I read the post on Nexus Mods itself and the reasoning made sense. I use the site often and will gladly pay for a month membership when doing a bunch of Elder Scrolls modding. Free still works great the rest of the time. If $8 a year helps keep it up I don't mind.
The Show 21 seems like the big one to me. It was exclusive up until now after all.
I don't play sports games but may try out the cloud version just to see what they have turned into since the N64.