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There are a lot of examples where it's trivial to do this now. For example, Diablo III and Immortal are owned by the same company and run through the same porta

There are a lot of examples where it's trivial to do this now. For example, Diablo III and Immortal are owned by the same company and run through the same portal - can I transfer gems, skins, or titles between the games? If I'm a Master's SCII player could that show up in Overwatch somehow? Maybe I could play as a Zealot! If this "transfer between games" thing is such a killer feature why isn't it happening now? Shouldn't we be seeing stuff like this in Steam games where Steam could easily expose your progress between other Steam games.

duskwuff 4y ago
> Shouldn't we be seeing stuff like this in Steam games where Steam could easily expose your progress between other Steam games. Amusingly, Valve has already experimented with this (and, as far as I can tell, given up on it). There were a handful of in-game items in Team Fortress 2 which were given to players as a reward for purchasing certain games, or for completing specific achievements in those games.
- astrange 4y ago
  This made TF2 unplayable for me - I have a rare item (iPod earbuds) from the initial Mac launch, and the next few times I signed in I couldn’t get away from people spamming me to trade them. This is one reason you wouldn’t be a crypto billionaire no matter how prices went up; you’d probably sell first.
  - TimJRobinson 4y ago
    This was an argument why email will never work too. Spam filtering will get better over time.
    - duskwuff 4y ago
      Maybe for email. TF2's spam filtering got worse -- the game is now overrun with malicious bots, and is unplayable on public servers.
    - astrange 4y ago
      That’s actually why email is centralized now. Gmail’s good spam filtering works because it can see what’s going to every account. Some email providers (Hey in the US) don’t accept emails from other senders without prior authorization from the user. IIRC Chinese providers won’t accept any of yours unless you have a contract with them.
    - dragonwriter 4y ago
      > This was an argument why email will never work too No, it wasn't. Email was popular and established before spam became a big concern. Though spam, and the necessary control mechanisms, is one reason email had become less central.
      - TimJRobinson 4y ago
        Yea and then when spam came out there were hundreds of articles that Email is becoming useless because of it. We encounter new problems, then we build solutions, that's how progress works.
        danaris 4y ago
        But NFTs and their ilk still don't actually solve any of the problems we have today. So please stop moving the goalposts.
dvt 4y ago
> If this "transfer between games" thing is such a killer feature why isn't it happening now? Do you even play games? It's literally happening between Blizzard games lol. Hearthstone and WoW had all kinds of cross-game cosmetics (mounts, card backs, etc.). Let alone all the goodies you get from Blizzcon in-game (which have a sizable secondary grey market on eBay).
- SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
  But they only do it for special occasions, otherwise the respective stores would be full of hundreds of them, which they aren't. And if they are doing it right now, NFT's don't provide any added bonus here.
- bpicolo 4y ago
  Unless I'm missing something, those aren't cross-game cosmetics. They're cosmetics for a single game themed off of a different game. A hearthstone card skin has no use in WoW.
  - jsemrau 4y ago
    It's like the MCEU (Marvel Cinematic Extended Universe) you need to build up the stories and assets so they tie into each other.
moralestapia 4y ago
>can I transfer gems, skins, or titles between the games? You could do that since the GameBoy Color and without having to trash the economy, become a fugitive and give Matt Levine writing material for years.
phamilton 4y ago
Pokemon Home solved this traditionally. I can transfer pokemon between Pokemon Go and switch Pokemon games (e.g. Pokemon Legends: Arceus)

duskwuff 4y ago

> Shouldn't we be seeing stuff like this in Steam games where Steam could easily expose your progress between other Steam games. Amusingly, Valve has already experimented with this (and, as far as I can tell, given up on it). There were a handful of in-game items in Team Fortress 2 which were given to players as a reward for purchasing certain games, or for completing specific achievements in those games.

astrange 4y ago
This made TF2 unplayable for me - I have a rare item (iPod earbuds) from the initial Mac launch, and the next few times I signed in I couldn’t get away from people spamming me to trade them. This is one reason you wouldn’t be a crypto billionaire no matter how prices went up; you’d probably sell first.
- TimJRobinson 4y ago
  This was an argument why email will never work too. Spam filtering will get better over time.
  - duskwuff 4y ago
    Maybe for email. TF2's spam filtering got worse -- the game is now overrun with malicious bots, and is unplayable on public servers.
  - astrange 4y ago
    That’s actually why email is centralized now. Gmail’s good spam filtering works because it can see what’s going to every account. Some email providers (Hey in the US) don’t accept emails from other senders without prior authorization from the user. IIRC Chinese providers won’t accept any of yours unless you have a contract with them.
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    > This was an argument why email will never work too No, it wasn't. Email was popular and established before spam became a big concern. Though spam, and the necessary control mechanisms, is one reason email had become less central.
    - TimJRobinson 4y ago
      Yea and then when spam came out there were hundreds of articles that Email is becoming useless because of it. We encounter new problems, then we build solutions, that's how progress works.
      - danaris 4y ago
        But NFTs and their ilk still don't actually solve any of the problems we have today. So please stop moving the goalposts.

dvt 4y ago

> If this "transfer between games" thing is such a killer feature why isn't it happening now? Do you even play games? It's literally happening between Blizzard games lol. Hearthstone and WoW had all kinds of cross-game cosmetics (mounts, card backs, etc.). Let alone all the goodies you get from Blizzcon in-game (which have a sizable secondary grey market on eBay).

SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
But they only do it for special occasions, otherwise the respective stores would be full of hundreds of them, which they aren't. And if they are doing it right now, NFT's don't provide any added bonus here.
bpicolo 4y ago
Unless I'm missing something, those aren't cross-game cosmetics. They're cosmetics for a single game themed off of a different game. A hearthstone card skin has no use in WoW.
- jsemrau 4y ago
  It's like the MCEU (Marvel Cinematic Extended Universe) you need to build up the stories and assets so they tie into each other.

moralestapia 4y ago

>can I transfer gems, skins, or titles between the games? You could do that since the GameBoy Color and without having to trash the economy, become a fugitive and give Matt Levine writing material for years.

phamilton 4y ago

Pokemon Home solved this traditionally. I can transfer pokemon between Pokemon Go and switch Pokemon games (e.g. Pokemon Legends: Arceus)