Crypto Enthusiasts Meet Their Match: Angry Gamers

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15 points·dkobia··4 comments

FTA: " In the new game, GSC said, players could buy and sell NFTs of items like clothing for their in-game characters. The company heralded the move as a “transformative step” toward the virtual world known as the metaverse."

... HOW is this different from in-app purchases where you buy hats like in Team Fortress (or many many others)?

This is BS. There's no story here.

NFT enthusiasts are claiming that if you buy this form of NFT skin in one game you will be able to take the NFT with you to other games and wear the same skin in all games. Because the ownership of the NFT exists outside of the game ecosystem and therefore the digital purchase isn't just for in-game assets.

Which obviously isn't how game assets work and buying an NFT of a cosmetic item doesn't mean it will transfer to other games at all.

Honestly just an exchange protocol that doesn’t require in-game settlement. The only requirement served by blockchain is to invalidate the old tokens to prevent double-spending. This can be done on a central server if it can be trusted by exchanges that have a lot on the line for their transaction finality guarantees.

> But players said they see the moves as a blatant cash grab.

It seems ironic to call out a "blatant cash grab" with a piece on a controversial topic that is primarily sourced with the musings of "thousands of fans on Twitter and Reddit".

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