Team17 Cancel Worms NFTs After Devs & Studios Revolt, Troy Baker Apologizes, EA Now Scared Of NFTs
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Here for the period
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These companies think they can convince gamers to want NFTs when all we really want is completed games at launch
Exactly all we want is for the games to be complete with all the major problems fixed also make sure any single player games don't require a internet connection.
Those are some "brutal expectations" you have there man
Jeebus, why are you asking for the moon guy? Don’t you know those are unrealistic expectations from billion dollar companies? Lol
@@Venator631 forgot the moronic "anti-piracy features" you glorious bastard
@@cmdraftbrn I guess i did oops.
Imagine if people were like this against microtransactions when they first came out. So many games could've been saved from a shitty design
Hindsight is always 20/20. :-(
I mean, everyone using thr mtx argument in favor of NFTs is getting blasted with the 'but at least'
TBF...you usually need an example/precedent of bad shit to learn not to take anymore bad shit (microtransactions for this point...well more loot box style microtransactions tbh...dlc could be good if done right like say large expansions like FFXIV ARR or the Witcher 3 dlcs (granted CDPR fucked up with Cyberpunk) unfortunately most dlcs wind up being on the more scummy end (costumes/cosmetics or even worse loot boxes)).
the issue was micro transactions at their inception...were actually using the micro word literally. We were eased into the MTX stuff and by the time they became Macrotransactions there was no way back. However that same power of hindsight lets us see EXACTLY where NFTs are going to end up.
Remember when Gamers gave shit for Bethesda attempting to sell Horse Armor DLC with Oblivion in 2006?
yeah. me neither
I love how companies are releasing NFTs after several top companies have failed releasing them. Like "Yeah I know ubisoft failed but maybe we, the creator of worms, can do it!"
😂
Corporatism at it's finest :😜 sad.part is though: eventually it will work, and as long as they make teh moneyzz they couldn't give two shits about their reputation since developers will be mocked while the greedy executives rake in the benefits. People need to stop shooting the messenger and start attacking the actual culprits: executives and shareholders.
Just to clarify, NFTs aren't the image. NFTs are a slot in an invisible line to nowhere, and the image is there to represent the slot/lure people in. It's even more of a scam than you realize.
Absolutely, people are buying the receipt of the digital bullshit and not the digital bullshit itself. That's it. Fcking scam.
Basically..
Buy this RTX card for $0.01! Except it's a scam!
theres a really good video diving into how it's all a scam called "Line Goes Up, the Problem With NFTs" you should check it out
It's a bit like those companies that claim a star is now named after you because you bought an expensive certificate from them saying it is. Except people are trying to use the certificates as investments and stores of value, for some reason.
Buy this air. But we represent the air with this generated image! Isn't it a nice image? That air is totally worth something!
...it's literally selling nothing for something. The only way value exists is because people think the value exists. The moment people think it's valueless it collapses as there is no physical backing.
...It's literally beenie babies, but with just the reciept instead of a plush.
NFT’s can ruin a reputation so easily that’s it’s hilarious seeing everyone being terrified of them now
This is what should of happened with Lootboxes and microtransactions...
@@Hardman._ how else will these poor billion dollar companies save themselves from starving?
I honestly can't believe the backlash kind of worked. Most of the time, gamers will rage and moan and then pay up anyway, so companies have no incentive to change. I guess it just goes to show how transparently worthless NFTs are
@@decipher111 *THINK OF THE COMPANIES*
@@tablettablete186 on my way to buy every lootbox to save the poor companies, God bless 🙏
"I fucking hate it here" has to be one of the best lines I've ever seen in a statement from a fucking video game developer
should be on a shirt.
@@Hammerite im sure its out there lemme check
yeah they out there but they are missing the key word fucking
@@Hammerite would buy that in a heartbeat
Seeing NFT'a crashing and burning before they can even get off the ground is so heart warming.
The gaming community: "Say no to NFTs!".
Team 17: "Alright, we hear you loud and clear. We won't be doing it".
Ubisoft: "Alright, we hear you loud and clear. We'll keep pushing forward".
We're truly in the dark timeline if EA doesn't want NFTs, while Nintendo is considering them in the future 😰
Nah ain't no fucking way boy. Is that true?!
