Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮Never have I ever seen a need or a want from actual gamers for NFTs or "blockchain" in games. Retoot if you agree. Like / Favourite if you hate them.
I keep having to bin emails on it from publishers lately. NFTs are terrible. Stop.
Cintara@gamingonlinux For some people, there is a joy in trading cards and collector's items. NFTs were supposed to fill that role, virtually. That quiet joy is where NFTs belong. Hopefully the frenzy will settle down into that again some time.
Stuffed Taco@cintara @gamingonlinux theres already games companies doing just that without blockchain tech. making it much more accessible, affordable, and energy efficient.
inreality however, collectible systems like that are only used to psychologically manipulate players into spending more money
Valve Inc., in particular did exactly all this with their Steam Community Market, their surviving games noe cooperating with underground gambling rings that enable childhood gambling
How Valve is Profiting from Steam's Back-Door Casinos
@cintara @gamingonlinux as a teenager I personally got hooked by this
psychologically manipulated by my friends invested in the same systems to sell my favorite tf2 cosmetic, a halloween dog head for the Medic class for $7 which now go for upwards of $120 (last time i checked)
valve is one company and can be held legally acountable
the blockchain enables these exact behaviors completely anonymously; making holding people and orgs accountable prohibitively difficult