For a digital object to be scarce it needs a central authority.
If a digital object is decentralized, it has no scarcity and is worthless.
E.g. a limited edition skin in a game needs the central authority to make it usable in the game. So why do they need blockchain?
E.g. a blockchain piece of data is accessible to all, so why pay for it?
> a limited edition skin in a game needs the central authority to make it usable in the game. So why do they need blockchain?
Why do you need a central authority to make it usable? I believe anyone can check the ownership of an NFT on the blockchain. You would just need to cross-check a player's game account against their blockchain address.
> a blockchain piece of data is accessible to all, so why pay for it?
It is accessible to everyone, but only owned by one person.
Ok though maybe in the future call of duty servers will be decentralized and use blockchain to trade game items...
But I do see now that utility from owning is not the right concept here
Also if Gursky made the photographs downloadable and the printing process was standard then his photos would have a very different price.