Ubisoft Quartz NFT Announcement Was So Mass Disliked That The Trailer Got Delisted

[@YongYea]

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[@AGuywhohasGoodTaste]

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[@setsers1]

YIKES

[@boredplayer7425]

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[@monkecarlo7461]

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[@oat4692]

Wow what a great take as always yong

[@DanLuxe]

KZbin: No dislike count. Internet: Challenge accepted.

[@davidyos2575]

I feel like KZbin is testing its audience's creativity to dislike a video without a dislike button. Now it creates a stigma, instead of disliking the video directly, other content creators are more likely to create a video bashing on them and flood the comment section with "use me as a dislike button" instead. What next? removing comment sections or purge the negative comments?

[@paperluigi6132]

@@davidyos2575 removing comment sections will be the final straw for more than half of KZbin.

[@CreationsFlare]

It is worth noting that if you use Chrome or Firefox there are plug-ins to show the dislikes.

[@CreationsFlare]

@@davidyos2575 you can already do this by choice, and KZbin already removes comments in more controversial videos.

[@lordyasha5944]

@@davidyos2575 youtube already removes comments i got some removed by youtube not the channel and a video can always have the option to not allow comments

[@bekindrewind15]

I love how the companies keep finding ways to ask us to pay them yet they can't even ship out a game that works on the day they launch

[@dakat5131]

Oddly, there's always someone going "Well making games isn't free you know, why not appreciate them and buy something so they can afford to make more?" There's nothing wrong with withholding money from a company that isn't working for it. Players want entertainment and if the company can't be bothered to build that relationship, it's insulting to have the game company hold out their hands for more.

[@LuhWhippaSnappa]

@@dakat5131 Exactly! Just look at Rockstar and Take Two for an example, they've made BILLIONS off of GTA V and to this very day, they're still making millions upon millions of dollars. Why make a GTA VI when they're still making bank off the same game they released 8 years ago? Not only that, Rockstar has waaaay more than enough money to not only make a new game, but look how they did the GTA "Definitive" Edition. They most definitely could've paid Grove Street Games, themselves, or another group that would be more than happy to put in the love, effort, and time to do a complete remake, but they gave us what we got instead. These gaming companies are trying to find the cheapest, cop out way to make more and more money and people will continue to eat it up and defend them. Its mind boggling. Also, Take Two is aggressively trying to sue modders who just want to make their games better. That alone shows how much they care about the community.

[@vvthetalentlessduo6976]

Yep

[@ababafgatg]

The gaming industry is so big now, bigger than ever, that anyone and everyone will try their best to make money off these things we call video games… and it will never stop.

[@walnoot1234]

Interesting. I love games that come out in a polished state, without bugs and lootboxes, for a fair price. But hey, we all love different things it seems.

[@kaymojohnson]

"The investors are the customers." And this is the biggest reason why the biggest titles are becoming the most disappointing games to play.....for lack of better words

[@wolfe9655]

Basically any corporation lul

[@Marinealver]

Bring on the 2nd Video Game Crash.

[@rafaelgonzalez6649]

2042

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

Luckily Nintendo still delivers most times.

[@joshallen128]

Can't mix business with pleasure

[@tizodd6]

Definitely one of those "wtf are they thinking?" decisions. I'm always amazed at how out of touch these "industry people" can become.

[@kentw6596]

chasing trends. that's all that is to it

[@endoftime0]

Actually NFTs could become very popular in the future games like csgo and league of legends. if you believe it or not most players want this

[@tizodd6]

@@endoftime0 "Most"? Not based on the comments on every video about this.

[@endoftime0]

@@tizodd6 no lol

[@cfilorvyls457]

@@endoftime0 yeah, no... Just because your group of friends are gullible enough for NFT doesn't mean everyone else is also like that.

[@alexdeghost2729]

Well, KZbin. Your plan with dislikes to save corporations has failed.

[@Zack_Wildfire]

KZbin thought people were going to treat videos like comments and just do likes instead of dislikes.

[@silmearendil]

👎 😲

[@siddhantbanerjee3328]

For now only unfortunately. The dislike API is still available for application use, but youtube is apparently planning to remove access to it soon

[@dragonslayermasterornstein83]

@@siddhantbanerjee3328 sheesh they are so fucking sensitve

[@oracle_8947]

@@siddhantbanerjee3328 From what I understand, though KZbin is phasing out the api, addons that return the dislikes will still be able to operate independently. At least, that's what I've heard

[@kaaifiotp]

Another big issue I have with NFTs are that ive seen countless of artists’ art being stolen and sold as NFTs without their consent. This actually happened to multiple deceased artists too which is so messed up because it proves that many people involved with them have no respect for artists at all

[@Steven-cf1ty]

To be fair, if you're making the kind of art that gets sold as an NFT you haven't contributed much quality to the medium

[@samwilkinson9309]

@@Steven-cf1ty As far as I've heard, NFTs can range from anything digital, not really looked into it much because I couldn't care less about NFTs because it's stupid honestly. And one that note of them being able to try and sell anything as an NFT, it may well be good art too, but even if it's bad, stealing art is stealing art and it's bad (Goes without saying) and if not stealing, selling something you inherit from someone that you knew who's deceased is kinda sad too.

[@Steven-cf1ty]

@@samwilkinson9309 I've only seen NFTs that are like Ubisoft Quartz type scams or rip offs of that hideous bored monkey

[@june570]

Even happened with Stan Lee by making art of him wearing like random suits

[@williamsmith6921]

@@Steven-cf1ty it's mostly because those are the ones that have gotten the most popularity, more NFTs exist than the ones that get covered by most of social media and news, most of them are shit because they want to be able to mass produce them with as little effort as possible

[@GW7Rain]

“NFTs are the future”, the sequel to the popular “Single-Player is dead”

[@CryoJnik]

That was as hilarious then as it is now

[@PeterGriffin-rp9iq]

I mean they are the future so no

[@nickking9568]

Imagine actually owning your digital items.nfts will be good for gaming but not from Ubisoft

[@Lagchunk]

@@PeterGriffin-rp9iq here's how to get an nft, 1. Save Image 2. Screenshot image 3. Screen record image 4. Spend money to get the pride and accomplishment of owning shitty art

[@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290]

@@nickking9568 Wtf are you smoking at? One must be incredibly stupid to think that way.

[@HoezellCadarn]

You know what is EVEN MORE energy efficient? Not buying NFTs.

[@oshiryo]

Fr imagine killing the planet you live on just cuz you want to spend 4 mil on art and not just use Google for art

[@TheMenaceHimself2006]

If the planet dies so will the people on it. Don't recall being able to take items with you in death.

[@dekudude8888]

But the funny monkey picture 🥺👉👈

[@oshiryo]

@@dekudude8888 look up 2008 funny monkey art and you'll literally find the same images for free

[@dekudude8888]

@@oshiryo Nuh-uh! NFTs literally invented monkeys bro

[@arsmariastarlight3567]

It's funny when you realized that 99% of problem encountered in gaming nowadays stems from big corporations trying to shove business economics into the game instead of actually making games. It's telling that when games nowadays are released, you can bet the only thing that's guaranteed to work 100% at launch is in-game monetization instead of the fucking game itself

[@sgtsnokeem1139]

I love emulators.

