Two game development companies, GSC Game World and Ubisoft, are responding to strong opposition to include NFT elements in some of their games. Although GSC Game World-the developer of the popular Stalker game franchise-has abandoned plans in this area, Ubisoft is advancing and announcing a partnership with Aleph.im to store images from its NFT platform .

GSC Game World and Ubisoft take different approaches

Two game developers who recently announced that NFT elements are part of their upcoming and existing games are dealing with the negative reaction of the game public to this issue. However, each of them does it differently. GSC Game World, the creator of the Stalker game franchise in Ukraine, stated that they will stop Regarding all plans to include NFT elements in the upcoming game Stalker 2. The company issued a statement on Twitter, declaring:

We heard it. Based on the feedback we received, we decided to cancel any NFT-related content in STALKER 2. The interests of our fans and players are the top priority of the team. We are making this game for you to enjoy-no matter the cost. If you care, we care too.

GSC Game World has previously stated that all funds from potential NFT sales will be used to improve the game and make it better before the game is released.

Ubisoft moves forward

However, not all developers have stopped advancing their planned roadmap, even with negative reactions from users.Specifically, another game company Ubisoft has Announce Today we are cooperating with Aleph.im, which is a decentralized storage solution that saves images and information for each NFT stored in its own NFT market, called Ubisoft Quartz. The public relations statement on this cooperation stated:

NFT metadata will be stored on aleph.im’s fully decentralized storage system consisting of more than 70 nodes, and all NFT ownership will be tracked on the Tezos blockchain.

quartz, The platform has been used by the company to introduce NFT into Ghost Recon: Breakpoint and other games. The platform debuted on December 9 and is built on the Tezos blockchain.Ubisoft promotes the development as an “energy-saving and playable NFT”, but the platform’s announcement on December 8 is received Received almost universal criticism, more than 95% of viewers dislike it on Youtube.

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Sergio Goshenko

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