Garry's Mod dev says he didn't want to sell it originally because no one would pay for it – 25 million copies later, he admits he was wrong
If you've been on the internet long enough, you've likely seen video game shorts or odd gameplay sequences that more than likely came from the Garry's Mod toolset. It's one of the defining products on the Steam marketplace, allowing anyone to use the sandbox to create fun scenarios and game modes to share with others – such as the infamous Skibidi Toilet video.
The creator of Garry's Mod, Garry Newman, recently shared on the social media site formerly known as Twitter some sales stats for the toolset since its release with an interesting anecdote. As it turns out, Newman admits that he almost decided against putting it on sale in the Steam marketplace and all.
When Valve first floated the idea of selling Garry's Mod on Steam I said no because.. "who would pay for that?". Well 18 years later, it turns out that 25,560,290 people would. Glad to have been wrong on this one
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