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I see huge potential for NFT integration as well. Imagine buying a Mickey Mouse skin in Fortnight and being able to use it in one of Epic Games' other games too

I see huge potential for NFT integration as well. Imagine buying a Mickey Mouse skin in Fortnight and being able to use it in one of Epic Games' other games too. Lots of possibilities.

atomicUpdate 3y ago
No one thinks NFTs have a future anywhere anymore, least of which in gaming. Nothing you described needs NFTs or crypto in any way either.
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  And most importantly of all, game publishers do not want you to be able to use something you buy in Game A to decorate your character in Game B, because they want to skim more money out of you buying a new artificially scarce item in Game B. Hell, Valve literally already did this with all CS:GO skins carrying over to CS2, it required zero blockchain, doesn't actually give you "control" over the item, and was only done because players have spent literal tens of thousands of dollars on skins and Valve needed to throw them a bone so they would be slightly less upset about CS:GO being essentially memory-holed.
c0pium 3y ago
Oh man, remember NFTs? Glad that’s over.
- Zpalmtree 3y ago
  NFTs are doing just fine
  - 2024throwaway 3y ago
    [Citation needed]
  - guappa 3y ago
    As in "existing" sure, as in "having any value" not really.
  - c0pium 3y ago
    Oh honey…
- defrost 3y ago
  [flagged]
blackoil 3y ago
> use it in one of Epic Games' other games too. That neither needs nor is easier with NFTs.
ta_1138 3y ago
Disney had a group looking at NFT and metaverse initiatives, but as far as I have seen, they all got canned in last year's layoffs. manager and everything. The company is huge, so it's not impossible that other group like that might remain employed there, somewhere, but at the very least the interest have waned.
meheleventyone 3y ago
You can already do this in Fortnite and Roblox, and half a dozen other gaming platforms no NFTs required.
imtringued 3y ago
Nobody cares. The NFT thing never made sense as anything but a receipt.
- bombcar 3y ago
  I have a receipt from Walmart for an Xbox game, that will let it play on a PlayStation, right? ;)
rsynnott 3y ago
Time travel confirmed; this person has clearly just arrived from 2021.
kevinmchugh 3y ago
This is basically just fortnite. When they wanted to make a racing game, they did it in fortnite. When they wanted a rhythm game, they did it in fortnite. Fortnite is a game browser and engine, not a set of mechanics. Also if the intention is to limit the use of the property to epic games, why not use a plain old database? Nft seems like overkill

I see huge potential for NFT integration as well. Imagine buying a Mickey Mouse skin in Fortnight and being able to use it in one of Epic Games' other games too. Lots of possibilities.

atomicUpdate 3y ago

No one thinks NFTs have a future anywhere anymore, least of which in gaming. Nothing you described needs NFTs or crypto in any way either.

mrguyorama 3y ago
And most importantly of all, game publishers do not want you to be able to use something you buy in Game A to decorate your character in Game B, because they want to skim more money out of you buying a new artificially scarce item in Game B. Hell, Valve literally already did this with all CS:GO skins carrying over to CS2, it required zero blockchain, doesn't actually give you "control" over the item, and was only done because players have spent literal tens of thousands of dollars on skins and Valve needed to throw them a bone so they would be slightly less upset about CS:GO being essentially memory-holed.

c0pium 3y ago

Oh man, remember NFTs? Glad that’s over.

Zpalmtree 3y ago
NFTs are doing just fine
- 2024throwaway 3y ago
  [Citation needed]
- guappa 3y ago
  As in "existing" sure, as in "having any value" not really.
- c0pium 3y ago
  Oh honey…
defrost 3y ago
[flagged]

blackoil 3y ago

> use it in one of Epic Games' other games too. That neither needs nor is easier with NFTs.

ta_1138 3y ago

Disney had a group looking at NFT and metaverse initiatives, but as far as I have seen, they all got canned in last year's layoffs. manager and everything. The company is huge, so it's not impossible that other group like that might remain employed there, somewhere, but at the very least the interest have waned.

meheleventyone 3y ago

You can already do this in Fortnite and Roblox, and half a dozen other gaming platforms no NFTs required.

imtringued 3y ago

Nobody cares. The NFT thing never made sense as anything but a receipt.

bombcar 3y ago
I have a receipt from Walmart for an Xbox game, that will let it play on a PlayStation, right? ;)

rsynnott 3y ago

Time travel confirmed; this person has clearly just arrived from 2021.

kevinmchugh 3y ago

This is basically just fortnite. When they wanted to make a racing game, they did it in fortnite. When they wanted a rhythm game, they did it in fortnite. Fortnite is a game browser and engine, not a set of mechanics. Also if the intention is to limit the use of the property to epic games, why not use a plain old database? Nft seems like overkill