NFTs are probably the biggest gaming controversy since loot boxes took over multiplayer games a few years ago. They've started to creep into games over the last few months, with one of the biggest players being Ubisoft. However, not everyone wants in on NFTs.
It seems that, after huge backlash from communities over pretty much any gaming NFT crossover, developers are starting to plant their flags firmly in the no-NFT camp.
Overcooked developer Ghost Town Games seems to have got the ball rolling, by posting a message earlier today on Twitter. Basically, the team wants absolutely nothing to do with NFTs now, or in the future.
Shortly afterwards, Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic also took to Twitter to say much the same thing. The team has no interest in using NFTs in its games.
It'll be interesting to see who's next on committing to never using NFTs in games. We suspect that people will want to see some AAA developers come out and say these kinds of things too, although most major publishers will probably put a stop to that.
Do you think gaming NFTs will grow, or fizzle out? Let us know in the comments.
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Good. NFTs are awful.
Absolute chad devs.
Thatās good and all, but I feel like saying nothing and just continuing to function as normal wouldāve been the truly smart move.
Not everything needs to be a stunning and brave sort of moment
I have no idea how NFT's work, how to buy them, what I would do with one if i did manage to buy one or why I would even want one in the first place. I have tried to look up how to buy them in the past, and i was so confused that i just laid down in bed because i felt so stupid.
This will be in response to Team 17 starting to do NFT's.
Overcooked, Yooka-Laylee and Aggro Crab were all published by T17, and all of the development teams behind them have condemned T17 for it. Think they want to make it clear they don't agree, and Aggro Crab devs said they won't work with T17 in future.
They're smaller studios, but every studio that takes a stand is a good thing, regardless of their size.
@Dusk_Actual But then their audience would be left with the questions of "when?" and "if?".
They've signalled to their audiences that they aren't going to do NFTs, so they can at least relax. And hey, maybe they grow their audience.
Even more importantly for us, is instead of having to constantly be "angry, toxic, haters" towards GSC, Troy, Ubisoft, Team 17, and Atari, we can just throw out some positive vibes to these guys and hopefully show MS, Sony, Nintendo, and the rest of the gang that NFTs aren't a path we want to follow them down.
@Dusk_Actual I agree with @Richnj on this. You may be overlooking the impact of these statements as this is a gamer issue. It's refreshing to hear that these two studios are anti-NFT. This also provides pressure to other studios to clarify their stances against Square Enix, Team 17, and Ubisoft going all-in on NFTs as most gamers are against the technology.
There's bigger things for us gamers to worry about than NFT's š
@UltimateOtaku91 Until Jim announces NFTs will be a big part of the TLoU2 multiplayer?
@NEStalgia I think them charging a high price for the multiplayer would bring more stick
Iām so confused by NFTs. Can anyone point me to an article explaining it all in gaming?
While NFTs are not welcomed, I don't take anything Playtonic says on situations like these as anything but a big, useless, virtue signal. Not after their last controversy. Pieces of crap.
@OliverOwen @Kienda I am with you. I am not exactly sure how NFTs are any different than shelling out money for needless cosmetic DLC.
Companies have been nickel-and-diming consumers with DLC and cosmetic items for years and have been deemed acceptable, so why are NFT's "evil".
@Sakisa
I don't see NFTs as awful... If a gamer with a lot of money wants to get a skin that makes his character completely unique I couldn't care how much he was charged for that.
If it gives the gamer an advantage in a game yes, there is a problem. And if developers require an NFT to get an advantage or progress a game that also is a problem.
But if implemented properly, I just see NFTs for super fanboys and rich people playing games. I would actually get extra satisfaction if I took someone down in an MP game that had an NFT.
As they should.
@UltimateOtaku91 High retail more profitable than mtx and nft?!?
What cave did you crawl out of, and can I live there too?!!
@CrazyJF
There is an environmental impact to pretty much everything sold. I don't think the consumption of electricity is a problem, it is more how the electricity being consumed is produced that becomes the environmental problem.
@GamingFan4Lyf i like DLC and cosmetics and will pay for them on games i love. But the whole NFT thing in general, outside of gaming, is what confuses me.
More woke cuckolded devs jumping on the nft hate bandwagon for woke brownie points. It has already disproven the "environmental impact" of nfts, as they use a much energy friendly proof of stake algorightm as opposed to the proof of work, which nfts dont use. This lie keeps being repeated by ignorant sjws, which only highlights their ignorance and their agenda. Nfts are the future and they are here to stay.
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