NFTs in Gaming: A Scam or a Solution?
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- The problem with NFT and blockchain games is that everything they offer can already be done - and already is being done - without NFTs or blockchain even existing.
We take a look at some of the most common arguments in favour of using NFTs, blockchain and crypto in video games and explain how those things can already be done, are already being done, and give examples of those existing implementations. We also define what NFT and blockchain are and give a real-world metaphor for how this... interesting relationship would look if an NFT were a real-world item.
This video is specifically about NFTs and blockchain's proposed uses in the gaming space and not an attempt to analyse or critique NFTs, blockchain or crypto as a general concept. A video about NFTs in general would need A LOT more time to discuss in detail, but good news is that someone has already done that and I strongly recommend you watch "Line Goes Up" by Folding Ideas if you have any interest in NFTs at all - don't be put off by the length, that time is completely justified by the wealth of content in the video:
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0:00 - Video games don't need NFTs
0:44 - Non-fungible definition
1:41 - Blockchain definition
3:18 - NFT definition
5:46 - Real-world metaphor
7:10 - NFTs as game items
8:17 - "Prove ownership outside the game"
9:19 - "Ownership exists after the game dies"
10:58 - "NFT items can be unique"
12:42 - "NFTs can be traded and sold outside of the game"
14:34 - "Own an item in multiple games"
16:15 - "Play to earn"
17:31 - Summary and closing thoughts
#nfts #playtoearn #gaming - Hry
I wanted to make this video *specifically about video games* and not NFTs in general. Whilst I think the technology is interesting, it's the unfortunate truth that the amount of people involved in NFTs because they're genuinely interested in the technology vs those who are in it to extract as much money as possible before the bubble bursts... It's just skewed way too far towards the money-milkers. Besides, the important take away is that, despite the technology, no one has come up with an actual useful idea for it in gaming that can't already be done (and is already being done) and that's what this video is about.
finally
a youtuber that knows what they are talking about and doesn't say "thing 100% bad" because scummy people use it. I will admit as someone who dipped their toes into NFTs there are a bunch of losers that act extremely scummy, but the tech still is really cool and could be useful for doing a fairly decent chunk of stuff.
@@DrKat "line goes up" is a good and informed video if you want one.
NFTS are still fucking useless in general.
So wait is like Steam items where You can buy and sell them ?
i got 2 nft ads while trying to watch this video
Better title: "The planet earth doesn't need NFTs"
bit harsh on all the other planets
Best Title: "The whole of the observable and un-observable universe DOES NOT need NFTs
Best title: “Nobody asked for NFTs, I decided to remove them myself”
Betterer title: the timeline doesnt need nfts
NFT (the tech itself) is a great concept and do has it's uses.
In fact i would be in big trouble if some high importence application blockchains that i depend on would not exist.
For example I depend on My ONS names to do daily business with many different parties that should not know my central or a shared identity. And those ONS names are stored on the you guessed it, blockchain as a NFT
Tho the rest of this childish NFT trend should go away. People who dont understand the tech get scammed for many millions of money because they think a random jpg got a value beyond being a awful proof of concept
"NFTs are the perfect solution for a problem we still don't find" The best description I've found on nfts.
I think the actual "purpose" of NFTs is to give cryptocurrencies a use case beside money laundering and tax evasion and lure people to buy those cryptocurrencies to increase their value for those who already have them.
Thank you for clarifying that NFTs are indeed a complete and total scam.
They are more than a scam, they are a threat to our privacy.
The only way to have an NFT is to have a wallet.
A wallet that is publicly viewable by anyone.
Every item you bought on amazon.
Every website you log on to.
Now some people will say the wallet is anonymous
and while it's true that your name is not directly tied to it, the moment you accept payment on it, the person who payed you will know what your wallet is.
(So basically your boss will know about the 12" black vibrating dildo you bought on amazon).
The only reason that people are still buying into this Web3 NFT Metaverse garbage is because they don't know just how much privacy they will have to give up.
But when people start realizing this, that is when crypto will finally crash for good.
