Players and game developers in Europe and the United States have obvious hatred and rejection of NFT. Why does this happen?
As the most influential PC gaming platform, Steam will completely ban games that introduce NFT and blockchain technology from October 2021. Gabe Newell, president of VALVE, which operates Steam, explained the ban as “in half of the transactions involving cryptocurrencies, there is fraud. Moreover, the price of cryptocurrencies fluctuates violently, and developers cannot obtain reasonable profits.”
On the other hand, Steam’s competitor, the Epic Game Store, has adopted a tolerant policy towards NFT games, and has already planned to launch the western-themed NFT battle royale game “Grit” in the future (as of June 2022, the release time is undetermined). ). However, Epic also announced that its studio has no plans to develop NFT games.
Because most gamers like to play games to have fun. Whereas most uses of NFT exist merely to imbue perceived value in something that has no intrinsic value.
I think NFT has potential to be used in an interesting way that makes the actual gameplay more interesting, but every case I’ve seen for it in practice has been an exercise in using the NFT aspect as a sweetener to justify a sub-par game as opposed to actually making the game itself better.
We must accept that most NFT games are only focused on winning only, not on having fun, few or rather no NFT game seems to have a purpose beyond money. We must also remember that they have a bad reputation for ”scams” and that plays against them, anyway there have been games that want to promise fun and good quality, such as Shrapnel that is developed with Blockchain technology of Avalanche, I think it could be the first step to change the concept.
The general sentiment is that NFTs are predatory and only about making money. Also the fact that P2E games are all terrible (Polygon Studios proves otherwise lol). Humans by nature hate and reject what they don’t understand. Willing to bet top dollar that most people hating haven’t even looked into it.
I think it is because of the instability in the market and a general sentiment on NFT, but I believe this will change over time with greater adoption. NFT plays a significant role in various industries, especially gaming. Slowly, with the sustainable solutions, that are also becoming affordable, things will change. I think here on NFT, which will be reflected across the industries. I have already entered into some gaming projects, although I am mostly waiting for Unique Network and Enjin’s solutions.
I believe this can be related to the enormous cases of scams of NFT/P2E projects. Traditional gamers just want to have fun.
I, also, am a Human Person trying to answer this question. Not a soulless drone trying to discover why Humans dislike ‘Blockchain’ and ‘NFT’ features being crammed into fundamentally centralised games in an attempt to pump up the parent companies share price.
Even steam uses a form on nft, trading cards.
Give it some time, fren. People hate what they don’t understand. It is true that some nft games were horrendous and earned the hate of the gamers. But some are still alive and are decent like axie. On the other hand, there are some upcoming games on avalanche like shrapnel who is an nft game and looks like a triple A. Let’s see how it goes.
It’s a matter of perspective because DeFi blockchains like Avalanche have been partnering with Gaming companies to fuse these two worlds, that, in my opinion, can coexist. The truth is NFTs and P2E games are only starting, and mass adoption will eventually happen, whether companies want it or not, so it’s either you flow with it, or you don’t.
Well, any P2E ruins the experience until a certain level. I don’t have a problem with NFTs in games if those NFTs show a different and exclusive skin. Games should be focused on being fun. If you can make some money from it, that’s good, but it should be fun to play overall
Because first of all most p2e games are games of low-quality graphics and gameplay, focused on making money but not on fun, you feel you lose the passion for the gaming experience, you do not feel immersed in a great story with which you will be marked.
The vast majority of p2e games are trash, just grindy, pay to win, shit graphics, no story, no creativity, no fun and no soul. Nobody would play these games if there wasn’t monetary value attached.
NFTs have to be integrated seamlessly for them to be palatable to the modern gaming sphere
Despite the fact that NFT and P2E have the potential to revolutionize gaming in general, traditional gamers remain skeptical of NFT-based rewarding games. The reason is that the gaming community can already collect in-game items, whether they’re in NFT form or not. They believe that the concept of NFT and P2E adds no value to existing games.
However, the gaming community differs in opinion, as some believe NFTs can open several opportunities that seem risky at first but can fetch considerable revenue in the future. On the other hand, gamers also think of NFT as a new way for scammers to lure players into get-rich-quick schemes.
Also, there is a lack of awareness of how NFTs and P2E games can dramatically change the gaming experience for the better. NFTs are no more JPEGS or goofy memes, but have been used as in-game collectibles such as skins, weapons, and other items. So, players can not only collect these in-game NFTs but also get a proof of ownership, and they can also trade these collectibles to other gamers, earning profit on them.
Though we could never really say how successful this concept can be, it does promise an extra source of income for gamers if it is widely accepted. There is one more issue with NFT and P2E acceptance in the gaming industry. Most games have only integrated NFTs into their platforms for the sake of it without giving players the freedom to take control over what they can do with them on a secondary market.
Same goes for play-to-earn games, considering 72% of developers are not interested in crypto as a payment method, as per a recent study. Also, play-to-earn games typically reward in platform tokens, crypto, and NFTs. Hence, the shift from conventional gaming to crypto and NFT-based gaming still has a long way to go.