@@thenoobgamer95 nope, they said they were more interested in a metaverse, not NFTs
@@thejman5683 Really hope Nintendo looses intrest in the metavers.
Literally EA scared of NFT and Ubisoft has fallen to into hands of NFT.
Nintendo seeming a bit of interest metaverse not NFT.
I mean, it's Nintendo. It's EA Games but japanese...
"This. Puts a smile on my face."
Everyone liked that
Who are you quoting?
@@sinisterthoughts2896 Jocat XD
I LOLed here in the middle of the night 🤣 Freaking scamming clowns hitting a reality wall
It does, Roy.
I love how no one wants NFT’s in games, they’re having a horrible backlash but companies are just like “b…but we wanna..”
And then there are people like the upper corporate management at Square Enix, where they think we are all dumb as shit and they’re SO much smarter and buy a huge investment into crypto markets selling studios right before a massive crash. Yeah, we are the idiots to them.
The Wall Street investors force this onto the management.
Wow, it's almost as if a group has more power when they gather in large numbers and express dissatisfaction
Like the Noble Truckers of Canada 😎
The hate for NFTs isnt a well guarded secret, when these companies come out and say they’re going to have NFTs, they are just testing the waters thinking “maybe our company is different. Maybe we can get away with it”
And then the water turned out to be acid that will melt their finances
@@kyonbrace5487
Only problem is, that they did this with loot boxes and microtransaction as well back in the day and eventually the resistance from gamers went away. Those executives only know that you have to be persistent until the backlash breaks and unfortunately they're right.
And then there’s Ubisoft whose about to jump head first into lava for that potential NFT gold. Can’t blame em. Roblox gets away with it, so they probably will too.
@@fischkopp1234 There was never much resistance to begin with. People don’t realize that console gamers represent maybe a third of the gaming industry at best. On PC and Mobile they already had MMOs, browser games, gacha, and freemium games doing micro transactions on steroids and making bank. No one cares. Then we got Roblox (one of the biggest games ever) selling horrible working conditions and stock markers with no regulation to kids. No one cares. When it finally came to console games, there was a vocal push, but the vocal console gamers are literally a minority of the minority. And then most of that minority doesn’t actually understand the game industry (which is to be expected of people).
If you want to know why the industry is royally screwed, its a combination of everyone/everything.
@@vullord666 they won't,Roblox is full of kids who doesn't know that p2w is basically useless because the game they played will soon died and gone forever while Ubisoft mostly teen-adult played their games
The heavy pushback from everyone who plays games is working, but lets not forget this is the video game industry. They will try again in a usually less blunt way. You have to keep at or they will keep pushing until they find away to get NFTs in gaming. Always be aware.
Exactly. Some pub/dev will just make a more "digestible" model to implement NFTs after this and people will begrudgingly accept it because it's "not as egregious" as what was proposed before. Gotta keep telling them to eff off with whatever model they come up with
Ppl are dumb, they get a fake bs apology and forget everything or think the same companies giving apologies won’t do something just as scummy next week
@@TheForbiddenOne55 We must fear the fanboys when they do. They will defend the pratice and boom, a new and worse lootbox will be born.
This is what I also believe. It's called anchoring, this is frequently done in mobile game monetization, you start off with something you know is unacceptable to the customer, an anchor point, after that you introduce something that by comparison isn't as bad. It's a psychological trick, and we can't let them do it this time. Stay on your guard, people.
@@toshineon I've seen this happen, and WORK on more than one occasion in the games industry, let alone in modern society in general. Be safe everyone. Be aware.
Now imagine if the amount of backlash they're receiving for NFT's was given way back, when the gaming industry first introduced micro transactions
Right lol
We can still make the push, the future isn't written in stone.
@@RaidenX196 yeah but normie sports gamers dont know dont care
It feels satisfying as hell to see such a united front against NFTs in a way that we all couldn't rally when loot boxes snaked their way into the industry. Providing a common enemy has got to be the only good thing NFTs have done for this medium.
"We want to deliver the best possible player experience we can." I see EA is branching out into comedy now.
this gave me a good chortle 👌
Get this guy a medal.
They should branch out into gaming.