We don't want to live in a libertarian version of Chinas social credit system.
True
Basically Valve made NFT worthless before they even made/exist, despite anything can make NFT worthless
TF2's portrait paintings could technically be sold as NFTs due to the unique style that Moby Francke used on top of the game's already timeless art style. It's great that VALVe didn't do this. NFTs are stupid. Period.
valve knows risks when they see it, they knew if they marketed nfts to their games by say, making profile picture nfts, it would most definetly blow up in their face after the hype dies down
now plagued with the association and bad rep that nfts brings with them
@@octaviolopez7475 in other words: valve dodged a bullet hehe
@@fosphor8920 valve is a Texan confirmed
@@octaviolopez7475 i wish all gaming companies are as wise as valve
Dumb Dumb Ever ! +1
Funnily enough, Valve DID add TF2 items that were unlocked on non-Valve games, such as Poker Night at the Inventory 1&2, and a bazillion different iconic weapons and cosmetics awarded in special qualities if the player purchased a game before a specific date on Steam (Or with the free code provided by the Telltale Store if you purchased Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse from there instead). The promise of NFTs making cross-game items possible is the dumbest thing ever and has been done for well over a decade now.
This confirms that everything tied to nft anf the metaverse is just taking some thing that exist for a good while and pretending it is new.
Or terraria x don't starve together.
Essentially fake futurism
Fuu it d more example musk has done thing thousands of times
@@jmurray1110 Exactly that, it's all fake futurism. It's like putting a fancier looking body kit on a car and calling it the future when it performs the same as the previous iteration.
@@flow185 "But now with blockchain!"
I always mention tf2 whenever NFT's try to force their way into video games. Glad you made a detailed video explaining in depth why this isn't needed.
As an India gamedev, they provide a simple method of introducing an in-game economy without needing AAA infrastructure
tf2 did it well, but it's still not decentralized and things like account bans would mean bye bye items
One big thing people overlook about the security and set in stone nature of blockchain is that any piece of code inside the blockchain is MUCH harder to patch or update. Imagine if someone finally made a game that was entirely in the blockchain, all of it's code was put into different blocks and it all references itself from within the chain, but, uh oh, you found an exploit and you need to patch it... oh wait, how would you do that?
From one example I saw, the developer of a simple NFT lootbox masquerading as a game have to "burn" all of the existing tokens people paid for and give them brand new ones because he found a bug in his smart contract. He couldn't just patch the existing code body, he had to pull it down and remint all of those tokens, at his own expense I think.
All of the potential benefits of NFTs in games are pipedreams that require game devs and companies to suddenly shift to a VERY pro consumer market model and hurt themselves financially in the process. People always say "imagine if your ownership of a digital game was an NFT and you could trade it to someone else when you're done with the game" or whatever, that would require companies to do the exact opposite of what they've been trying to do with digital games, which is lock them to your account and not allow you to resell them. WHY would a developer ever willingly do that? They wouldn't lol.
Well said
@@Casperr i'm glad you managed to comprehend that, I am fried and very passionately dislike NFT and blockchain technology.
Great video btw, puts a very abstract and weird concept into simple and understandable terms for your everyday Joe!
"imagine if your ownership of a digital game was an NFT and you could trade it to someone else when you're done with the game"
You mean owning it physically? The entire point of digital ownership is to have access to it anywhere and infinitely.
If you want to throw it/sell it away then own it physically as you remove every block chain issue.
@@Buglin_Burger7878 Tell that to the people who shill out millions to buy virtual real estate instead of physical real estate lmao.
@@rubyy.7374 They would if they could afford it.
I remember first hearing about Blockchain 3 or 4 years ago when Extra Credits made their video about it. Mad how much the world has changed since then.
Five years from now, I don't think we'll be talking about NFT anymore.
I really hope you're right. People (who know much more about this than me) say it's just a matter of time before the bubble bursts, but we're seeing so many people still jumping on board I'm struggling to see that happening any time soon
Wait, Extra Credits made one?
