You may think this is insane, but I have to throw it out there. SH4 and SH5 don't amount to a heap of dried out crap without the mods available from the subsim community. I just purchased 2 copies of SH5 at 4.60 each (US$) and thought I was getting a steal. I didn't. The only good thing is that Subsim gets $3.00. So I tried it along with my son who got the other copy. Since it isn't appropriate to use such language on this forum I'll not go into detail.
Now the idea. Mind you I just need to put it out there no matter how crazy it may sound. Also bear in mind that my brief study in law is limited to land use. UBI puts out crap and the modders make it playable. If mods weren't available would the product sell? Perhaps to those few of extremely gullible nature. I'll tell you right now, if it weren't for the possibility of mods, I wouldn't take that sorry crap if they were giving it away. Therefore, many sales of UBI produced sub sims are attributable to the availability of mods produced on the valuable time and effort of those dedicated to salvaging that useless sh*t for the rest of us. Is there a case for royalties, and one step further, is there a case to be made for the rights (and/or codes) to the sim itself? I think the modders should form a corporation, hire an attorney with donations from the rest of us and go after those sons of bitches and take that GD game away from them before they abuse it any further. Then the corporation's games division can produce a sub sim the way it is supposed to be done. I also think the free beta testing is worth something as well.
Just had to throw it out there.
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