Despite the scathing criticism from fans following the announcement of NFT integration in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, Ubisoft isn’t giving up on blockchain technology.
During an interview with Decrypt, Ubisoft’s blockchain technical director Didier Genevois says the company will continue work on its NFT platform Ubisoft Quartz.
“We have received a lot of feedback since the announcement, and we hear both the encouragement and the concerns,” Genevois said via Decrypt. “We understand where the sentiment towards the technology comes from, and we need to keep taking it into consideration every step of the way.”
That feedback was anything but graceful, as fans were livid on social media about Ubisoft Quartz. ForTheWin even discovered that its announcement video had over 10,000 dislikes on YouTube.
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“This experiment is meant to understand how the value proposition of decentralization can be received and embraced by our players,” Genevois continues via Decrypt. “We know it is a major change that will take time, but we will stay true to our three principles.”
Any company hoping video game fans will take to NFTs is likely in for many growing pains. Last week, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl developer GSC Game World announced NFTs would come to the game, only for community outrage over the decision to reach catastrophic highs. The situation got so bad that GSC Game World canceled all NFT-related partnerships barely a day later.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