[@mr.b89]

@@sgtsnokeem1139 aye aye, matey!

[@iceandblaze92]

@@sgtsnokeem1139 same. Especially since game publishers give no fucks to preserve games but yet want to be respected and revered as movies lmfao The jokes write themselves these days.

[@draconicfeline6177]

@@sgtsnokeem1139 not only do they not support the aaassholes but they support romhacks and modders who sometimes create superior quality art

[@AGuywhohasGoodTaste]

They’re not NFT’s, Yong, they’re just surprise expensive digital items!

[@ultracapitalistutopia3550]

If by "surprise" you mean the values of NFT assets being extremely volatile, then yes it's very surprising.

[@thejman5683]

They’re not NFTs they’re Suprise Environmental threat

[@yourdaddy.956]

Real life microtransactions... a pos favorite wet dream to profit off the less intelligent individuals of humanity that fall for anything and everything.

[@Not_Claptrap]

@@yourdaddy.956 given the price of the average nft, they're more of a macrotransaction

[@Cloud7050]

Surprise Ripoffs!

[@BlindMango]

Meeting at Ubisoft HQ: “But how does this make the game fun?“ “… Fun?”

[@popcornfilms1]

“...Game? Ah yes - our ‘Products’”

[@silverdamascus2023]

I don't like StoneToss, but sometimes he does good stuff, and he trolled the NFT community by selling his own NFTs, and then his NFTs were removed, proving blockchain technology is censorable.

[@crtg4672]

"Fire that man!"

[@bluesandman7566]

"Our games are fun: Financially Ultra Necessary"

[@keepdeathonhold]

To be fair they make some good games but Jesus they honestly haven’t made a good game since Siege.

[@lanarenay7712]

It's funny to me that they will tout "ownship" as a positive, but have been slowly and surely making it so you don't actually own the games you've already paid for.

[@LoponStormbased]

"You will own nothing, and be happy."

[@Phoenixstorm36]

The Trackmania BS all over again but worse.

[@ReMeDy_TV]

And the problem with digital ownership is that even if you do own what's in the game, it's locked behind THAT game. Once the game dies a slow death (which it always does), your item becomes effectively worthless. The same cannot be said for old disc/cartridge games, which not only command secondary value, but depending on the game has astronomically risen in value.

[@TheBatman39]

@@LoponStormbased The Great Reset planned by the World Economic Forum is no longer a conspiracy theory, it's reality

[@wroth]

We're not even allowed to own and sell on the games these nfts are being made for! How can they expect to convince us to want to own a piece of a game that we only have a "license to play"?

[@martmine4618]

The comment section was afraid to like his comment, for they knew he was telling the truth...

[@Virtualblueart]

Plus you can bet on them not allowing you to take your hard won NFTs to transfer over to any sequels. Or if they do they will be inferior version to force you into getting the new NFTs.

[@ORO323]

Games aren't "starting to become" this bad. It's been a lingering issue for a while. Companies have just been more emboldened seeing that a mass amount of idiots are still willing to burn their money for unfinished, garbage quality games. Making as much money as possible is the objective, not creating games.

[@JimTheKnight01]

Yea. If anything it started with moblie like transactions

[@nyarlathotep4889]

Yep. It started with mobile games and now it’s everywhere

[@iceandblaze92]

Along with the balls to charge 70 dollars for base games....This is why is best to wait for sales even on games you're really excited about sometimes.

[@solblackguy]

@@JimTheKnight01 *Horse Armor

[@therandomartist3201]

To quote russianbager when he was talking about warhammer (I think warhammer) “Even in Debt I serve” is the perfect motto for anyone who buys NFTs

[@YeOldeGamerGrampsofOlde]

I am amazed at how bad people understand NFTs... NFTs aren't the _"item/good!"_ itself but a mere _"certificate thap proves ownership"_ . _"Owning"_ an NFT for any particular set of ones and zeroes doesn't automagically mean that that set can be ported over or used anywhere else outside of the game/service it is for. NFTs are a scam meant to give a fake sense of _"ownership"_ over something literally imaginary and a way to sway consumer opinion that the money spent on _"virtual goods"_ isn't the real major waste that it is. It also helps sell more foolboxes since the idiots who indulge in them will now perceive _"ownership"_ of the BS _"rarity"_ texture they paid through the nose to gamble for.

[@dylantowers9367]

An NFT is literally just a glorified hyperlink. All it does is prove that *something* exists at a certain address, or *used to* exist when the server hosting inevitably goes down.

[@YeOldeGamerGrampsofOlde]

@@dylantowers9367 Even worse... Some _"entertainers"_ have begun to sell photos of themselves through the NFT model and claim that it is as valuable as a personally signed one. Imagine a 2085 Pawn Stars episode where someone just brings in a phone or whatever will be used then and _"sell"_ his NFT photo of some celebrity from the 2020's... What a joke...

[@RAFMnBgaming]

@@YeOldeGamerGrampsofOlde Wouldn't even work, the server would be down by then.

[@blunt_samura1]

They said “Automagically …”

[@arx3516]

And it is far worse when applied to art. Digital art, unlike physical art, can be freely accessible to everyone, as it should be, and putting an ownership mark on it is insulting.

[@marrimars]

Reminder that Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft moved around and protected abusers at Ubisoft for years, and that employees at the company have said that nothing has actually changed since the allegations last year :)

[@mauriciomagalhaes181]

Same shit ,different name

[@Myrea_Rend]

I added a reminder myself! Allow me to boost your reminder with engagement.

[@spartan246]

Well, when the average person still buys their products and the money keeps coming in there is no reason to change anything!

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

well ain't that just fucking swell only small indie devs are still worth any trust at this point

[@fuoco1365]

See it's still sad to see people seem to have forgotten all the other companies doing wrong in favor of focusing just in Ubisoft and blizzard. Like what happened to the riot gaming walkouts and protests and so on? Everyone seems to just not care

[@samuelbahij4878]

I miss the days when buying a game was the beginning and the end of the transaction, when games were sold as finished products.

[@Myrea_Rend]

I mean, expansions were still a thing, but at least the expansions _expanded_ the game.

[@sluttyMapleSyrup]

@@Myrea_Rend Yeah, I didn't mind paying for _extra_ content, but skins and stuff aren't "content" in the same sense as expansions are.

[@widdershins5383]

Pepperidge farms remembers

[@mikoto7693]

Yeah Fallout 3 is a good example of that. Each expansion added new areas, quests, npcs and enemies. Although the original ending made no sense, the Broken Steel DLC allowed us to fix the nonsensical ending, but also opened up a bunch of extra main quests to continue the Lone Wanderer’s journey. FO4 also did it well enough though I didn’t like the paid mods Creation Shop.

[@draconicfeline6177]

Dlc/expansions are great - but the main game should be finished first. It's a despair filled world we're living in.

[@Easyflux]

"How can we integrate NFT's in a new and fresh way" "Sir, how about cosmetics? They're popular, right?" "Give this man a raise!"

[@kamaha0010]

How hilarious of you to believe that they received a raise for this idea. We all know they likely received a pizza party and the executives got raises all around.