Wanna bet
@@Casperr it burst ages ago. I kept 0.7 tezos and it went from 5 dollars for 1, for 1 for 0.7.
Lost 5x the money a friend gave me lel
@@Sethilliano they pointed out how shitty the tech is handled in games (and let's be honest, in general), and then tried to come up with some potentially valid uses for Blockchain tech in games, like having a multiplayer game where every single item is completely unique and can change stats based on the player's accomplishments, meaning no 2 swords or guns, or chestplates are ever alike, or something simpler like (with the user's consent of course) mining cryptocurrency in the background of an MMO to power the game's development, meanwhile the players never have to pay a single dime for anything. No microtransactions, no memberships, no nothing.
Of course, the former relies on the idea that the thing being transferred in-game is the actual swords/plates, and not a sword coupon or a plate coupon. And the latter relies on people being cool with the idea of a game harvesting money while running.
I love how often tf2 is brought up in controversial video game ideas, they did almost everything right and if not they fixed it, until now.
Mainly because even though TF2 came out in 2007, it doesn’t feel like it. It started a lot of trends you see in games today (for better or for worse) because it managed to be as popular as it is, despite its age and lack of updates
I enjoy the item economy from tf2 and csgo, but i really don´t understand why any other companies didn´t make economies and online markets like Valve did. Maybe they did not have the time to buildup something like this, so my main guess is why gaming companies try to push NFTs into games is because it is an easy gateway for them to start an economy and marketplace inside their games, since all the transactions can be held on the blockchain they want to use.
There's similar economies in some MMOs. You have a good point though, Valve created a roadmap for in-game economy that works. It starts with common item drops to get you hooked, and give F2P a way into the market. Then it progresses to lootbox style microtransactions for items ranging from uncommon to uber-rare. Difference between that and the shit EA pulls is that you can then go and trade the lootbox items, so if you really want a specific weapon skin, you can just go buy it instead of rolling the dice and crossing your fingers. It also helps that they allow trades to use real-world money, not just in-game money.
Probably because they want a closed economy that only the devs get to control so they can clog more worthless cosmetics and lootboxes
Didn't Blizzard try this with Diablo 3 and it was a complete dumpster fire? Maybe they should focus on figuring out the economics first, and then worry about the technology.
@@NYKevin100 Only when the items are cosmetic and community driven are eligible for Valve kind of open market. Cosmetic means it doesn't give you extra power in game and community driven means you have to allow creator to contribute their ideas to the market. The thing is... some game has hard time to sell cosmetic and some company are pretty against "community items or ideas". Heck, Valve even had to back off after many failed and controversial community updates from TF2.
@@NYKevin100 because diablo3, a game based around itemization, built its item shop around ingame items like armor and weapons, not cosmetics, which inherently went counter to its core design
Basically a NFT is a receipt of a picture you dont physically have
Not just physically. You dont own it, period. You dont own anything other than a glorified string of text pointing to what essentially is an imgur link.
if it was truly on the blockchain it'd have such insane electricity costs just for sharing them around, thus the big lie that keeps them possible. very backwards..
@@Dot11 I heard that 1mb on the blockchain would be so expensive that it would actually be less efficient/on par with primitive computers
The explanation on NFTs is very well done!
Also just wanted to say I love the choice of music and sound effects. It's very subtle and you probably don't get many people pointing it out but combined with the rest of the edits it makes the videos very high quality.
Thanks 😊
And lo and behold, another incredibly well done video explaining why NFTs are bullshit and any reason to use them is also bullshit. Thanks Casper, you rock dude!
I find it ironic how the NFT Binance ad played before watching the video:
"Binance NFT is the only marketplace to buy NFT's-"
_skips ad_
"Video Games don't need NFTs"
It’s funny when I get nft ads
my god, this video is amazing! from the clean visuals to the clear explanation, well done!
There are two problems that make NFT's as big as they are
First one is the fact majority of people will always clout-chase and go after whatever trend is booming
Second one is that NFT's are booming indeed. A lot of people who "invest" in NFT's are probably expirencing FOMO (Fear of missing out) after how much cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin grew in price.
