30 years old NFT shitters dumbasses literally think you're going to be able to go from game to game, collecting currency and selling it somehow and that it will be balanced in the slightest
None of this shit is going to happen, it's going to be the same ol', but you might have the ability to sell your shit outside the game, making it into an even bigger cancer. Fuck, they might not even let you sell it
tie item to account (ubisoft, steam, epic games, whatever)
game sequel asks "ayo gimme day ubisoft account cosmetics he got" from ubisoft, done.
Blockchain NFTs cannot offer any game features that cant already be done without them, not one, except pocketing MORE money for the devs through a system that is exactly the same as the steam marketplace/inventory already is
>otherwise every game company would have to build a custom bridge to every other game company
Here's a thing - SteamAPI exists, and there are games on steam that use steam inventory. Euro Truck Simulator 2 could potentially access steam inventory to check if I have a tf2 item to give me a custom paintjob for my truck. There's no need to make custom bridges, steam provides this API already, albeit it's centralized, however virtually nobody does this, even if you want to have a cross-promotion thing where one game has items based on other games it's just easier to add new items into game and give those away via a webpage that would check if you have other game/item. Not only it's technologically easier, it's also easy to understand and convey to user that your tf2 item is also useful in some other game that you might not even have.
Remember - gamers want to game, fun is most important factor, and very, VERY small fraction of gamers also find fun in trading and speculation.
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@hj @coolboymew @lebronjames75 @Moon @why are you legit proposing we let a single company (Valve) have the final authority over how sharing items and the marketplace works? I know Valve has been pretty chill, but Gaben is gonna die or retire at some point and it's near certain that over time some asshole is gonna get their hands on Valve and ruin everything for everyone. It would be twice as bad if it was any other company.
The biggest issue with such APIs is precisely that they are owned by an authority that therefore has way, waaay too much power. This, and Valve's already hefty fees on Steam Marketplace is why Steam's API isn't used by many games and in fact it's in gamers' interest to keep it that way lest we usher in another gigantic near-monopoly that's impossible to get out of due to the network effect.
The whole point of blockchain technologies is that they are neutral. Upon creating NFTs, contracts, cryptocurrencies or whatever, the creator releases their direct control over them, without a way to change the rules whenever and however they feel like. It's a direct upgrade over "traditional" DRM.
@coolboymew @hj @lebronjames75 @Moon @why a convenient example of something that works barely and demonstrates many issues that blockchain solutions are trying to solve. It's like saying we don't need the fediverse because we can already have most of that functionality on Facebook.
