This whole mods business between Bethesda and Sony has been pretty nasty up until recently. In a bid to get the feature implemented on their games on PS4, Bethesda seemingly threw in the towel a few months back, citing difficulties with Sony. Not long after all wounds were healed, with the two finding a middle ground for the service. It kicked off with Skyrim Special Edition a few weeks back, but Fallout 4 is finally getting its mod support on PS4 this week.
The announcement was made as part of the 1.08 Update reveal, which will bring a host of fixes to both PS4 and Xbox One. The Xbox already has mod support (and has had it for quite sometime now), but the freely available creation kit should ensure that the PS4 launch will be greeted by a healthy dose of mod content.
#Fallout4’s 1.8 arrives on consoles later this week & will include PS4 Mod Support pic.twitter.com/2HNgWhfdbj
— BethesdaGameStudios (@BethesdaStudios) 16 November 2016
Of course, the same limitations apply here. While the Xbox One is allowed up to 5GB of mods, Sony is restricting Bethesda to just 1GB on PS4. That exists for Skyrim, and there’s no indication it’s going to change for Fallout 4. Mods will also only be allowed to make use of in-game assets, so don’t expect to be running around the wasteland in your favourite Darth Vader outfit with your post-apocalyptic lightsaber anytime soon.
It’s part of what make the release a little more muted than one might have expected when first revealed, coupled with the fact that Fallout 4 is now over a full year old. Still, there are bound to be some of you still exploring the Wasteland out there, and if you’re looking to spice that up a bit mods are going to be the perfect distraction. And hopefully Sony will loosen their grip in the near future.
Last Updated: November 17, 2016
Lord Chaos
November 17, 2016 at 11:03
Or…. just play it on PC?
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 17, 2016 at 11:08
^^^^^^^^^^^
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
November 17, 2016 at 11:12
And yet people don’t
Lord Chaos
November 17, 2016 at 11:14
Boggles the mind, I mean, just this Saturday past I increased my mod storage by another 4TB. 😛
Ottokie
November 17, 2016 at 11:16
The only game I have ever modded was minecraft 😛
Lord Chaos
November 17, 2016 at 11:21
Can’t remember when last I got a mod for anything.
Or uninstalled a game.
Allykhat
November 17, 2016 at 11:30
I would… IF I STILL HAD ONE…
Damn thing went ISIS on me and exploded :/
Ottokie
November 17, 2016 at 11:32
That’s because you put an AMD in there 😛
Allykhat
November 17, 2016 at 11:56
OI! My 7970 X-Edition is still alive and kicking. My brother has it now. Pretty much the only part not stuffed.
Lu
November 17, 2016 at 14:18
That’s why we don’t buy samsung components……….
Allykhat
November 17, 2016 at 15:11
2 x Seagate drives
2 x kingston RAM sticks
1 x Gigabyte mobo
1 x Silverstone PSU
Only samsung I have is my Monitors, which works flawlessly
Lu
November 17, 2016 at 15:23
Was just making the obvious Samsung joke, my ssd is actually a Samsung Evo and it works like a charm. What caused the meltdown?
Allykhat
November 17, 2016 at 15:37
I’m assuming a surge hit it. No idea how the GPU didn’t get nailed but I basically built up a Frankenstein machine of working parts between mine and my GFs as both our boxes got hit.
Lu
November 17, 2016 at 15:52
Man that sucks. I would die if my pc pegged.
Allykhat
November 17, 2016 at 15:56
I did die a little inside, I wont lie. But recently I have been migrating over to console as my primary platform so it wasn’t too bad.
Lu
November 17, 2016 at 18:59
I wont lie i want a ps4 for horizon zero dawn, but moving to console from pc is like totalling your beemer and getting a polo.
Allykhat
November 21, 2016 at 10:55
100%
Perfect example, I have been playing Just Cause 3 on PS4. I was playing it on PC before mine went bang. PC on medium at 60FPS was a true dream. On PS4, it was like playing a slideshow.
Lu
November 21, 2016 at 11:26
If only the consoles allowed you to take a knock on the graphics to get better performance. Like disabling shadows or god rays. But no, a graphics menu is too much to add.
Allykhat
November 21, 2016 at 11:39
I played all PC games without shadows anyways, so that option alone would be amazing.
Lu
November 21, 2016 at 11:42
I used to play on a potato rig, so me too. Removing shadows and grass were always the quickest performance boosters.
Ottokie
November 17, 2016 at 11:05
http://i.lvme.me/5f7waqp.jpg
VampyreSquirrel
November 17, 2016 at 11:46
2016
Andre Fourie
November 17, 2016 at 11:48
A year that would live in infamy.
Kromas Ryder
November 17, 2016 at 11:57
Consoles are usually 10 years behind the rest of us. 🙂
Nikola
November 17, 2016 at 11:40
Played Fallout 4 for 30 minutes aaand then traded it game in, really don’t like this game!
Andre Fourie
November 17, 2016 at 11:48
Never tried it. Thought about it, but then I would go and lie down until the feeling passed.
Nikola
November 17, 2016 at 12:15
Yeah not my cup of tea did not enjoy the gameplay at all might give it another go when the game is on special, thing is I LOVE Bethesda games I really play every single one!!
Deceased
November 17, 2016 at 12:57
Just out of curiosity – what is it that you’re looking for in a game?
The reason I ask is, because FO is not supposed to be an FPS ( if that’s what you’re after – you’ll be disappointed ) it’s more of an RPG – if you don’t play it as such, you’re going to have a bad time… unless you’re like me and play it as a sandbox…
I play it everyday – not ( only ) because I’m a fanboy, but because of the freedom I have in the game. It’s welcome after a day of being told what to do 😛
Nikola
November 17, 2016 at 13:38
RPG are by faaar my favorite genre of games, however they still need to have an enjoyable gameplay and I find Fallout to just be boring like Borderlands is fps/rpg but gameplay is fun shooting in FO just doesn’t do it for me. I also love sandbox games I mean Bethseda ones specifically I have lost numerous hours into Skyrim and Oblivion.
FO has like everything I like in a game RPG, Open world Sandbox, post apocalyptic theme aaand it’s made by Bethesda but I still hate the game…I don’t know haha…I might give it another go as I do have it at home to be fair….
Dresden
November 17, 2016 at 22:48
Same here, just not for me.
Captain JJ
November 17, 2016 at 12:08
Shame it took so damn long.