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NFTs make absolutely no sense for video games collectables. As it is, video game collectables work just fine, NFTs add nothing except cost and complexity.

hot_gril 3y ago
If you want there to be a marketplace for your collectibles, NFTs are the most open way of doing that, and a lot is prebuilt.
- MichaelZuo 3y ago
  Counter-strike had a market for collectibles well before?
  - hot_gril 3y ago
    It took work by a large parent company. And I don't know how third-party websites can trade those, but it must mean either Valve is managing an API or people are doing something hacky to work around that.
    - valzam 3y ago
      They can't. There are third party websites but there is no way for them to initiate trades. They work around this bysome crazy peer-to-peer trust-me-bro scheme.
      - hot_gril 3y ago
        That's what I was expecting.
    - troupo 3y ago
      And the reason for that is simple: game collectibles literally cannot work in any game on any platform except the one they were designed for. There's a reason you can't bring your Fortnite skin into a Lord of the Rings game, and it has very little to do with "central companies" and "APIs"
      - hot_gril 3y ago
        Interop with other games isn't the issue here.
        MichaelZuo 3y ago
        So then what is the issue?
        hot_gril 3y ago
        It's what I said above, it's a lot of work for a new game to create/maintain its own collectibles marketplace that people can trust, and even a well-established game like Counterstrike doesn't properly support third-party trades. Ethereum provides all that out of the box with NFTs. There's also the issue that Valve controls all the assets, but that's mostly a moot point because they control the game anyway. I guess someone could honor NFT skins in a separate game if they really wanted, but that's getting theoretical.
        lern_too_spel 3y ago
        That's what SAAS is for. Cheaper and easier than building NFTs on a blockchain and integrating them into your game.
        hot_gril 3y ago
        Hosting a p2p marketplace isn't just a software problem. You'll find it challenging even with a service like Stripe. And not cheap.

hot_gril 3y ago

If you want there to be a marketplace for your collectibles, NFTs are the most open way of doing that, and a lot is prebuilt.

MichaelZuo 3y ago
Counter-strike had a market for collectibles well before?
- hot_gril 3y ago
  It took work by a large parent company. And I don't know how third-party websites can trade those, but it must mean either Valve is managing an API or people are doing something hacky to work around that.
  - valzam 3y ago
    They can't. There are third party websites but there is no way for them to initiate trades. They work around this bysome crazy peer-to-peer trust-me-bro scheme.
    - hot_gril 3y ago
      That's what I was expecting.
  - troupo 3y ago
    And the reason for that is simple: game collectibles literally cannot work in any game on any platform except the one they were designed for. There's a reason you can't bring your Fortnite skin into a Lord of the Rings game, and it has very little to do with "central companies" and "APIs"
    - hot_gril 3y ago
      Interop with other games isn't the issue here.
      - MichaelZuo 3y ago
        So then what is the issue?
        hot_gril 3y ago
        It's what I said above, it's a lot of work for a new game to create/maintain its own collectibles marketplace that people can trust, and even a well-established game like Counterstrike doesn't properly support third-party trades. Ethereum provides all that out of the box with NFTs. There's also the issue that Valve controls all the assets, but that's mostly a moot point because they control the game anyway. I guess someone could honor NFT skins in a separate game if they really wanted, but that's getting theoretical.
        lern_too_spel 3y ago
        That's what SAAS is for. Cheaper and easier than building NFTs on a blockchain and integrating them into your game.
        hot_gril 3y ago
        Hosting a p2p marketplace isn't just a software problem. You'll find it challenging even with a service like Stripe. And not cheap.