I honestly believe that NFT's can become useful in future. However trading PNG's of monkeys makes me want to move on Jupiter and jump into the Big Red Spot
Actually there is an even bigger problem, and it's the one that will end all this NFT crap. Privacy.
The only way to have an NFT is to have a wallet.
A wallet that is publicly viewable by anyone.
Every item you bought on amazon.
Every website you log on to.
Now some people will say the wallet is anonymous
and while it's true that your name is not directly tied to it, the moment you accept payment on it, the person who payed you will know what your wallet is.
(So basically your boss will know about the 12" black vibrating dildo you bought on amazon).
The only reason that people are still buying into this Web3 NFT Metaverse garbage is because they don't know just how much privacy they will have to give up.
But when people start realizing this, that is when crypto will finally crash for good.
We don't want to live in a libertarian version of Chinas social credit system.
Funni
Agreed
Yep agreed.
Nfts should be actually valuable, like perhaps, making a nyan cat nft gif, people love nyan cat.
But who in the world wants an ugly monke. I'd rather kill half the human population than buy a monky or just ugly nft.
jump into the big blue spot on neptune your death will be faster
It's great to see someone who actually understands why games don't need NFTs. Most people discussing the topic have the reasoning "internet said NFT bad".
this video perfectly explains why I applaud Gabe Newell's decision to ban NFTs from Valve property
I cannot imagine how hard it was to make this video without going into a rant about just how fucking stupid and scammy NFTs are, good on you for that
The universe doesn't need nfts
correction!
the multiverse doesn't need NFTs
There aren't many videos I've agreed with more than this video. You did a fantastic job explaining this stuff. I thought my opposing stance on NFTs was already set in stone, but after watching this it's now set in tungsten.
I think the only use I see for NFTs linked to in game items is if some bug or developer issue causes you to lose that item in game. At that point you could point to your NFT and say "Hey, I DID have that item at one point, and here's proof." I imagine this could also be done somehow without NFTs, even if the non-forgeable nature of the NFT itself might make it slightly more secure.
The idea is that with an nft it would be yours, the developer cannot take it away, and you are free to sell it for real money, crypto, or trade it for another item. The developer would not be able to restrict how that trade is made. Not like in steam where for example a new account cant recieve gifts. And if you get banned or steam ceases to exist your item is lost forever
sound voltex (aka sdvx) also does the "you can use an item in another game" thing, there are 2 examples off the top of my head
1: when playing a later version of sdvx, you're asked to import save data to the later game, it carries over scores, unlocks, cosmetics, also, when playing the PC version, your scores will transfer over to the arcade version and vice versa
2: there are some events where playing bemani (konami's rhythm game division, which includes sdvx, iidx, ddr, etc) games will let you unlock the songs in that game in another rhythm game, the most famous example is dance dance revolution getting the brutally difficult song known as lachryma (from sdvx)
I read somewhere that the amount of energy used in 2021 to transfer all of the NFTs through the blockchain was about the same as a small first world country
I may very possibly be misremembering
One thing I didn't misremember is that the whole process is very inefficient, what, with multiple computers being required for a single transferal
The block chain uses 150 terawatt hours, which is more than the entire nation of Brazil
I really love the ice cream coupon analogy for NFTs. The large chain of dependencies required for NFTs to work and the fact it's far more complicated than existing methods (and more resource-intensive just to establish the blockchain) shows one of the major flaws in NFTs compared to... just keeping a database up and running.
Really, I wonder if the larger problem is that games (and not just the digital content within them) become unplayable once the servers are no longer up and running. A problem that NFTs can't solve.
Waiting for the day someone hacks the back end of a few NFTs and points them all to the same image, thereby creating confusion as to who owns the image
I personally would go for max style points and link them all to "the line goes up" the video all about the failings of nfts.
@@Dr._Elysium295 You really think that 97% of the people who paid anywhere from $100-$100,000 for something that they don't fully understand, are going to actually sit through 3 hours of a serious discussion? The only people who would actually listen and take notes are the fence sitters.