[@Easyflux]

@@kamaha0010 and cube-crawls were had for days.

[@DevinGarrow]

Mods are also pretty popular amongst gaming as well, but hey- unique items right?

[@Easyflux]

@@DevinGarrow Ubisoft monetizing mods as nft's? Yeah, I don't think so lol..

[@DevinGarrow]

@@Easyflux I was implying people would just mod the game so they could wear the items, through model swaps or something, even if it was only client side. Point being the items aren't unique, and aesthetics don't really matter.

[@vermillionwraith7810]

I never thought I’d live to see a company try to sell literally nothing but here we are.

[@RileyWhittakerMusic1]

CSGO skin marketplace?

[@vermillionwraith7810]

@@RileyWhittakerMusic1 never actually played csgo but I feel like at least you were getting a skin and not just a friggan number.

[@RileyWhittakerMusic1]

@@vermillionwraith7810 The NFTs are skins and weapons though? Aren't they just the exact same as microtransaction that give you in game stuff, only it's on the blockchain?

[@nimbusws2566]

@@RileyWhittakerMusic1 and what’s the point of it being on the blockchain?

[@vermillionwraith7810]

@@RileyWhittakerMusic1 yeah but they are clearly advertising the nft and not the skins themselves. But I guess that's sort of semantics.

[@brentc2411]

This sounds like a great way for customer support to tell me they can't help me because items have their own block chains to identify them after their shit serves eat my inventory.

[@junlim7330]

That's literally what they wrote in their terms of use YEP

[@briochepanda]

Can't wait for Bethesda to get in on this, Nuka Dark Rum anyone?

[@MoveTheMouse]

"This is just the beginning" is definitely a threat from Ubisoft.

[@Ghostwolf82]

Remember the time when a computer game was just... a game? I swear, these companies are just killing the whole concept of what it means to be a game. Dam them to hell. 😡🤬

[@cliffturbo2146]

It's after Gen 7 game console that we had to deal with all this. So many series got scrapped, so much creativity got reduced and so much money has been made. It's like they want to do as little as possible when making games, so they only gain in the end.

[@sluttyMapleSyrup]

@@cliffturbo2146 "It's like they want to do as little as possible..." That's exactly the point. It's pure currency extraction.

[@lycanwarrior2137]

@@cliffturbo2146 That's what happens when AAA game budgets started becoming ungodly expensive. Along with inflation and stagnant pricing and maldistribution of wealth.

[@viper6220]

Me: what inspired you to enter the NFT market? Ubisoft: Money!

[@toshi3606]

I read that in Mr crabs voice

[@bumblesquatt]

trying to beat gamestop to NFT's

[@Derp_Foxxo]

Activision: write that down, write that down

[@Secret_Takodachi]

Wait does anyone get into NFTs for anything else? At least if u got into NFTs for something besides money there'd be a CHANCE you could achieve your goals hahaha

[@mauriciomagalhaes181]

Sound about right.

[@Vynzent]

"The metaverse" is basically a playable hub that connects MMO's to each other. Which is extremely unlikely to happen. We'll just have hundreds of MMO's pretending to be the metaverse.

[@infiniteclutchgaming8206]

Not exactly. Metaverse strictly relates to virtual reality and connecting each other through virtual worlds. It’s not limited to games. Meetings, schooling, and work can be done in the metaverse. Obviously gaming can and will easily tie into it. The reason people are so reluctant is because they have the idea that it is limited to gaming. It’s much more broad than that. You can throw on a headset and chill at the movies with a friend without ever leaving your home. Think of ready player one but much more practical and less gaming oriented. It’s hard to grasp but the technology evolves rapidly every day.

[@haveiszalfaroqie1628]

Rather than an MMO, it's more like VR space which actually already existed for a good while and is not a rocket science.

[@Wablestomp2]

@@infiniteclutchgaming8206 well written

[@ReMeDy_TV]

@@infiniteclutchgaming8206 I get that part, but in order for a Metaverse to work, it basically needs to be 100% free, kinda like the Internet. I have a hard time believing Facebook won't try to monetize it.

[@Elmithian]

@@ReMeDy_TV They sell their users data to other companies, I am sure it will just be more in depth version this way.

[@Jmnzz]

Ubisoft: "It's a revolution!" Gamer: "How?" Ubisoft: "Buy it and find out!"

[@635574]

Revolution in scamming you.

[@justinstoll4955]

Ubisoft is pretty amazing. It's like they listen to all their customers and ask what they would really like, and then they do the exact opposite.

[@rjs3590]

Shhhhhh! That’s the secret ingredient to their success!

[@snakekingblues3017]

i mean if it works it work

[@PsychoRavager]

I've had friends try to convince me to sell my digital illustrations as NFTs, but they never could explain to me in a logical and reasonable sense as to how NFTs work. They just keep telling me that I can make more money there. Honestly, I'd rather prioritize making good art that people would buy at a reasonable price. For example, my commissions are actually getting me more money than my engineering degree without the use of NFTs. Companies have to stop thinking of how to milk customers. Fuck this NFT trend.

[@khaoscero]

talk to a dev.

[@PoptartParasol]

Selling art as NFT is more like giving away a rare and unique collectable rather than giving away a simple commission... Its a shame the people who recommended this to you didn't bother researching what nfts was beforehand.

[@DTB1752]

If you already make money with your art it's fine. There is a lots of people that actually support the ideas of NFTs and enjoy collecting them. Most of them are happy supporting young artists that cannot sell their art. The way this trend exploded is just because of speculation. I understand the pushbacks but the hating is useless. They exist now and no one can do anything about it. Ubisoft wanting to get into nfts is cringe tho

[@dungeonmasteromega]

Not all artists are in stable financial situations, so if selling their original artwork to willing patrons as NFTs can keep them afloat, it's not a bad thing in that case.

[@byae]

From what I’ve read about some NFTs you can potentially make royalties every time your artwork changes hands.

[@dcc105]

Remember, NFTs are scams, and they were called scams by the creator of blockchain and NFTs, he said "This is stupid, you'd have to be an idiot to believe this."

[@r3gret2079]

So the guy who created NFTs called them stupid?

[@misulincu]

Is that actually real?

[@Kris-ck2md]

This reminds me of Facebook's beginnings. Remember when Zuck himself called all it's early adopters "fucking idiots"? Didn't do a damned thing to slow it down, or even make people think twice about using it.

[@Black-Re4per]

Indeed, only Idiots would fall for it, I mean, how can someone with common sense invest money in digital goods? Which aren't even real.

[@commie_remover]

@@Black-Re4per I shit on NFTs as well, but cryptocurrency has its uses especially for people from authoritarian countries.

[@CraftMine1000]

"sustainable" You know what's even more sustainable? Not having NFTs in it at all! Wow! Amazing right?!?!!

[@dylantowers9367]

NFTs are sustainable in the same way coal is.

[@JerziTBoss]

@@dylantowers9367 But from coal you get something actually use in terms of heat. From NFT you get nothing.

[@bloodlustshiva1]

Hey now, how else are the companies going to make enough money to cover for rapists within the company?

[@Repugnantone]

@@JerziTBoss But from burning coal you also pollute the air we breathe. Just because you get something from something else doesn't always make it worth the effort. Nor does it make it valuable.