@@Droogie128 They should branch the hell away from gaming.
might be listed under dark humor
The original announcement of "You can hate. Or you can create." seems contradictory with Troy Baker now claiming ignorance because the tweet indicated that he knew there would be some kind of backlash or "hate" with the decision to do NFTs.
Yeah its such a half assed attempt to back pedal
He knew. He just undercalculated.
@@justcows7772 Nor are NFTs much about the art itself as well anyway as said by NFTards in response as to why all NFTs are ugly as hell, so they basically admitted it themselves that it's solely because of money.
Ethereum took a nosedive since he made that announcement, so I think his investments took some hits.
@@donkeydarko77 I would honestly give him the benefit of the doubt. The people shilling these NFT deals are professional con artists and confidence tricksters. They probably did every trick in the book to mislead him about what NFTs were and why people were so senselessly mad about them. Maybe not, but it’s a possibility.
Glad to see that Troy came to his senses and backed out from the nft voice partnership.
The crazy thing about Troy Baker's situation and casts doubt on him saying he didn't know what he was getting into was that his own manager was basically pleading with him to reconsider doing the NFT partnership. Make of it what you will.
When even EA themselves are scared of negative publicity, you know it's bad.
Ironic, it's probably the compagny we thought would implement them first
EA Games: NFTs are so bad even our chaotic evil selves aint touch this with a 10 ft pole.
@@gravekeepersven82 after being corrupted for so long, I guess you become immune to corruption
They probably don't want another Battlefront 2 situation on their ass.
@@linhza501 exactly! They're evil, but not dumb
EA "scared to do NFTs"
Gamers "good"
Excellent
@@heistingcrusader_ad3223 Muy bueno.
Don't care actually EA is dead to me so it makes no difference.
@@simonw3858well they killed dead space, titanfall, battlefield , dragon age and mass effect.
So I want them begging on the floor for my money.
@@atavusable You forgot the saddest one of them all, Battlefront 1 and 2.
"allow everyone a chance to own and invest in IPs"
Can we start by just owning the game we buy? After that we can talk about selling other stuff, just make game PRODUCTS
A story that was missed is how a video game PR firm recently sent out memos about how their clients should not be mentioning NFTs at this time. This should be common sense but apparently not as we keep hearing about a company doing this. Must be nice being in that bubble…
Glad the gaming community is finally growing a backbone and torpedoing dumb exploitative horseshit before it gets its fangs into our necks.
Too bad this didn't happen to loot boxes.
@@Venator631 agreed
@@Venator631 Or battle passes, or day one DLC, or Gatcha, etc. We can't unshoot a bullet wound, but at least we take the gun off these bastards before they blow any more gaping chest wounds in our torsos.
@@Venator631 loot box is the wake up call. Plus it already had a foothold in Gacha games before AAA titles implement it. NFT is still new. We can snuff it out before they can even lift a finger
@@Venator631 this may be a beacon of hope against lootboxes, this NFT reaction gives me a little of hope...
I remember the first time I saw NFT in gaming and thinking to myself; "We're massively fighting Lootboxes worldwide, why do they think we want NFTs?"
The overwhelming backlash to NFTs in the gaming community gives me hope for the future, let's keep it up!
Even EA of all companies are terrified of NFT's backlash
Now that's impressive
Now we need to make them terrified of releasing broken 1/2 finished games.
Won't matter. NFT will win anyways. Casuals will make sure of it.
Man it’s weird seeing EA being the one who backed down and didn’t even attempt to try it, at least publicly, and not Ubisoft or SquareEnix… EA is one of my most disappointing publishers, they make a lot of games I love (Dragon Age, Mass Effect, NFS, Burnout, Road Rash, etc) but they do some of the greediest stuff. And totally not shocked at Konami, unlike EA or anyone else, Konami is a gambling company first, and a game company like 5th, what do they care if they ruin their franchises, not like they make games on them anymore.
People thinking Konami cares about their players should take a damn look at how they treat the Yu-Gi-Oh players to begin with, beware that they aren't above anything
@@sephikong8323 fucking facts bro
Which actually tells you that the companies that are trying this are seeing absolutely no money from it. EA would only back away from it if it were UNPROFITABLE, not because people didn't like it. The very fact that EA, the patron saint of loot boxes and 'games as service' and crappy mobile ports, is backing away from NFTs, should send a giant warning flare to the sky for these other companies trying to force it to work.
