That backwards reasoning is how capitalism works. I do not disagree with you that it is backwards reasoning, but it is also how business works. Making quality material costs big bucks, and if the community is willing to put in the work for free, It is super unwise business practice to also expend resources to add/fix things. Whether or not the community mods will disincentivize Larian from also doing more quality work on the game, I cannot say. What I can say is that, as a business trend, this is how it generally works, and you can see it not only all over the games industry but everywhere. The most popular example is McDonalds' response to a higher minimum wage demand: to replace the tellers with computers. If something/one can do the work for less or free, you use that thing/person. It is one of the first things you learn as a business major, and one among many reasons why I am no longer a business major. If you have a soul and take any upper division business classes, you will become a card carrying socialist, I guarantee it.