[@JerziTBoss]

​@@Repugnantone I mean I agree. But then again if you use coal for grilling or heating like small cabin it's fine so in small volumes you get the value from the coal without big negative effects. The coal plants and big usage of fossil fuels is objectively bad not arguing on that one.

[@dragonriderabens9761]

"Energy efficient cyrpto currency generation" is the best joke I've heard since EA tried claiming FIFA loot boxes work like like real world Soccer Wait, Ubistoft is serious? LET ME LAUGH EVEN HARDER

[@Bonanzaking]

Well the El Salvador government is using their volcanoes to mine bitcoin. Seems pretty green to me given the volcanos exist. Feel free to look it up.

[@martmine4618]

That's very interesting actually. But volcanoes are kind of volatile, surely there should be some kind of big risk being taken we're not seeing here?

[@Bonanzaking]

@@martmine4618 the volcanoes in central america are not exactly active like those found within the pacific rim like Hawaii. It’s just harnessing geothermal energy which again is green. Several mining groups have established themselves in more arctic climates to harness this kind of geothermal energy. In regards to other coins and energy consumption. Its all programmable money. Upgrades are a thing. Just like going from dial up to modern internet speeds. El Salvador is a dollar standard nation. They dont use their own currency and US monetary policy affects their own economy. So the whole risk of using bitcoin is mute about not using a currency the country controls.

[@draconicfeline6177]

I'd laugh but it's too real not funny

[@X9Z17]

I see NFT, I laugh, and carry on with my day knowing I’ve not been scammed.

[@blephaous244]

@@tom-no0k yes copy paste and I also have the same picture 😁

[@blephaous244]

@@tom-no0k literally thousands of losers who buy shit because they know they can't do anything useful in real life why not buy some lame ass pictures and I hope NFT booms bc i can scam some of them then

[@danielblues222]

Congrats You contributed to the salvation of the ducking planet

[@martmine4618]

Fun fact: even if nft technology wasn't used as a scam (still haven't found a scenario where its not one), the ecological damage would still be too high to be worth

[@SloRush]

@@tom-no0k people seem to not understand what technology means.

[@CoryElsen]

I just want to mention that TF2 has unique, numbered collectables of items for the first 100 or so crafted IIRC. I do know of the limited run numbered medals given to those finding a secret link of the tf2 website that were nunbered. All without needing an NFT. And you can still selp and trade them as you please. Ubisoft, c'mon man. This is just getting sad.

[@sluttyMapleSyrup]

And if you hold items long enough, they become "vintage" and are worth more due to being old enough to be "antiques" lol

[@LoponStormbased]

Dota 2's cosmetics can be signed with your unique ID, you can leave a message attached, and assign a wide variety of stats to track while it's equipped, some come out as unique rewards for winners of tournaments or events, and they can then be sold and purchased on the Steam Marketplace with all those things attached, and cannot be copied or duplicated. NFTs are not necessary for any of this junk.

[@fernandobanda5734]

Even if you forbid their trade, you don't need an NFT.

[@hombreg1]

I mean, that's basically the idea of NFTs. Just add block chain stuff to it.

[@M0D776]

@@hombreg1 we don't need Blockchains for this, that's the whole point for this comment chain

[@sPiN_OP1]

The one thing that seems (to me) like it could be a positive way to use NFTs in videogame industry, would be for the game copies themselves to be NFTs, solving the "You don't own this" problem in digital media. Bring back the used games market. Allow the consumer to jump out of your platform with the product they bought. But that's an angle that I doubt we'll ever see. It's pro consumer.

[@deathstrike]

I doubt most people would be really against it if it truly delivered what it promises. Ownership of games and related content is already controversial in the digital realm and it would be pro consumer to be given NFT's that would allow for the fair purchase/trade/exchange of digital content from one owner to the next. But as the person described above, that would be pro consumer. And we all know that does NOT compute for publishers. So what if the game ends and the servers are turned off? Does the NFT carry across other platforms? Can an NFT be fairly exchanged for a product that is similar, but on another platform? So many questions, so few answers and they wonder why bootlegging is popular?

[@KreeTheBasilisk]

There's a recent Penny Arcade comic with a very similar sentiment to this.

[@DMBLaan]

As someone who has been gaming to some extent since the late 90s, it's disheartening to see each new generation of gamer become more and more excepting of these practices because they weren't there when games were GAMES for fun and entertainments sake and not overly monitized trash.

[@dyamimc]

It crushes me seeing my one hobby go down this path. Truly hurts

[@kosmosfan01]

Yeah. I'm glad that plenty of games I own don't pull this crap like Persona 5 where I can play the game without worrying about real life BS.

[@blaket1841]

"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." We've kind of reached this point with gaming.

[@lycanwarrior2137]

I was there from the beginning too. But when AAA gaming budgets starting reaching into the levels only seen by blockbuster movies, this was always going to be the result.

[@Manic_Panic]

The signs were already there in 2006 with the Xbox 360 with paid online and DLCs but people chose to excuse or ignore it and it has now mutated into a horrendous beast.

[@ItsDatCajunStuff]

For a low price, you can buy and "own" a thing that can be replicated countless times, but you have the pride of being the only person who spent money on it. NFTs in a nutshell.

[@agentoy6065]

also rember that the thing already exists. tf2 and csgo still do it, change the name from skin to nft and its the same. not justifing nft just saying how stupid it is

[@LordZanas]

@@agentoy6065 skins dont pretend they cant be replicated to more than 1 user. Thats the big difference.

[@agentoy6065]

@@LordZanas nope. Each of the items can have its own id While yes skins do usually don't have but also nfts can. What stops me from making 10 copies of 1 piece then giving them all token. Are they the same or seen they different items?

[@Almightylos]

@@agentoy6065 if the game is created to only recognize one ID then any copy made with a different ID would be un-usable

[@agentoy6065]

@@Almightylos i said that tf2 already did what nft claims to do. addint to his argument that nft is stupid. idk data bases so much so sorry if i said something wrong

[@singleplayeradventurer691]

Sounds like someone shouted, "There's gold in thar hills!" To initiate a cyberspace 'gold rush' with Ubisoft conveniently setting up their general store of digital trinkets for frenzied prospectors wanting to hit it big.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

The IRS is already mobilizing for the NFT

[@Kennosuke88]

I just want a game finished and polished like they were in the 90s and early 2000s 🙄

[@patrickj]

Updates should be an opportunity, not a neccessity. Lots of indies are doing it right™, support them as well as they support their games

[@belisarius6949]

Like pokemon red

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Same.

[@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290]

Me too. Updates should be used only to add new and interesting things to a game -- _any_ game.

[@deluxo2901]

@@patrickj but indie games are so boring

[@amerikaOnFire]

For Ubisoft, "Unique" is the new "Iconic" for their marketing team. These items will be about as unique as Aiden Pearce's iconic jacket.

[@danylcoye8465]

Nah, people actually like Aiden's jacket. Think more Aiden's jeans.

[@elcapybara2028]

Or his hat or mask.

[@nobodyreally4749]

@@danylcoye8465 yo the jacket is sweet, come on.