@@kempolar9768 the point was not for them to watch it only to mess with them.
@@Dr._Elysium295 exactly that
the video is so big now there is no way they haven't seen/heard of it before they probably despise that video with every fiber of their being
tbh with how greedy nft makers are, pretty much any billionare would probably have the money to execute this plan verbatim
Just point them to FBI police page, your IP has been logged in relation to possible fraud attempt blablabla
The difference between coupons and nfts is that I can actually go get an item with that coupon, but the entire reason for an nft us just to be able to own an nft, it’s buying a coupon that doesn’t get you anything just to have the coupon.
A lot of the hype around NFT's must be one of two things:
1. Bandwagoning the next trend until it's popularity drops
2. Greed, and a willingness to exploit people who fall into the previous category for easy money
That isn't to say that this is all encompassing and that there's no legitimate potential to the concept, but what it is right now is rather unrealized and ultimately pointless at best and a scam at worst.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the best way to defeat these scam artists isn't to call NFTs bad or ugly or screenshot NFTs, it's to actually logically point out the flaws that are NFTs. And how easily they can be used for scams
You know the video is good when CZcams itself added 'yes' to the end of the link
This is a great video. The intro explanation itself is good enough to explain NFT’s as its own video. Keep up the good work
Okay, gotta take a breather. The quality of this video just oh my gods. The audio, the transitions, the backgrounds, tone, topic, script. Just you have completely out done yourself the quality is quite ridiculous high
The fact that they even tried to advertise "complete universal transferability between all games" proved it was a scam from the beginning.
If you think about it, whenever a video game makes a unique item, that IS an NFT; it's a token and it's not fungible. The only difference is it doesn't count with the overkill level of impossibility to duplicate it through hacks or glitches to render it fungible. So this is rather a video about why videogames don't need block chain NFTs.
You visualized exactly my thoughts about NFT and TF2. There is no real need in blockchain to implement all the promised features. I'd argue that without blockchain it can be implemented more efficiently.
My big takeaway from this is that game archival and preservation is important for game hobbyists, regardless of tradeable items or tokens. Absolutely insane that devs and publishers can just yank it away whenever they want.
This is unironically a pretty good video to explain how NFT's work in general, and how it applies to games. Bravo
Short version: "They don't."
I feel like NFTs are just something that we already had, but everyone acts like they're new
a unique custom image owned by 1 person? that's a commission.
a way to earn money based off of a market? stocks.
and crypto currency already exists, so Ethereum is redundant.
like
whats the point of an nft ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ?
It should also be noted that while blockchain isn’t technically the most safe way to store a database, it is also by the most inefficient because of how many checks are made and how much processing power it needs.
It’s like locking your door with 50 padlocks. Sure, it’s safer, but do you really want to carry around 50 keys just to get in your house?
and also to make all those padlocks costs a lot of resources, all very harmful to the atmosphere
it isnt meant to be "safe" and it doesn't make any "checks". please refrain from commenting about technicalities when your background is that of a complete layman lmao
@@curbstompzombiekillerz blockchain use for anything other than money transactions is stupid and wasteful, yes
i've watched like 10 videos of people trying to explain nfts to me, and yours was what the made the most sense. So great video even without everything else lol.
Nice, clean presentation. Everything is explained beautifully. Great video.
The only NFTs I'd ever consider buying are trading cards on Steam
Well made video, well edited, well explained and just very good overall keep it up
The most clear and concise explanation of NFTs online. Awesome effort! Subbed.
The motion graphics are so good! Very epic.
Summary of this video:
Valve good, NFTs worthless.
I play a game to play a game. If I wanted to invest or gamble I would play the stock market.
