In an interview with Decrypt (thanks Eurogamer), Ubisoft’s blockchain director Didier Genevois says the corporate shall be plowing forward with its NFT plans whereas staying true to its “ideas”, as he places it: “This experiment is supposed to grasp how the worth proposition of decentralization will be acquired and embraced by our gamers. We all know it’s a main change that may take time, however we’ll keep true to our three ideas.”
The three ideas he’s referring to are to “use the tech responsibly and construct a secure surroundings” for gamers to discover the brand new frontier of NFTs, “solely leverage energy-efficient proof-of-stake blockchains”, and “concentrate on the significant worth propositions for gamers that profit their gaming expertise”. It’s unclear how any of those three ideas are being carried out presently.
Ubisoft’s first foray into NFTs launched as Ubisoft Quartz, an NFT platform for AAA video games together with the primary recreation to make use of them, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Sadly, it’s confirmed utterly unpopular out the gate even in comparison with different NFT marketplaces, which doesn’t essentially bode nicely for the corporate’s NFT efforts. Nonetheless, it appears devoted to urgent on, so we’ll see how this initiative shakes out.
Even for a corporation as massive as Ubisoft, it’s acquired loads on its plate. Earlier this 12 months, the corporate needed to cope with credible accusations of office sexism and abuse that it has but to satisfactorily tackle. And the pandemic has not been type to Ubisoft, as an awesome exodus of expertise is bleeding the corporate dry. Nonetheless, it appears content material to press on like nothing’s incorrect.