[@wastedfps6095]

HA! good one.

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@elcapybara2028 It's even worse!

[@ramonperales7269]

As a digital artist, thank you for denouncing this disgraceful trend. Really important for me, thank you.

[@coreydx8602]

You guys remember that scene in the movie "Ready player one" where the corporate bad guy talks about covering 90% of the users screen before they have a seizure. Yeah, that's becoming a reality sooner or later.

[@Un_Pour_Tous]

What Qanon? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@sluttyMapleSyrup]

@@Un_Pour_Tous WTF are you talking about?

[@GGG_gaming]

was that also used in wreck it ralph 2? i cant remember but i think it was

[@grasshopper8901]

@@sluttyMapleSyrup a noun of some obscure origin and a series of letters that mean laughter? Can be either be joyous or demeaning, depending on this noun.

[@nyarlathotep4889]

Yeah..

[@masterofthelag8414]

Can't blame them for trashing Ubisoft over this. NFT's are conceptual nonsense, they're digital! The thing's code, you can copy-paste it and get exactly the same thing! Who cares if it's unique? It's the same thing! Not to mention the power drain needed to "sustain" them, absolute waste. And it's 100% obvious this is just going into micro-transactions, if not worse.

[@TheRyukeshi]

Actually, a lot of people do care about their uniqueness. Call them dumb all you want, you wish you had the money they earn. Also, it's not only about code, art or drawings. Some NFTs give you passive income (an example is what an artist by the name of 3Lau did). Check Whiteboard Crypto's channel, he's got a few videos that explain NFT very easily.

[@robinthrush9672]

I'd call an NFT a macro-transaction at this point.

[@owlcircus6811]

@@TheRyukeshi Sorry Try Again

[@Not_Claptrap]

@@TheRyukeshi nice try, crypto bro. I wont fall for your jedi tricks

[@WarlockLov3]

tell that to all of the people who lose their minds over skins in CSGO or hats in TF2

[@jimbojones806]

We Really need the interviewers in kotaku to ask CEO of these companies questions like "does the amount of dislikes from the gaming community show that your out of touch, or no longer care for them when it comes to actual gaming"

[@Seraphus87]

We live in an age where we no longer own our games, we either play them for free or rent them by subscription, we can have our accounts banned and therefore be prevented from playing these games - sometimes even in games of which we "own" a digital copy. So what was the purpose of "owning" gaming NFTs again? Fuck the gaming industry, I want to go back to buying games on physical CDs.

[@JayWifi]

I never stopped collecting physical copies, all of this will crash eventually and I'll still be able to enjoy my favorite games :)

[@deluxo2901]

You know owning a physical cd doesn't matter right? You are just using your cd to scan a file in which your system then downloads the game from the digital store anyways. The days of owning a physical cd and it really being on it have been gone since xbox 360 as game sizes have become to big to fit on a disk. Technically you still only own a digital copy, at least you can sell the cd for profit though :)

[@tamoracemo2048]

@@deluxo2901 GameStop :mmmmm 3$

[@crisschan2463]

Thats why they really deserve piracy

[@renzokuken631]

Reject modern gaming. Embrace the golden age. Hope you kept your old consoles and physicals.

[@kevnar]

The fable of The Emperor's New Clothes was a warning against giving imaginary things value purely by popular assent. Apparently the warning was not heeded.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Every somewhat new technology: *exists* AAA game corporations: "ok, HOW can we financially exploit this?"

[@math823g]

Now comes the part where we all laugh at Ubisoft

[@shr1mpsush1]

Ready? The entire gaming community: READY!

[@birubu]

Ha

[@futuregamer24]

Hahahahaha

[@somerandomguy6767]

Again

[@chefcc90]

Thank you for the George of the Jungle reference.

[@docterfantazmo]

"Energy-efficient NFTs" There is no such fucking thing, at best they're talking about paying taxes (AAA gaming having such a good track record with those -_- ) levied against them for high energy consumption. It's like having to pay for burning down the forest, not actually saving them.

[@duskness]

I love how NFTs are supposed to be unique but they are mass produced and look the same, its either a monkey or a helmet that only changes one number.

[@raistlinmajere7149]

Indie games are the future of gaming imo. I only bought one AAA game this year and that was Deathloop. Inscryption, Death's Door, mindscanners, Celeste, Hades, Dead cells, Bug Fables were games I bought and played this year and had alot of fun with. I hope more people get into indie gaming because I have lost all faith in the AAA landscape.

[@dannya.2616]

Same, but for Biomutant and Phoenix Point instead of Deathloop.

[@daytimesky]

I'm so lucky that Nintendo hasn't gone in these directions. My gaming is basically Nintendo plus indies these days, with only the occasional non-Nintendo AAA, such as Resident Evil Village. The indie scene is revitalizing gaming for me, and is the reason I still game today.

[@ChaseMC215]

I'm sticking with Skullgirls

[@hombreg1]

Sheesh and not even a good a AAA game

[@56-1Hast]

There are TONS of great games from the indie scene, and from older generations of gaming. Last triple AAA game I bought was Ace Combat 7, Valkyria Chronicles 4, and Battlefront 2 for a dollar. I've been getting infinitely more mileage and enjoyment out of indie and older gen titles.

[@jasexton101]

The death of modding. Why would a company let you mod items into a game when they can sell it to you and track it via a NFT ID. Modder lawsuits will be incoming.

[@brasileiroloko5375]

what?

[@FenrirOfLegion]

It’s sad that I can see this happening

[@Xport9]

This has been happening for years now, look at Take-Two. Threatening modders by sending spooks. Lawsuits. Would not be surprised, if Take-Two is taking this step, so, they can make space for NFT in the future. It's planned. Mark my words.

[@M0D776]

I will never understand developers that demonize modding, most good modders eventually become the developers, as a company you're basically killing your own future employees, because if I'm a modder and the company that owned the game I modded shitted on me, then I'd definitely not go and work there

[@FenrirOfLegion]

@@M0D776 but modding doesn’t make the corpos and devs pockets fat

[@michaelmonstar4276]

The thrill of OWNING something, specifically, as opposed to fiding the thrill in an experiencing something like a game and trying to win it by completing its objectives. "OWNING" just trying to fuel the "Fear Of Missing Out" even more, as if it wasn't bad enough of a brainwashing-situation with digital goods in the recent years.

[@MeteorologistScottC]

I already have a unique series of code that goes along with most of my video games. They are called save files and I dont need an NFT to know it is mine.

[@useraccount333]

That's actually CRAZY, considering that KZbin doesn't even LET you dislike videos anymore....

[@jadenjerries2094]

they let you dislike it, they just don't show the ratio

[@noni-lx1it]

Dislikes are still being tracked, only that you can't see them, but there are extensions for browsers that let you see the dislikes.

[@johnsullivanmusic2719]

return youtube dislike chrome/firefox/edge extension.

[@TheDraiden]

@UCEK4YP4IdsOY8hcp2FeOYFg Its the ratio he is speaking about. You can dislike. But it won't show you how many have disliked it. But it will show you how many liked.