They dont back down they just need to solve the battlefield 2042 shit show first
What we tend to forget is that EA is actually concerned about their image. They aren't as apathetic about things as Konami or other publishers are. They were actually surprised that they were a reviled company and they do try to create good publicity for themselves. Problem is that they suck at it, not that they don't want to.
So NFTs are probably something they want to get into but they just came in too late. If the publicity is bad and they don't stand to fool too many people into things, they're going to shy away.
They're also the ones that fan backlash has burned the most so I imagine seeing the hate people have for NFTs is giving them pause.
Some nice back peddling from Baker there. Love how hes pretending he was just innocently ignorant; he wasnt, he just didnt care.
He just underestimated the number of people unwilling to support him.
Gaming companies: releases new nfts
Gamers: "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man!?"
Daily Reminder: The images with NFTs serve as nothing more than a visual representation of the actual transaction, you don't own the art nor any receipt saying you own the domain where the art is housed, it's just a visual stimuli to keep it engaging. The only reason to own an NFT is to try and sucker someone else by selling it for more you bought it for while fucking up the environment in the process. To anyone considering NFTs I suggest spending your money on supporting actual artists instead of AI-generated garbage.
Okay Boomer.
@@kicapanmanis1060 cry harder brat
@@kicapanmanis1060Having actual information about a subject makes you a "boomer", interesting. Are you mad that he didn't learn about NFTs on tiktok like you did ? Try not to cry too much when your 5000 dollar monkey NFT doesn't sell.
@@kicapanmanis1060 go ahead, lose everything you've ever earned because your glue sniffing spending habits are uncontrollable
@@kicapanmanis1060 HA! Classic and typical Sanic fan. Aaaah~, it never gets old.
"EA now scared of NFTs"
Good. Let's keep it that way.
IT'S AFRAID!
Why is EA afraid of NFTs?
@@50ksavagegoodsavage4 Because they bring universal backlash and implementing them is still not free.
If that's actually true or sticks that's probably the most profound push back I've ever heard.
Pirating Konami "content" is million times more effective in preserving it than NFTs.
Gamers, and ground floor developers need to make NFTs so terrifying that these publishers won't touch them.
@@XaldinLonkhe They are definitely bad news.
NFT of the EA logo.
The solution is the same: *stop* buying their games until they learn. They don't care about anything but their bottom line.
The problem is that way too many people still keep buying the games _anyway,_ removing any incentive for companies to stop with their bs.
@@henryviiifake8244 Unfortunately, this is true.
If they "care" so much and have the gamers best interest in mind, why don't they give us the rights to buy and sell our digital media as we please? Oh its because they can't monetize it without being obvious on how much "care" they really do have. Smh
NFT's should never be allowed to permeate in any medium ever again.
Why?
@@hyperreal Because he thinks they’re just jpgs and doesn’t understand what else they can be used for.
@@hyperreal The short of it? NFTs are just a pyramid scheme that screw over artists by having their work stolen, the "ownership" a buyer has over an NFT is superficial at best, and the amount of energy needed to keep them up is very harmful to the environment.
@@ChipsMcClive tell us, how else can they be used?
@@ChipsMcClive oh yeah? It's an insult to art and a scam
NFT is only about one thing: MONEY.
It will never be about art or about “ownership”. It’s rich folk getting richer. It’s a new form of gambling and all the shitty con schemes combined.
AVOID ANYTHING NFT RELATED!
P.S. watch Folding Ideas’ video on this.
Folding ideas video was incredible
@@ablone it’s probably one of the best youtube videos😅
Gamers: "Are you scared?"
EA: **hand shaking** "I must be."
Gamers: "Good."
EA: "Why is that good?"
Gamers: "It means you're not completely moronic."
When Nintendo, the guys who strike down game soundtracks by the thousands, say they can't figure out a way to spread joy through NFTs or the metaverse, you know things are _fucked_ for that sector.
It’s mainly metaverse that they are talking about
@@ultrawariowarefan1431 Yeah. It's also very possible they said that just to appease investors and shareholders, since it was done in a Q&A Meeting for them.
@@ConnorTheUndying also there are speculation that the thousands strike down are not from Nintendo
@@ultrawariowarefan1431 you’re delusional if you believe that
@@300IQPrower I’m not delusional
Good to see Konami sticking to the “we’ll do anything for a buck” mantra
What about making a good game?
