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       S.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2 developer quickly cancels NFT plans after fan
       outcry
        
       Author : AlexandrB
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2021-12-17 20:01 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | erulabs wrote:
       | I'm kind of tired of hearing about NFTs - cool, you added a store
       | to your game - who cares?
       | 
       | But I'm _very_ tired of hearing why NFTs are a scam. Cool, you
       | don't want to buy video games skins that way - _who cares_?!?
       | 
       | I've heard -one- good argument against NFTs and -one- good
       | argument for, and both those posters were drown in a sea of angry
       | replies. I guess I just don't understand why it gets people so
       | riled up in either direction.
        
         | kiawe_fire wrote:
         | Agreed.
         | 
         | We've had contests before in games where "the winner gets to be
         | in the game!"
         | 
         | We've had games with and without cosmetic upgrades, and it
         | seems if you don't have them now, then "there's no incentive to
         | keep playing" and "why can't I make my character more unique?"
         | 
         | But with them, then "they're just trying to take more money
         | from us" and "I don't care about this cosmetic stuff so neither
         | should anyone else".
         | 
         | NFTs are an additional layer on top of what has been part of
         | gaming in some capacity for a long time.
         | 
         | There are a couple of additional arguments to be made around
         | the ecological impact with NFTs, but otherwise it's the same
         | old, tired debate that just seems to get more angry and less
         | rational with every iteration, and I don't get it.
         | 
         | Mostly, I don't see any scenario where anyone ends up actually
         | happy with the result. Like people are complaining just to
         | complain. When there is a rational complaint to be made, it
         | gets downvoted to oblivion by one side or the other.
        
         | tata71 wrote:
         | It's been made a wedge issue on owned popular media to distract
         | you from stacking cheap ETH, or even BTC.
        
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