PUBG may have finally opted to go free-to-play last month, but not all things come for nothing. Publisher Krafton has revealed that PUBG developer Bluehole will "collaborate to create and sell NFT avatars" in the future. Yep, another one takes the plunge.
The announcement comes with the usual 'metaverse' justification, where such avatars will apparently come in handy, one day that is. For now, the publisher has only signed a 'memorandum of understanding' to develop NFTs, so the wheels aren't fully in motion just yet.
We're not entirely sure how PUBG NFTs will take shape, but that isn't stopping Krafton from trying. CH Kim, CEO of Krafton, said this on the matter:
KRAFTON has a rich history of developing proprietary technologies, which are part of the foundation of our NFT and metaverse development [...] we’re confident we can combine our research and our partner’s expertise to offer new experiences that global users will find fun and engaging.
Last month, indie publisher Team17 announced its intentions to get into the NFT game. Those intentions didn't last long though, as the publisher backed off when some of its partnered studios spoke out against the controversial trend.
Will this NFT project go ahead, or will it be the next to fall? Let us know your thoughts below.
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I expect Blue hole to 100% follow through with this. The head was already super upset that Epic and Fortnite took the wind out of their BR sails, to the point he wanted to copyright an entire game mode.
Money most definitely matters more than integrity to these people.
I've always been under the impression that Bluehole is the kind of studio that would do this kind of unethical stuff.
For so long it was the only BR to not be F2P (and still had all the monetization the others had)
They tried to claim copyright over a game mode.
The Xbox One port launched unplayable to the point that the mobile port played better.
I could go on.
Just add NFTs to the list.
This from the guys behind renaming the game PUBG: Battlegrounds, so if they can't even get that right, NFTs are for them.
I read it as butthole. Bluehole, bluehole, bluehole. NFTs LOL
Bluehole? Must be a typo?
Does anyone actually WANT these things? I know the people who make them want us to want them as their value is, literally, 100% hype based and so that's how they make their money.
From all I've seen the NFT market consists of people who mint them, some early adopters, and a handful of chumps (a few tens of thousands of people) who are stuck with worthless monkey JPEGs and are desperate for people to buy them from them. Plus all the money launderers/scammers of course.
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