"We'll do almost anything for a buck"
If EA is a gaming company that tries to put gambling into games, then Konami is literally a gambling company. They make gambling machines for real.
Gotta find ways to launder that (real world) Yakuaza money.
@DOSboi Aidan 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙃😋
Konami's core nowadays audience is pachinko and Yugioh adicts, of course they were gonna get onboard on the NFT train.
I still find it funny that a certain CEO told us that we don't get it, yet they still have yet to give a good explanation themselves.
"Physical NFT's" Hold on. Isn't that called limited edition? Like if Hasbro re-release a Transformers figure but with a fancy cell-shaded G1 paint job and only make a limited amount of them.
Can't we just enjoy a game in peace, like old times
No. That doesn't give a sense of pride nor accomplishment
Of course not, it's not about the artistry for these companies. Thank God we do have creators whom still love making games and the art behind it. I. Just glad that the communities are pretty much raising their pitchforks against NFTs
I wish, bro.
Remember when you bought a game back in the days and it was almost bug-free, complete (you could unlock anything in the game by just playing it) and you didn't have to pay extra to get the cut content on day one? I miss the days when the gaming companies had passion and weren't that big and only money orientated...
How ironic that EA is considering their reputation. They never cared before.
I think it's time that more people realize that EA has been or at least being dethroned by Ubisoft as being the worst.
EA has been on a losing streak for years now, they're finally hitting a point where they need to start caring because they're that hated and distrusted in the gaming atmosphere
@@user-tzzglsstle585e38 as someone who struggled through many Ubisoft launches in horrendous state, especially for honor and the division, Then playing battlefield 2042, and the way they handled destroying star wars Battlefront, bf1 & need for speed to make 2042. I can agree with certainty that EA has surpassed Ubisoft as the worst company by far. And for honor was seriously bad
"Mmh, should i fuck myself over once again?! Hmm, for once no sir, i don't like it."
You know its bad when even EA doesn't want anything to do with NFT's
I am remembering something said in a Zero Punctuation review: "When you charge money for something you can produce infinitely at zero cost ... that's not a service; that is the fucking death of economics as a concept".
This is the exact quote that plays over and over again. NFTs are either
- the pinnacle of economics, proving that value is truly arbitrary and you can charge any amount for anything
- the death of it
As someone who hated economics in high school (that shit is witchcraft and it scares me), I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry about it.
The Team17 situation is actually a good example of that it's not the Devs fault, it's the higher ups fault and all blame should be aimed at higher ups and not the Devs.
I genuinely believe them with the whole "They've listened and decided not to" thing but that's only because I also genuinely believe they made no fucking mention of this to any of their boots on the ground developers who thus never had the chance to shit on this stuff beforehand. This was absolutely an executive decision made with a third party company so far over the heads of the average staff that they didn't even know it was happening.
Game companies introducing NFTs and hoping they won't get mass backlash is like shoving your hand into a running blender and hoping the blades don't shred it.
Their intent behind trying to add them is so transparent it makes optical grade glass look cloudy.
Don't think that they're doing this out of the kindness of their own hearts. Once they find another opening, they'll pull the same stunt again.
Absolutely
The fact EA is NOW scared to do NFTs should be taken as a warning to all companies. The little mess for these companies are just the sh*t that keeps on giving.
The zoom in when Yong was talking about Santa XD
Now this puts a smile on my face, finally some good news.
Also the fact that even EA, the most greedy company along with activision, is getting scared of nfts shows how bad nfts are
for once i am actually proud of the gaming community for standing up to this, we failed with microtransaction, we failed with lootboxes(even though it's improved now), we must remain vocal to executives and publishers.
We have actually revolted against everything but the reason we "failed" because you have a group of people with mom's credit card in there hands buying shit 24/7 and you can't do anything about it so it's a situation we can't do shit about
@@SirNeedle 100% agree. But with this it seems its not even making the money they think.
@@miecraftandmoregames oh definitely, they won't profit from NFTs. They gotta understand that most of their audience are made of teenagers/adults who have a life and can't just spend their money on shitty investment ( it's actually adults who have a life but you get my point).
