I think something you're missing is that modders (myself included) do it for a hobby or to change something we like or dislike. I have zero interest in building a game from scratch and then going through the process of selling it. I just want to add a new weapon to Fallout or a couple spells to Skyrim for myself and anyone that's interested.

"Just build your own game!" sounds like the sams people who when they see someone do a translation patch for a 20+ year old game or build cities in minecraft immediately say that line. If they wanted to make a game they would.

I think something you're missing is that modders (myself included) do it for a hobby or to change something we like or dislike. I have zero interest in building a game from scratch and then going through the process of selling it. I just want to add a new weapon to Fallout or a couple spells to Skyrim for myself and anyone that's interested.

"Just build your own game!" sounds like the people who when faced with criticism of something immediately go to "Just build your own twitter/webapp/whatever then"