Think of it this way. Did they gimp the construction set in any way to accomodate the limitations of what low end PCs can and can not run?
Its not the same thing. Consoles aren't just low end PCs, but they have restrictive file exploration interface, security issues, and many other limitations. Just to get mods used on OB to run, there are at least half a dozen programs not written by BGS that you have to install and learn how to use that had to be created by benevolent third parties. The need for these programs was realized as people created mods, not before, so BGS, MS, and Sony can't develop a way for all that to be done ahead of time for the mods release... its something that evolves over time. The tools grow and are released with new capabilities as the mod community comes to need them and the programmers (doing the work out of the goodness of their hearts/because they want to) make them ad hoc as needs arise.
Its not because of hardware alone by any stretch that consoles have an inherent nature to limit a system of mods.
I find it hard to believe, and a bit silly, that a lot of people have something against this. It's almost as if PC users have this elitism attitude towards their mods that they can use. It's ridiculous.
Seriously, get over yourself. What do you, as a fan, have against letting console users enjoy mods too? Are console users "less" of a player than you? Do you think just because you have a gaming rig that can run high end games makes you "baller" or something? I mean, those are real questions, because I don't get it.
Last time I checked, and I checked recently, console users outweighed PC users as far as TES games goes by quite a large margin. :rolleyes:
The Few. The Proud. The Marines PC Users?
No... just no. People with mod experience are saying that IF it could be done without limiting the freedom of what can be created GREAT! The problem is, that those of us who have used mods understand how they work, and see extreme likelihood that to make it possible for it to be on consoles, it would break the freedom and creativity possible in the system. Every console user who is saying that PC users should be willing to give up the freedom and goodness that is the state of modding today so that console users can have a pale shadow of it, and then saying that PC users are just selfish hogs are extreme hypocrites. You want US to give up the full goodness of mods so you can have a small taste. If we can both have the full taste, then I'm all for it, but if it diminishes it, then NO.