Unfortunately based on video game history nfts will be normalized like lootboxes, microtransactions, dlc, and season passes. If anything we are already seeing nfts evolving with Atari's bs nft lootboxes (hopefully that actually brings the ire of all the gambling regulators down in them.)
I mean there are companies that use DLC in an ethical way, giving us extra content and new stories and characters when a game is a year old or more, giving it an extended life and giving us something cool while we wait for a sequel, but yes too many game companies abuse DLC.
Greedy companies: “Yep, we got hated for doing nfts and lost the trust of our players.”
*All for a Few bucks*
It's like Epic Games Store buying out exclusivity.
All for a few bucks.
@@Foreststrike and they're hundreds of millions in the hole for it, too. I refuse to support it, at all.
@@Droogie128 I hope everyone at epic goes under
Thats the age we live in right now. More and more publishers and head devs care more about more profits than their customer satisfaction.
In the middle of the video the ad that interrupted the video was a ad for nfts. Saying "so you've finally found your forever nft" before I skipped.
I like the little trilogy we formed
- Players fed up with EA
- EA ashamed to share sales
- EA scared of NFTs
Truly, we live in the best timeline
At this point we should make a list of every exec that pushes for NFT’s in their games. That way we can keep track of everyone who lets their greed overwhelm them to the point that they go forward with an obviously bad idea.
Not every exec, every person
So does that count us too?
UA-cam also supports these horrible NFT scams, meaning we are also playing a part in this just by being here 😨
@@andresgonzalez5676 Few rotten apples spoils the bunch. Even we are actively combatting it, they will scapegoat us anyway regardless of the actions we took to prevent it.
@@andresgonzalez5676 lol scams.
@@kicapanmanis1060 Don't get too upset kid, the 150 dollars you spent on that monkey nft might not be entirely lost. You only need to find another person as stupid as you and you sell it to him. Or even better, find someone gullible enough and you can make a profit! Oh wait, that's how the scheme actually works!
You know people hate NFTs when EA is afraid of doing them
Probably because they received enough backlash from bf2042's failure, if they never made 2042 from the beginning they will definitely consider nfts
@@Ace-ye1nf Good point. They're on shaky ground as it is.
EA also received the most bloody noses when it came to continued lootbox exploitation.
While they pretty much get away with it with their sports games, the moment they tried to tie progression to lootboxes in other games they got slapped down hard.
They're more aware than others than nakedly obvious greed that doesn't even provide the illusion of benefit to players will go down like a lead balloon.
Ubisoft CEO said their NFT failed because "gamers don't understand NFTs". No, we understand perfectly well. It's just moneygrab. That's all it is. it's all about money. They have no value beyond that. You can't eat it, you can't build a house out of it, you can't wear it or burn it to protect you from cold, it won't keep you dry in rain, it does not help you socially, it does not entertain you... it's inherently worthless. Just a few bits of data given imaginary value. You are just buying different kind of money with the money you already have. And it wastes resources that could be used for better things.
This is the kind of energy we need in the gaming community! Speaking out against predatory practices of any kind
Self-Destructive Companies: No seriously, this is the future, you just don't get it.
Everyone: How many times do we have to teach you this lesson Old Man?
So glad there is a massive pushback for these nfts. If this is the way that gaming is going in the future, I'll stick to indies and retro games.
Shoutout to Johnny Gioeli, vocalist for Crush 40 and several other bands, who wondered if NFTs were worth doing, genuinely asked his Twitter audience for explanations and advice since he didn't know anything about them, and after a few hours concluded from those replies that he didn't want anything to do with them. (mainly citing environmental concerns).
EA is backpedaling right now, these last few months have been rough for them. Wait until they get even a tiny bit of good will built up again and I promise NFTs will be revisited by them.
Not a chance with their target for innocent and unaware young audience.
See the FIFA situation? The Star Wars Situation?
The hell are lootboxes present in a kid's games? They're just kids..
It's almost as if everyone knows that NFTs are useless in gaming.
The period should have been placed after 'useless.' Full stop.
@@charliebrewster2809 There is one industry it's useful in. The scamming industry
NFTs are the modern day equivalent of snake oils, after all.
Useless PERIOD. 🗑 🗑 🗑 💯 GARBAGE!!!
It's a scam. Like selling a bridge.