[@whydidyoutubeaddthis]

You can show the dislikes through a chrome addon. I can see them :)

[@steelfoot98]

Just remember, just like with dlc if you give them an inch they’ll take a mile. For now it’s just cosmetics, but if they make a single cent eventually it’ll be npcs or missions. Limited run content that they’re going to expect you to scrabble for like rats.

[@chisaten]

4:44 "The thrill of owning some zeros and ones that you really can't do much with ..." This is so true!

[@TheOnlyTaps]

💯😂

[@kevenblackworks1906]

My mom always told me that when I became an adult, I would have to stop playing video games. Im ngl, she might be absolutely right, but I never thought it would be because game corps self destruct this way. Edit: Btw I recommend, Tabletop RPG's for those commenters. No microtransactions to be had, and can spend a good amount of time having adventures with your fellows. 100% better than video games imo.

[@SubZyYT]

You should stop playing them because they waste your life away, you should be out experiencing the world. Not a TV screen.

[@agentoy6065]

thats why alot are moving to indies. they are the purest

[@Riley_MDS]

Hell with gaming, my parent's are right, nowadays games are boring and less fun... I rather go and achieve my goal to become an illustrator artist... I rather spent my time to draw my waifus instead of gaming .-.

[@AConquerorsVendetta]

@@Riley_MDS good on you!! I've been wanting to put more skill and time into writing but for the last year or so all I've been doing in my free time is either gaming or occasionally reading. Only escaping, not working to better myself or pick up a craft 😔 it always makes me happy when I hear others are doing things and improving in all this pandemic craziness, and wish I can do the same

[@MRKYootube]

This is why KZbin dislikes being public is so important.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

NFT's are a literal scam...it's a way to separate fools from their money. You can tell who the scammers are...meanwhile those of us that don't get involved in the scam just laugh at people who "buy" these.

[@terps710]

These nfts are a scam. Look up the nft market it's growing everyday

[@terps710]

I'll see you in the metaverse 👀

[@Gaming_Legend2]

stock market

[@StormsparkPegasus]

@@terps710 No. ALL NFT's are a scam. The very concept is a scam. If you can't see that...have fun getting separated from your money.

[@terps710]

@@StormsparkPegasus and this nft is scam forsure. But do you research on real projects and they are way better then this

[@robertkeane9393]

I’m so glad all these companies are getting all this negative attention :) just warms my heart.

[@viviennewestwoodruinedmylife]

While their pockets get lined. People talk shit about rockstar but will line up to buy gta 6. Y’all full of shit

[@Steven-cf1ty]

@@viviennewestwoodruinedmylife >paying for videogames in 2021

[@superdudeman666]

Great article by Bloomberg. It describes not only NFTs, but all blockchain technology perfectly. It doesn't solve anything. It never has, it never will. It just does stuff in a far more complicated and less energy efficient way. Oh and it adds some kind of anonymity and security that only virgins and criminals care about.

[@platinumdragonslayer6128]

This is exactly what we don’t need right now in gaming or with the internet in general. Digital items that we can make our property when access to the web is rough at best. We still have to deal with devices that track us, follow the things we look up to create direct marketing ads, and sites that we have to pay for to hide our digital trail or to be free of ads. And there are still so many areas that are very rural and have little to no access to the internet. These tech companies are basically trying to build a massive palace on top of a outdated and crumbling foundation. We have to fix our network world wide before we can even begin to entertain the idea of having digital items and currency at this level. We’re simply nowhere near ready. Never mind the fact that so many investors just want to use video games as money making means.

[@Repugnantone]

Isn't having a list with all this info about these 'NFTs' only going to serve as another potential online leak point? How long before that list gets hacked? I'll take a stab and say that it happens at about the 6 months mark after the release date.

[@AntonsVoice]

Sharks attacking the internet

[@JohnJohnson-mp5kj]

They also allow you to carry items through multiple game franchises, so for example a camo in cod could be used in multiple cods rather than being a waste of money after the next game comes out....

[@Ray__E]

Well said. The gaming industry and overall tech industry is heading to something unrecognizable and not in a good way.

[@arandomraichu230]

@@JohnJohnson-mp5kj fun fact: you don't need NFTs to do that, it can just be a flag associated to the account. To not mention that even if they use NFTs, they will still be locked to those franchises, defeating the point. Cause no way is Activision going to collaborate with EA or vice versa

[@Did_No_Wrong]

It was only a matter of time before a game company hopped on this NFT train. Don't let the delist fool you. Their still gonna do it, and its only a matter of time before other game companies follow suit.

[@AlexiaHoardwing]

I'm gonna laugh when Ubisoft makes Uno NFTs while the console version of the game never gets a patch to make the game actually playable.

[@riddif]

I'm so sorry for the team that involves on making that and even had the chance to surface, i hope for everyone involves for finding a better job out there, i'm pretty sure dev game community is supportive for you that wants to jump ship.

[@Zenlore6499]

“Ooh, my helmet in fucking Ghost Recon Breakpoint has a tiny texture on it that ONLY I HAVE! HOW UNIQUE! You have one too, but mine has THIS texture on the forehead!”

[@brandongray1059]

Every time I see more news like this regarding Ubisoft, I'm reminded of what a great decision it was to stop buying Ubisoft games a number of years back. Always got "other means" if I decide I want to play one of their games.

[@widdershins5383]

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum lol Who said that? Where is this weird sea shanty coming from? What the fuckery?

[@brandongray1059]

@@widdershins5383 Yes sir. My black sails are hoisted, black flag sailing proud.

[@popcornfilms1]

Other means... damn I’m glad these means exist for consumer protection. Genuinely.

[@ingamingpc1634]

@@popcornfilms1 yeah I can get their games for about $4 cheap on a CD key seller

[@JohrnyReport]

I played Farcry for 20 hours. The 20 most mediocre hours of my life

[@redspade2303]

If NFTs and crypto are that big, how come no CEO accepts them as salary?

[@sgtsnokeem1139]

FUCKING EXACTLY!!!!

[@aFLYER1980]

I wonder why KZbin removed the dislike button 🤔 Would NEVER be to protect large companies

[@EmeraldMage7188]

Hammer Nail Head

[@Ignoto88]

The future of games is with the indies.

[@SpaceRex]

And the future of indie devs actually making a living making games are NFTs.

[@FredBstar3K]

@@SpaceRex bullshit

[@toshineon]

@@SpaceRex What?

[@Feliciathedoll]

@@SpaceRex Bullshit

[@widdershins5383]

The future of industry is with smaller business. All industries rely on this. Corporations are stagnant and the death of the industry.

[@bamboy420]

I work as a freelance C# unity game programmer. The past ~6 months almost all of my potential clients wanting me to work on their projects have had NFT aspects. I have turned down all of these people out of principle of how damaging NFTs are, both environmentally and because of how they take advantage of consumers. "Ownership" is a marketing buzzword. The truth is you own nothing. If the game servers go away, so do your NFT items.

[@ZippoIII]

I guess you could say ubisoft pushed their fans to the "breaking point"

[@Ares2501]

We need a leaderboard (I know it's a legacy feature) for Ubisoft, Ea and Activision Blizzard. It would be much simpler to follow who sank lower.