Also, would like to point out that you could do EVERY example of this video without nft and it will consume less electricity than just one done with nfts, crypto and nft are a HUGE electric wasters
We already pay a lot of money for games (i live in Brazil a game here is R$ 200,00 minimum) and sometimes the fucking thing isn't even finished or EVEN worse pay to win (or pay to play), if they come with "oH wE nOw SelL nFts AnD yOu NeEd To BuY iT" I'm just gonna download the pirate version
The funny part of the analogy is that the coupons are extremely expensive and the ice cream is completely free
God this video is great, really should have more views. Extremely well crafted visually and your explanations were great. Good work :>
I really enjoyed this video! Good info, good subject, well made!
6:47 actually its very hard to change that part of the NFT, because its being checked and re-checked over many computers its almost impossible to change the actual NFT. Someone made an NFT that actually included code for some kind of app, and it had a serious bug in it, the people who made the NFT had no ability to fix it because it was already on the block chain. Its kind of the worst of both worlds.
that was only a PoC, actual games with NFT economy would not suffer from that issue
I'd love to see the person who said "Imagine taking a skin from one game... And using it in another game!" list any game engines outside of Unity and Unreal Engine, it would be surprising if they knew _one_ of them nevermind multiple
Game engine?
Is that like AOL?
One of your best videos ever, fantastic explanation and great visuals!
Thank you brethren ❤️ hope you're good, we'll have to have a TF2 date soon
I really like this style, it would be cool if you make more stuff similar to this :)
9:03 i love the exorcizor one of the best multiclass cosmetics
another point against the "uniqueness" of NFTs:
most CS:GO skins have unique pattern IDs, that determine how the pattern on the skin is rotated, moved, etc.
it goes even further on specific skins, like case hardened, where any and all pixels on the affected parts of a gun can be a different color from the rest of the skin, and usually, the more blue is present on a case hardened skin, the more it is worth
(there's also the dick knife, which, as you could tell from its moniker, is a knife with a dick pattern on it)
same goes for TF2 war paints, though it's usually mostly just the rotation and placement of the pattern, but there are some easter eggs that require specific patterns to be visible
NFT trading? TF2 has it all already, in Steam, no less! Sure I can't turn to real money, but in exchange Steam becomes the most trusted market because Valve runs it. We trust Valve because of the track record it has operating the market and trading for over 10 years.
Buying an NFT is like buying a virtual hat that doesn’t at all benefit you in gameplay but costs millions. Thank goodness there aren’t any games like that 👍.
Thanks, this video is the best explanation I've seen.
Thanks for making sense on what NFTs are. I always found it odd how some people pay so much money for digital images that can be easily be copied and pasted anywhere.
visuals are sexy, script is easy to understand and informative. great video
Great video, changes from the usual also very ‘unqiue’ 11:04
7:45 Thank you for mentioning Dirty Bomb!
More people need to see this vid tbh
Well this is perfect. I clicked on this video and I instantly get hit with NFT advert even it before started.
That's was a really really REALLY fucking good explanation of what nfts are. Great video!!!!!
During difficult to follow booming trends/politics I like to abide by “reading the room” as a method to break down intent on any given side.
For NFTs, every business person/student and companies from all fields were getting REALLY excited, to the point that they were publicly advertising the “business potential” with no mention of actual gain on the consumer side of things. It’s a scam. Plain and simple. Just the next step in a story of micro transactions and unfinished products with gambling built-in.
Basically, if companies ever get really excited on business and business alone, don’t trust it.
It's essentially just microtransactions with a fresh coat of paint.
Fooling people into thinking it's anything different is how you get those people back into scams they otherwise would avoid, all because it's "different".
Man I hate crypto, there is no point in it.
It's a pyramid scheme, microtransactions, greater fool scam, and in-game currency all rolled into one awful monster. Of course companies love it.
really enjoyed the portal soundtrack!
14:42 this is the dumbest one. While maybe in a few decades an NFT will be able to have enough storage to *maybe* just perhaps, accomplish this, assuming it can tap into some kind of already standardized thing, such as idk Unity humanoid rigs, then maybe *just freaking maybe* it would work. I could see a whole host of bugs arising however. And even then im sure it could be done in other ways, other than via an NFT. Because this concept isnt just that it would be a feature in one or two games, but that the NFT itself could implement cosmetics directly into the game. Since NFTs are technically code, it is technically possible. But just not practical in any way, especially with where the technology is right now.
glad you make everything very clear and factual
My God, this needs to be spread far and wide!
so clearly explained!
