Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media happily announces that in just a week after releasing the Creation Kit and launching The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim's repository in the Steam Workshop, PC gamers have downloaded more than 2 million mods. Even more, over 2,500 mods have been published by the gaming community, all of which are available for free.
ZeniMax also spouts interesting numbers regarding Skyrim and PC gamers. According to data retrieved from Steam, the average number of hours that a gamer plays Skyrim exceeds 75 hours. The PC version of Skyrim in North America outsold all other PC games by a factor of over three to one in the month of its release, and Skyrim is the fastest selling title in Steam's history.
"Console versions of Skyrim reveal equally strong fan demand. The Xbox 360 version of Skyrim outsold all Xbox 360 exclusive titles in 2011 in North America, and the PS3 version of Skyrim outsold all PS3 exclusive titles on that platform," ZeniMax states. "These strong commercial results match the high scores and widespread praise of critics that the game has received."
As reported last week, over 43 "pages" of mods had already appeared on the Skyrim Workshop just one day after both the portal and the Creation Kit launched. Currently there are 298 "pages" playing host to 2681 entries. One of the more notable uploads is one created by Valve itself called Fall of the Space Core, Volume 1. The "aggressively space-centric little robot" from Portal 2 literally drops from space and will tag along after a brief introduction, replying with lines of dialogue from Portal 2 as well as new Skyrim-themed lines mentioning dragons and other fantasy things.
To kick off your Skyrim modding spree, install the Creation Kit – free through Steam to all Skyrim owners – from the Tools section of your Steam Library. The Skyrim High-Resolution Texture Pack for the PC version can be downloaded here.