[@diogovieira3362]

game awards for worst company, and then different genres for the different shit they pull, i like the idea, and would love it even more if people then acted according to it

[@amyhoard1222]

Just makes me feel they are all fighting to be awarded "most scummy company on Earth" 🤔

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

@@diogovieira3362 I think after all the shit that happened this year maybe Jim Sterling will finally make one just out of spite.

[@diogovieira3362]

@@aureliodeprimus8018 OH Ubisoft wins for sure, because of having friends in the company who were victims of harassment and knowing probably too well of what happened.

[@ScreamerProductionss]

NFTs and crypto are the dumbest thing in recent memory. If your entire net worth in assets can be lost in a power outage, you really have to rethink your life choices.

[@theocan]

Let's be honest here, NFT's were ALWAYS a scam. And I'm going to take the cynical approach here and say they didn't remove the trailer because it upset us, but more because if the investors saw the hugely negative reaction, they would pull out of this particular project.. So they're trying to cover up the problem as much as possible.

[@nman551]

You’re absolutely right

[@Quality3rr0r]

Right on the money. It's people's wallets that count.

[@avlan9074]

Yup

[@yaago]

They haven't removed the trailer, is still there and it was never uploaded Public, it was always unlisted.

[@blitzofuckzo]

Even the guy that made NFTs possible straight-up said they were a scam.

[@Xport9]

Remember, Timmy Tencent also wants a go with this, and he's defending this. Avoid EGS at all cost.

[@lycanwarrior2137]

The only probable reason that Steam banned them is that it would make their Steam marketplace redundant from my understanding.

[@LordZanas]

@@lycanwarrior2137 Or Steam hates NFTs. They're not the "logical next step" their buyers believe them to be.

[@LadyScriben]

Ubisoft covers up the abuse of its employees and promotes the abusers. Haven't played any of their games since the story came out. They absolutely don't have the best interests of the gaming community at heart and see NFTs as a new way to bleed their customers of cash. If Ubisoft can't look after their staff, how can we trust them to have the best interests of their customers?

[@AGuywhohasGoodTaste]

“This is just the beginning…” If we had hindsight, oh lord..

[@christianh105]

I haven't had a good reason to touch a "triple A" title in years and it seems to me that this will continue. I've found enough other games that are actually fun to play.

[@davidagiel8130]

With Aether SX2 there are so many games I can now play… free

[@unofficialmeme5972]

@@davidagiel8130 What the hell is Aether SX2?

[@timc183]

A lot easier to basically start sticking a serial number on game items... Oh wait, [literally anything on Steam Marketplace that isn't a commodity] does that.

[@RenStrider]

I commented a year or so ago, during the height of the loot box controversies, that trying to get rid of surprise mechanics would only incentivize corporate game publishers to seek worse alternatives. Seeing what games like Fortnite have already done to an entire generation of kids, tying their self-image very heavily into their in-game avatars, we should be very wary of game publishers trying to cash-in on the NFT hype. I imagine quite a few of them are salivating at the idea of introducing digital "uniqueness" (i.e. Artificial scarcity) that they can conveniently control on their own terms.

[@lycanwarrior2137]

Getting rid of MTX would simply mean that AAA games would cost upwards of $100 for just the base of a game. Or graphics, audio and other high-production value areas would see stagnation. $60 per game doesn't really cover the enormous budgets these games cost to make. And a huge percentage of gamers tend to buy it for less than that.

[@diogovieira3362]

@@lycanwarrior2137 thats where the "vote with your wallet" idea comes from, but sadly, that doesn't works at all

[@666FallenShadow]

@@lycanwarrior2137 this is complete and utter bullshit. there are countless single player games that get released each year and they do in fact make profits, maybe not as much profits as the greedy piece of shit CEOs and shareholders want, but profits nonetheless. for example with fallout 4, we don't know the exact budget but a lot of people estimate it somewhere around 150 million dollar and the game made 750 million dollars IN IT'S FIRST WEEKEND. people who make this (frankly) dumb argument fail to realise that the gamer audience is significantly bigger than it used to be. sure games in the 80s and 90s had similar prices to today, but the audience was much more niche, if you played games you were a nerd and usually a bit of an outcast whereas nowadays gaming is a bigger industry than the movie and music industry COMBINED

[@renzokuken631]

@@lycanwarrior2137 $60 doesn't really cover the enormous costs for marketing these incomplete, garbage tier games. That's what you meant to say.

[@Vulgarth1]

@@lycanwarrior2137 Absolute horseshit.

[@eaglerabbit8922]

When someone tells you to take a hint, this is exactly what they mean. Yeah, I'm also looking at you, Activision/Blizzard, Take-Two and EA.

[@darthlazurus4382]

It will depend on the game itself. If it does well, they consider it successful and NFT's will explode.

[@ChaseMC215]

To quote Hellboy.... "We don't take hints"

[@corruptedzero9619]

This is being done to double dip on mtx. I can almost gauranteed you that they will charge a fee or percentage (or both, depending on selling price) on the future sales of said nft. Say i buy one of the limited nft dlc for $5. Down the road i sell nft for $10 , they then will take in a percentage of that $10 sale. Basically a system to gain more money on the lifetime of the nft (lenght of time the nft is relevant and or desired) I can totally see this being applied to battle royales or any game where the lifetime of the nft is expected to last a long time.

[@PsychoticBeverage]

Just started the video and just from the title alone I wanna say: The fact that NFTs are so extremely unpopular that even with Dislikes hidden they're still getting blasted into oblivion, shows there really is no good reason to partake in them. People, especially Artists, that make them are literally choosing money over reputation. For some god-forsaken reason a minority of people are willing to pay exorbitant sums for them compared to regular Commissions, but if you're really willing to nuke your reputation for more money, then you're creating for the wrong reasons. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge advocate for Art in all forms being taken more seriously and paid more appropriately for the amount of work that goes into it, but tl;dr this ain't it chief...

[@toblerone1729]

Hell, some POSs are stealing artworks and selling them as NFTs all over

[@Un_Pour_Tous]

Gamers lol

[@zalabit927]

Shitty pixel art of monkeys surely is not worth more than 50 cents.

[@lycanwarrior2137]

People said the same about horse armor DLC. Didn't mean anything in the end.

[@bobdravs6902]

They are convinced it's worth money cause the makers often "sell" them to someone for exorbitant sums only to mysteriously get all the currency back after the sale. Crypto's anonymity and security have made scamming more prominent than ever.

[@Pratt_]

And you know what's even more energy efficient that this particular type of NFT ? No NFT at all ! I know, I know, who could have guessed, right ?

[@Manudyne]

You're a genius

[@Gigawood]

AMAZING! 🤯

[@JohnJohnson-mp5kj]

They also allow you to carry items through multiple game franchises, so for example a camo in cod could be used in multiple cods rather than being a waste of money after the next game comes out....

[@katherinespezia4609]

@@JohnJohnson-mp5kj You don't need NFTs for that, just use a unified account system that works across multiple games.

[@Pratt_]

@@JohnJohnson-mp5kj iirc if you play BF 1 and you already played other Battlefield games you would get a special weapon or weapon skin (I don't remember), there was no need of NFTs for that. NFTs are supposed to make digital things unique, giving it value, meaning that it would only be useful in a ingame market, meaning an other way to implement micro transaction. NFTs in video games are just a fancy word for "limited edition skins".

