The parts that disagree with me? LOL. Unless a mod is charged for it does NOTHING for the marketplace. Your entire "mods are new content that keep people playing" arguement....thats the part working for ME.
"other developers know that putting a game out and the sdk and then having 500,000 people buy it to play a mod still means people buying it."
-this only happens in the weird little universe you call home. 500,000 is astronomical sales for a PC title. Only a couple a year will break a million, if that.
the modding community is still part of the gaming industry
charging for what they are making is not a needed component
the modders will make stuff they may go on to making games for a living or programming or something else but they will be around.
if you define the "marketplace" as eb\kmart etc. then it is true that mods wont help them
and seriously who gives a frak about them
I can download a game faster than going to the store to buy it on $random optical media$