Fuck NFTs and anyone who supports them. NFT stands for Non Functioning Testicles and No Fucking Thanks.

Back in the 360 era we got our first DLC in the form of horse armor. Now look at modern games.. we can't get away from it. And its not because most publishers/developers care for consumers. There's no way this is going to be used for any good.

It's very telling that the same companies that have fought tooth and nail against the used games market (both retail AND digital re-selling) suddenly want in on the NFT craze to "create a market value for the players". Whoever proftis from this, it won't be gamers.

I don't think that games companies will want to allow third-parties to trade their in-game assets, so I can't see NFTs being involved here. If players are allowed to buy and sell items, then the game owners will set it up to take a percentage. That's before the gambling laws get a look in.

NFTs seem to be based on a misunderstanding of what "digital ownership" is anyway. Transferring anything as a side-effect of purchasing an NFT would require a complex legal contract to be agreed and signed (presumably the details would be different for each NFT). Without that if it came to court it'd probably just work out as "you own the NFT, but not the thing itself... as that wasn't that is wasn't defined in the agreement".

The best storie ais the Duna NFT, people bought and think to own the copyright, funny

We won the auction for €2.66M. Now our mission is to:

1. Make the book public (to the extent permitted by law)

2. Produce an original animated limited series inspired by the book and sell it to a streaming service

3. Support derivative projects from the community pic.twitter.com/g4QnF6YZBp

— Spice DAO (?,?) (@TheSpiceDAO) January 15, 2022

Really confuses me why so many people always ask instead of just looking it up themselves.

DLC has something good though. Instead of needing to buy a third version for Pokémon games or an Ultimate version for Monster Hunter games there can be DLC and expansions. That said some games have way to much DLC, many JRPGs in particular.

If people buy NFTs when they get integrated into games the game companies are going to make more and more. And unlike DLC NFTs are environmentaly unsafe and you don't actually own the digital asset.

NFTs are over hated imo. It's just a blockchain contact that shows you own a digital asset that in some cases can have real-world use and can be bought, sold, and traded. Games can have more immersive digital marketplaces kinda like how Forza has the auto shows where people can buy or sell used cars but this time it can be done with skins and content bought through microtransactions. As long as it's not exploited and its implementation is reasonable I think this is a win win for the publishers and players.

Well there's your first problem: blockchain. The next problem is that NFTs are absolutely not necessary for anything you said. I can also assure you that publishers are not looking into NFTs for the good of gamers; No, it's for their own good, so I can guarantee you they will be exploited as much as gamers allow it. Maybe they will bring some benefits to gamers as well, but that will be only to gain the acceptance of gamers.