[@nicuradu5192]

Imagine buying a digital asset in a game, only to realize that when the game servers are gone, so is your asset.

[@MarieHolestad]

"This is just the beginning." Sounds like a threat..

[@cliffturbo2146]

It gave me the vibe of Count Dooku.

[@joshuaanderson1712]

Reminded me of the 'flash forward' episodes in a cartoon where the Evil gains control and rules over the future. Sometimes it seems like the worst of people watch old episodes to come up with ideas.

[@NickJaime]

This reminds me of the scene in Ready player one where the CEO of the company who wants to take over shows the board members how much advertising they can have before the player has a Sezer. It's scary how close they got that company because games will evolve into mindless cash grabs.

[@putinforgod3072]

In the future, all triple A games will require a Bored Ape NFT to be played, as they'll be the main playable characters, saving the companies time and effort to design a main character for each game. The games will also come with an anti-screenshot system that will prevent the players from taking pictures of other players NFTs.

[@draconicfeline6177]

This filled me with dread. I hope you don't have precognition.

[@emche852]

I miss those days when lootboxes or gambling inspired things were not cost you real money. Like original NFS: Most Wanted, when you defeat a boss and have to choose one of the rewards blindly. You could win his car or just a decal for the car, but you spent nothing on it, you won it - you earned it. And now we got this... oh I'm just afraid that someday gamedesigners will be treated like some kind of scammers instead of being like the creative minds ( film directors, artists or composers).

[@dakat5131]

I feel like they're steadily trying to see how much they can get away with. Stripping away the "game" part of the game bit by bit leaving only layers and layers of monetizable "content" but no actual game.

[@isaactrujillo5222]

Yes. NFS: Most Wanted. Good times. Better times...

[@Dumbrarere]

@@dakat5131 You can blame the mindbogglingly stupid decisions of incompetent executives and shareholders who have never developed a game in their life for this.

[@Cooperal]

Reminds me of Valve's own item market, in that every item is tracked uniquely. Only thing is Valve's items are exchangeable for a big variety of other things that gamers may be interested in, and there are a lot of freebies. Like the whales can fund game purchases or even hardware purchases for other Steam users. What Ubisoft failed to do was give us a single reason why we should like this, or even be okay with it. I really can't think of a lazier selling point than "it has a unique number". Never in my life have I felt motivated to buy anything from any store just because it has a unique number on it. It's just another layer to what we already disliked about microtransactions and have done for a very long time. Because of that the video comes across as both evasive and patronising. And they could not have picked a worse time, hot off the heels of the storm that surrounded Halo Infinite's multiplayer monetisation. Microsoft must be grateful to them for taking some of their heat.

[@dakat5131]

Steam's system has the benefit of being tailored for what they need. They're not working around needing it to be compatible with "the blockchain" that will be shared with everyone else. Even Team Fortress 2, with it's heavy ties to the system, is perfectly playable without farming for stuff to trade on the market. The focus on that game is a better split between the market and how the actual game works. A game that focuses too much on "cryptocurrency" only sees value in the speculation of the virtual currency. The game part is entirely vestigial because they just need something to get people into the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem rather than developing something that has it's own identity and fun. I always thought "it's unique" was a weird argument too. They try so hard to convince us that that's what we want, that something is valuable because it's rare. I can make a bad doodle on a scrap of paper and it would be "unique" but worthless. The value doesn't inherently go up. (worse in a growing sea of such items- the tokens might be unique, but most people aren't going to be super passionate about finding a specific one) People buy boosts and skins in games because it gets them through a barrier to what they really want to be doing in the game, not because they're overjoyed at the thought of "investing".

[@TheGeekwad]

Yong, I just want to say thank you. You’ve remained a great source of information over the past few years. I’ve been subscribed for a long time, and I still like watching your videos.

[@ricthiamevans8980]

Each year, I'm starting to really distance myself from gaming. Now my choices are so selective. I just want a game you can play from start to finish while being able to unlock shit through actual gameplay. If you want to add doc then fine, but this live service and buying cosmetics shit is ridiculous. Like in their games...paying up to 50.00 for some points to buy some reskin bs that does nothing practically. It's dumb. If players actually buy that stuff then hey good for them. Do what makes you happy, but logistically I can't. 50.00 is an entire game. Besides within 2 years, there will be another one and the game will be irrelevant.

[@cliffturbo2146]

Games in the past were definitely not like the way it is now. We still get good quality games, but some (Especially from EA, Ubisoft and Activision) are only interested in gaining back.

[@antonio_n_space]

Indie Games are better than ever. The BIG Publishers are going down the shitter, but great experiences are still being created.

[@zalabit927]

Don't jump into AAA live services, modern Ubisoft, Activision and other company games, just don't. I've been playing a lot of single player and online games with better treatment to their players, there are alternatives and we should encourage people to stop supporting aholes.

[@Duwangman]

AAA games are a dead market. Help your local indie games, they are the future it seems

[@LoponStormbased]

Remember when having a golden gun meant you probably earned it and were likely well above-average with it from doing so? (unless they boosted for it and that just makes it more satisfying to dunk on them)

[@2deep5u]

It's weird to think about how this generation is very likely to be the last with actual, physical games. This is only the beginning, things will only ever get worse from now on.

[@lycanwarrior2137]

Physical games for the PC had already ended a decade ago.

[@yaago]

steam user since 2006, never owned anything physical and I can still play all my games bought back in the day

[@Browncheeze]

This is getting scary In the future we gonna have people selling microtransactions to eachother that will start a new cryptomarket…provided by soulless gaming companies…oh wait

[@ruikaeni.5271]

I said it at the original video and I'll say it again here Ubisoft, you never fail to disappoint. You guys certainly are committed to making everyone hate you

[@kjax139]

Tbh I’m glad YongYea told me how to get dislikes back on KZbin. I was more interested to hear that than Ubisoft’s bs as usual

[@CelticGuardian7]

Thank you for mentioning the extension needed for seeing the dislike count! I hate that KZbin has removed the ability to see them, so that's definitely helpful.

[@SunnyMitten]

This will soon take "did you screenshot my NFT?" to a whole new level in a lawsuit, will it?

[@T3H8]

No, the NFT in this case is not an image but a game item - an image is not a duplicate of that item

[@SunnyMitten]

@@T3H8 ik, but what if someone pirated the game and then got an NFT item from the store? [I dont endorse piracy, ok YT?]

[@Gyrannon]

NFTs are not the future, they are the end. NFTs are popular among scammers and con artists. I guess Ubisoft will be Ubiscam. Screw them...

[@Total_Malarkey]

The TF2 comparison was so on spot. There are hundreds of unique items in the game mainly due to things like unusual effects on hats and weapons as well as strangeifiers and other things. There items that were given to players for a limited time, so there are items where only a limited amount of them exist. There are even one of a kind items which exist too. At the end of the day who the hell cares if you have the rocket launcher pizza skin #69? More importantly speak with your wallet. It's a common saying but more people should really do it. Support developers who don't screw over consumers with crazy microtransactions and support indie devs who actually care about creating fun games.