Atleast Gabe newell hates Nft games
Based Gaben
Games like vr chat and Garry's mod where you can upload 3d assets and make them non replicateable will also give you essentially exclusive right to for example a character model you made or bought. Same item, different game, and it already exists
why would trade nfts when unusuals exist
I love that when you visualize the blockchain you play the 2fort intel sound
Right click save image as.
Tf2 and csgo have been doing this for years with regular item ids and it’s been fine NFT’s are just worse
That was the best video about the subject. Thank you.
Hell Second Life has had people living off of making stuff in the game or owning land. Without NFT and predating Blockchain's very existence
Under rated video and new sub :3
gotta love the stardew valley music in the background at 2:04
Games being unplayable once a developer or a company either stops existing, is unable to provide the service or simply deems the game not profitable enough is a shit storm of its own. Not providiing an alternative for people who paid for the ownership of a copy of yours game shoulnt be accepted as something that just happens and should have legal precedent in favor of the consumer. Even giving the means for the players dedicated enough to keep private servers or to alter the game to be still be in playable state after being aboned by its owner would be a massive improvement.
game studios don't make enough money to do that. Most games sell for 60 dollars a pop on launch, and they make LOTS of money towards the beginning of the game's lifespan almost always, but there is rarely a constant stream capable of outweighing the cost of upkeep. With some exceptions of course, some games have had dedicated fanbases large enough to financially support the studios long after most games usually die, but studios need a revenue STREAM to pay their employees, not just a big burst of cash followed by 30 years of server upkeep. it's the exact reason why you never see a large scale game company just make one game and base their entire revenue on that, they need new projects released every 2-3 years at most in order to keep a proper cash flow.
Thing is, YOU signed that EULA, they have nothing binding them to the game, and you decided you were fine with that, and then proceeded to spend money on a game that was probably only going to have dev support for maybe 2 years anyways. You have nobody to blame but yourself, and if you want to buy items in a game that lasts longer, look at steam games like tf2, csgo, dota 2, etc. The market in those games gives them real value, so you never end up with nothing.
I didn't expect this video from you but I appreciate it greatly nonetheless!
Buying an NFT is more worthless than buying a ROLEX these days •
I got a Blankos ad right before this video which is a game with NFT's
I got an ad for NFTs at the beggining of the video lmao.
NFT's feel like a joke heist you would see in Payday 2.
goddamn, this editing is insane.
in fact, one could say it's quite unqiue.
Petition to make NFTs illegal, like to sign
1:50 after spending 4 hours in the intel room in 2fort to get a side objective for a contract done, I thought I'd gone insane because I heard that ambience.
7:45 lol at lawbreakers' grave not having flowers
wow, nfts were worse than i thought
also, cool video
and don't forget the enviromental consequences of nfts
it wasn't really mentioned in this video but make sure not to forget it
While there's no doubt NFT's are bad I think some kind of vaguely similar tracking system could be useful to digital artists. Just something like you right click on an image on any media or soemthing and it brings you to a website that links to the artist as the creator of that work. Even if it was reposted by someone else or edited. Basically just some kind of system that when a piece is uploaded there is some kind of ID tag or something that can always easily be traced back to an artist.
I agree - I way to reliably acknowledge and identify artists for their work would be awesome. Unfortunately, a lot of NFT bros took that idea and used it as a way to play "nice guy" and convince people NFTs do a thing that they don't really do
@@Casperr Indeed, not to mention as far as I'm aware are stolen art or just crappy edits of the same image which both are bug middle fingers to genuine artists and the art community. It's a shame so much effort was put into virtually useless technology where that time and resource could have been put into developing something more beneficial to the general public and without being so harmful.
Items between games is a great idea...
But A, the games need to be simalar in theme, or simalar enough to have usable items in the first places, and B, the devs have to agree with eachother.
Aye nice evening new Casper video.