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> What's the point of using NFT instead of a Ubisoft owned DB? Less work. Maintaining a marketplace is resource intensive. If the same functionality can be ach
by throwaway473825 5y ago
> What's the point of using NFT instead of a Ubisoft owned DB?
Less work. Maintaining a marketplace is resource intensive. If the same functionality can be achieved with NFTs, it makes little sense to use a proprietary solution.
- pornel 5y agoThere are simpler and cheaper databases that can do more than 40 transactions per second.
- wlesieutre 5y agoBlockchain lets them wash their hands of theft, just say "Oops, blockchain! It's theirs now, we don't control that." Users may consider this a bug, but from Ubisoft's side it's less responsibility.
- lupire 5y agoUbisoft users already have accounts, so they already have to deal with theft.
- SahAssar 5y agoThey have a marketplace. They have the accounts. They have the payment details. They need to keep track of purchases and make sure they are allowed under their conditions. The need to verify and integrate the items into their game. They need to tie specific ubisoft accounts to crypto wallets. Are you seriously saying that their motivation was that it's less work?