It's like bunch of kids that were told " don't touch the stove while its hot or you get burned " ... 100 companies later and they still keep touching the stove yo i am in stitches. Do they honestly think they will be the lucky ones to not burn?
Also NFT normalized? Not Freakin Tolerated...
It's kinda sad in hindsight that devs and studios have to openly say "we don't support NFTs" to get positive attention. It's like getting a participation award for being a decent human being. I'm glad they're fighting against this, but I don't really want to award companies for saying "ok we listened we'll ease up" because we've done this song and dance before.
Only in gaming industry will you get thunderous applaud if you say "We promise not to be scummy assholes." (And then when they break that promise nobody is surprised.) It's pretty sad really.
I just love how a lot of these companies saw the visceral reaction NFTs were getting and still decided to push forward with plans to make their own NFTs
its a gold rush. they all want to be the first to get their share of that money cake, and make investors happy.
Not gonna lie, I'm really impressed and proud of how the VAST majority of people are not only against En Ef Tees, but actively fighting them.
If only we had done the same against lootboxes and microtransactions.
Big money supports microtransactions and loot boxes because it makes them vastly richer. NFTs, however, don’t give them anything more than they got out of players before, *and* if used as DRM instead of silly jpgs, NFTs can democratize game prices by allowing the gaming community to set game prices amongst itself.
Or bad QA or CM.
@@ChipsMcClive If you think that's how it will work you are a delusional embarassment. Yeah, come on guys EA will give us games as NFTs and we will set the price, not the greedy multibillion dollar company! Yes it really makes sense how a greedy company would give the control to the customer, what a great idea! Dude you should honestly stfu if your opinion is this embarassingly bad... If you think people won't torrent something like NFT "DRM" game, then you clearly don't understand how this works. Enjoy your monkey NFTs, i will be supporting indie devs who actually has passion for games and doesn't get involved in schemes like NFTs which don't provide any benefit. Imagine supporting DRM as a customer, disgusting.
The thing with NFTs is that they bring absolutely nothing to the table that wasn't already possible to do. The obvious example is the Steam Market which functions without the use of NFTs it is just that publishers haven't needed or wanted it before suddenly now wanting in on it with NFTs probably because they see it as profitable now. Not to mention it is huge waste of resources with pretty much no benefit as far as I can tell
at this point it might need bloodshed and gas to cleanse the gaming community and the industry as a whole
Referring to NFT's as technology is an insult to real technology. A single roll of toilet paper has infinitely more value than all the NFT's combined.
Considering how pandemics went...
I love how you made the camera slowly zoom as you were talking about santa gifting you a dump xD bahahaha got me rolling 🤣
God damn, Aggro Crab living up to thier namesake. You just earned yourselves a customer.
Heavily recommend Going Under, satirical action rogue-lite based on abusive work culture and startups, even has a crypto mine for some levels. Also the general art style is a pastiche of corporate art styles that still looks very appealing.
NFT : No Fucking Thanks.
The slow zoom when he talked about Santa's gift was *chef's kiss*
Why don't they explain to us players what they do know about NFTs that we don't? Or is it only for the investors that they can't explain to us players?
If they explained in layman's terms, pretty much everyone would know that NFTs are essentially a scheme to sell people nothing.
EA caring about what their customers might want? Why does this terrify me?
Yeah, Ubisoft is taking their place now.
They're scared. Good. Keep em scared.
Ironically I got an unstoppable domains ad on this video advertising nfts and the meta verse 😆
10:25 said this out loud out of reflex and didn't expect Yong to follow up with it. Caught me completely off guard and got me a good laugh :D
This makes me happy dev teams are on our side I hope they continue to fight
I wanna see em fighting back against MORE THAN just these, or abuse like from ActiBlizzard.
Shitty management from Niantic. Unprofessionalism from Kingsisle. Perpetual greed from Konami.
ALL. OF. IT.
They are also on their side for being on our side. The going whole hog with NFTs is a nightmare for developers. If they were to try to make good with the ability CEOs are trying to promise, that would mean these already underpaid, overworked, devs would have to double, if not triple, their efforts to support cross game items. It’s both an overall anti-consumer move, but also anti-employee. Not only would they not pay their employees more for way more work, they stand to increase the amount of stress and burnout by an extraordinary degree.
