Nexus Mods is under new ownership

Robin “Dark0ne” Scott has announced that Nexus Mods is going through a change with new owners.

Scott had been running Nexus Mods since its inception on 2001, with the site taking up their “entire adult life”. Running such a big thing by yourself can certainly take a toll (I can certainly understand that), although Nexus Mods nowadays is much more than just Scott with a whole team behind it.

In the post they mentioned how “The stress of the job has been a regular source of anxiety and stress-related health issues. I realised that I have been burning out and this started to have an impact on my staff and Nexus Mods as a whole”.

Why now? They never found someone who “gets” the modding community, until now. After going through “months of meetings, face-to-face talks, and a whole lot of soul searching, I am thrilled to say that I truly believe I have found the exact right people for the task” and so “the ownership of Nexus Mods has changed hands”.

Scott mentioned how this isn’t some “corporate ‘exit’ or a backroom deal” but them “doing something I probably should’ve done years ago: taking care of myself”.

They mentioned that not a lot will actually change (famous last words) as they’ve “already been stepping back bit by bit” with the team taking on more but what’s changing now “is simply the formality of it, making sure the right people are in place to guide Nexus Mods into the next era”.

Hopefully it will be a smooth transition and that the new owners know what they’re doing. It doesn’t sound like some big company took it over, with just two individuals noted in the post as the new owners.

Still a bit worrying though, with Nexus being pretty much the go-to for modding. It wouldn’t take a lot for that dreaded enshittification to start creeping in if the new owners start wanting more money out of it.

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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.