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what's the advantage of an NFT over a database entry? The NFT doesn't give you access to the actual content, which is always at the discretion of the game devel

what's the advantage of an NFT over a database entry? The NFT doesn't give you access to the actual content, which is always at the discretion of the game developer (who can always reject your 'NFT ownership', in fact they're incentivized to do so) And on the other hand if the game is open-source ported or anything it doesn't make much sense either because then by definition you have access to whatever you want edit: also thinking about it, how does the NFT even prove you owned anything in the game in the first place? What do I write into an NFT that proves that I actually earned the stuff in the game instead of just making it up?

esjeon 5y ago
Yup. NFT in gaming is a total hoax by design. There's just no guarantee that game companies will always accept the changes on the NFT side. It's just a tool to boost stock prices.
basch 5y ago
>what's the advantage of an NFT over a database entry? a database entry where? on a Microsoft or EA server that they shut down after 5 years? that's all it is to begin with, a database entry, albeit a distributed one that probably wont go away. if a game developer rejects a communities investment, another developer can hop in and add support from assets from other games. imagine a dnd character that you can create once, is hosted and persists forever, and that you can load into any game.
- Barrin92 5y ago
  you didn't address my points. If the game is open, I don't need an NFT, I just need a scoresheet to take my dnd characters everywhere, there's no need to cryptographically own it. In fact that's what I've been doing with RP characters for ages. I already have a database, it's a Google Doc and on my drive. Simple note-taking doesn't require distributed storage. And no other developer can pick up games that are proprietary because the NFT doesn't confer ownership over the games assets or grant you access to the code.

esjeon 5y ago

Yup. NFT in gaming is a total hoax by design. There's just no guarantee that game companies will always accept the changes on the NFT side. It's just a tool to boost stock prices.

basch 5y ago

>what's the advantage of an NFT over a database entry? a database entry where? on a Microsoft or EA server that they shut down after 5 years? that's all it is to begin with, a database entry, albeit a distributed one that probably wont go away. if a game developer rejects a communities investment, another developer can hop in and add support from assets from other games. imagine a dnd character that you can create once, is hosted and persists forever, and that you can load into any game.

Barrin92 5y ago
you didn't address my points. If the game is open, I don't need an NFT, I just need a scoresheet to take my dnd characters everywhere, there's no need to cryptographically own it. In fact that's what I've been doing with RP characters for ages. I already have a database, it's a Google Doc and on my drive. Simple note-taking doesn't require distributed storage. And no other developer can pick up games that are proprietary because the NFT doesn't confer ownership over the games assets or grant you access to the code.