Remember it is morally correct to bully crypto bros pushing this
“We have no game. No ideas. No plan. But here’s an NFT.”
I can't help but wonder if some small part of the rabid rush for NFTs and the metaverse is, in a way, inspired by the heavily monetized VR world of "Ready Player One". The OASIS' monetization of various elements of IPs, fueled by obsessive nostalgia, must seem like nirvana for these corps. The way some people have described gaming NFTs, like you can carry skins to any game you want, reminds me of how characters, skins, vehicles and weapons transferred between the RPO VR worlds.
While that may be drawing in some people into the brain dead hype. That's like saying the cyanide capsule is cotton candy flavored.
When you dig into the root of the "Blockchain" and "Cryptocurrency" world you will find the same types (and often the exact same people) who pushed and profited from Subprime mortgages. You can also find Dot-Com Bubble personalities making a comeback. Con-artists, nothing but scammers and charlatans. And they have always been great as separating Venture Capitalists (who are actually quite stupid people) from their money.
@@CrimsonBlasphemy True, the bigger picture is an overall sense of it being a big scheme, the opportunity to create a bubble and fleece anyone they can draw in. I wasn't aware that the sub-prime and dot-com bubble guys were back at it. Kind of reminds me of the whole sealed video game collecting market, people trying to insist something is collectable as an "investment".
Imagine if gaming companies were this scared of the backlash around releasing broken games.
What an absolute shame. I loved worms games back in the day and to see them jump on board the “Nasty Fing Things” and get slapped on by us I can only hope the rest of the publishers do the same. We want finished games not another get rich quick scheme.
Now people, do this for the microtransactions and lootboxes as well, just call them out on their BS that is an addicitive, abusive and predatory scheme. Shame on them all.
Its nice to see game companies taking us seriously when we say "if you make an NFT for your game: we'll burn you to the ground even if we must take ourselves out with you..."
Because players ARE serious. Dead. Serious.
Cue the burning movie theater scene from Inglorious Basterds lol
Bro I am loving that NFTs are screwing with devs reputation. We finally have a small amount power over these scummy publishers! Hopefully Ubisoft takes notice to do the right thing before it's to late, there's still time.
Now if we can do the same with microtransactions. I've hated them since their origin and I've hated it more that they've lasted this long.
I was happy paying for downloadable missions or side quests added long after the og game was released (Cup head kinda content) but microtansactions and now NFTs can suck my balls
Team 17: “We are sorry for trying to sell you NFT’s
Players: “You want forgiveness? Get religion.”
Fire the execs that went ahead with the plan, the rest most likely was against it if they even knew
You should be sorry unless you fix this DAMN DOOR!!!
EA? Scared of doing NFTs? The same company that doubled down on loot crates? This is nice.
I am so confused, how can digital art (NFT) have environmental issues? IF I make a Photoshop poster, what the hell does that have to do with the environment?
there has to be security risks with NFTs since the companies will need a far amount of personal information to try and control who has them
Huh? What do you mean?
You mean so that they don’t steal there Ideas, right?
You don't use your personal information to say you have them because you are not legally own the item. You merely have an account that has that item, that's all.
Things you love to see: when workers and consumers execute their power against corporate overlords and it works.
Yeah supply and demand
Jolyne: Whats wrong Pucci? Why do you want to reset the universe?
Yongyea's Pucci: *thinks about NFTs*
Saying NFT's are environmentally friendly is like saying clean coal. I think CEO's of gaming companies just wake up one day on a random day and say "huh what is the quickest way I can sink my company? Oh I got it! NFT's!"
Here's hoping this trend continues, and when the NFT and Crypto markets crash to the point where they can't recover, and they WILL crash to that point, anyone who stuck to it, just watch their money disappear and they become penny less and unemployable because of how big of assholes they acted like burned all those bridges
haha, while I think that might be a tad bit harsh, yes, I would like to see some come uppance to this whole Bitcoin/blockchain fiasco.....just not people living in card board boxes😂
They will get Victor Chaos'd in time
Crypto at least had some value at the beginning, mostly thanks to it being the currency of choice for cybercriminals in the dark web. NFTs are inherently worthless, so it's no surprise that they failed faster than a liver after a 24-hour keg rager.