something in between, and I guess there's a tiny sliver of a chance that something genuinely good will come of this.
Either way, I'm absolutely not optimistic about what's going to happen from here on out, but all we can do is wait and see.
I have absolutely zero respect for Rockstar anymore after they tried completely banning modding for GTA V several years ago, and don't even get me started on the trash fire that is GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition. 😾
Events like these are exactly the sort of thing I had in mind when I said that I had no optimism about where T2 and RStar are going with this buy out.
When they're not getting busy with horrible business practices, they're doing something that shows they're totally out of touch with their own fans and customers - except for Shark Card addicts, I guess.
They're called Shark Cards for a reason, it's because Rockstar/Take-Two want to shark as much money from those things.
(buried)
"inferior, no longer community driven, alternative to regular RP servers"
Damn, no more profit from power-tripping adminship-buying children :(
It's at least better than shark cards getting shoved down our throats 24/7
Rockstar was allways greedy. So this is BAD NEWS. More shark card incoming that you will be forced to buy.
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And now it's not open source anymore :(
Pcgamer.com
Oh the irony. -,-