This week’s game is a weekly column where Vikki Blake summarizes the biggest story of the game each week. This week, she looks at the impact of “NFT consoles” on industry, gamers, and the environment.
MeIt’s hard to know what’s more offensive about Polium One. The name, the fact that it is a “multi-chain” game “NFT console”, or its creator’s favorite response to player feedback.
July 2nd – Same day Parents We published an article that NFT sales hit a 12-month low after a cryptocurrency crash – it was announced as new. “Web3 Games” console We couldn’t share prototypes or announce titles for new systems, but the social media channel promised an “exclusive game” and the team had “hardware and software experience.” “It’s pretty ominous, the founder says,” I can’t stop. “
Also, there is currently no CD drive, but “maybe someday [it] If you want to build a blockchain version of your app, partner with Netflix. The ball on your court, Netflix.
I don’t have a CD drive, but if I want to build a blockchain version of the app, I’ll be partnering with Netflix someday ?
— Polium (@Polium__) July 4, 2022
The social media team is busy defending the logo, if any, rather than spending time on its side (the GameCube logo that changed two days later seems suspicious. I did). , And more recently, threatened to ban its own discord members.
If you are ignorant of NFTs, leave them alone. However, for beginners, NFTs (“non-fungible tokens”) are “unique” digital assets that can be sold for a penny or thousands of pounds. In some cases (probably most prominently in music and art), it’s seen as a way for fans to “own” digital assets and support, for example, their favorite artists.
The more ironic view is that they are insidious and predatory, especially in the gaming world. This shows that the industry is already flooded with microtransactions, which are quite exploitative.
But even to avoid predatory debates, blockchain requires enormous amounts of energy, especially when “mining” cryptocurrencies. In many cases, planting trees to “offset” the environmental impact is carbon-neutral or carbon-negative, but by the time the damage can be offset in a meaningful way. It needs to grow over the years. The injured are not convinced.
Hah pic.twitter.com/I4PIQB6o1H
— AGGRO CRAB (@AggroCrabGames) January 31, 2022
And if you need signs that NFTs have no benefit to gamers, see how the world’s largest publishers are getting the chance to enter established games and franchises. Sega, SQUARE ENIX, Ubisoft, Konami, EA, Team17; each of these publishers says they have already launched an NFT or think it is the “future”. Some fans, and in some cases staff, had to make a U-turn or backtrack to the plan after a counterattack. However, not all have it. It’s not a long shot.
The problem with NFTs, especially Polium, is the thick layer of arrogant arrogance above all. There must be any negativity as we do not understand it. The backlash is because we’re thick, not because we think it’s stupid to own any digital fax machine. As painfully obvious in the follow-up statement, instead of trying to beat us, the polyum is doubling.
“We are receiving FUD [fear, uncertainty, and doubt] And a critique of our ability to execute. ” The follow-up statement begins assuming that our collective anxiety is not about the idea of the crappy NFT console itself, but about its ability to “execute”.
“For clarity, we are the four of us building functional prototypes of the console and controller.”
Console giants are console giants, so it takes more than 5 years. They have a good reputation and need to be approved by multiple departments and key investors throughout the hardware development process. Also, a dedicated game is required and it takes time.
— Polium (@Polium__) July 4, 2022
I’m sorry: Did you say four? Should it make us feel better about the project? Its defense against a rapid hardware development cycle is not the victory it thinks it is.
“Console giants are console giants, so it takes more than five years,” he says. “They have a good reputation and need to be approved by multiple departments and key investors throughout the hardware development process. They also need dedicated games and are time consuming.”
So: Are you saying you don’t care about your reputation? Do you have a major investor? And do you have an exclusive game? ‘Kay. Gatcha.
The Polium One controller is said to have a fingerprint scanner and a wallet button. This will minimize the barrier between cash and the desire of cryptocurrency buddies to get more money. Will be released by November. The console itself, as you might expect, is pre-ordered by an NFT called the “Polium Pass”, which is limited to 10,000.
1️⃣ I didn’t copy the Nintendo GameCube logo. There are several companies that use similar logos. However, it does show the original new logo.
— Polium (@Polium__) July 4, 2022
There’s the kind of perception gamers want-consoles are reported to offer ray tracing and 8K HDR at 120fps-but it’s still unclear how they will achieve that.
“The console is powerful enough to run high-performance games and will be easy to use for traditional gamers who don’t understand Web3,” Polium claims. “We have a game on the console and we’ll be announcing it soon. We’re currently discussing it with the game developers.”
You still don’t know what kind of game they are. My guts say that some of the companies I’ve listed above may be more interested in newer systems than we want.
But let’s be clear. PoliumOne is a console we have never seen running an unidentified game released at an unspecified time at an unannounced price via a cryptocurrency famous for fraud and theft. is. And all of us know the fools and their money will soon break up-I bought my friend Google Stadia-even this fool won’t bombard for this.
If you enjoyed the Vikki Blake summary of this week’s most disastrous NFT story, catch up with the rest of the month’s news in this week’s game.
