@Tiwill44: The gaming industry as a whole has set a pretty low bar for mediocrity as of late. So if a "clumsy, dated, clone" is what I'm in for, versus top dollar for other buggy, broken day one 30 gig patched "AAA" experiences, I'd call it a buy.
@majorstefan: I think the next logical step is a hiatus. They've stretched this quite far as it is, from assassination narrative driven sandbox, to coop adventure, hunting simulator, 2D platformer, puzzle platformer and character tree RPG.
The Crusades, European renaissance, pirates of the Caribbean simulator, the American Revolution, The French Revolution, ptolemaic Egypt, Greece, Vikings, Victorian industrial london, they've made 12 of these, 24 if you count the shovelware.
At a point they had these games churning out at Activision's Cod pace. How is this franchise still the cash cow it is?
@PrpleTrtleBuBum: Saddest part too is that people will pay for this, and as long as they make it as grindy and full of expansive content as possible, they will at the very least hit some kind of profit margin. Live service gaming is the next battle royale for these folks.
@xavroche: I mean proof of Ownership of said NFT, not the actual content itself, because obviously that would imply that the owner of the Charlie bit my finger nft could make his own tee-shirts and tv series, that's not what I meant at all. If I got the very first pair of yeezy shoes ever sold signed by Kanye himself, I obviously don't own the Yeezy ip, but I do own a rare and sought after collectibles. The purpose of an NFT is to sell you a rare collectible, not the piece of media contained in it.
@master9000: I do agree that NFT's are at core stupid. Way I see it is that they are technically no less stupid than a rare pokemon card selling for tens of thousands. In 20 years from now when old memes and videos become increasingly forgotten and harder to find, someone saying "I have this USB stick containing THE original Charlie bit my finger NFT", its just an extension of the flawed obsessions humanity has with hoarding memorabilia of our own imprint. I will never buy an NFT, but I understand it. NFT's aren't for average joes like you or me, If someone has stupid amounts of money to burn, they can essentially turn a meme into an asset, a store of value, the same way millionaires use Art pieces as tax shelters.
@chaosbrigade: Nah man I get what you're saying but regardless of purpose intent it was created for, memes are totally art. In 20 - 30 years if humanity is still around, the memes of today will be a snapshot of the digital age of before, a picture and relic of the trends of the past. Think of the "Bro wake up its (year)" meme. That took off as a joke and nod to nostalgia based on popular art.
@jinzo9988: Technically the Blockchain is the "intellectual property" and "proof of ownership" as your block cant be modified. However you are right that the law cant protect you from a stolen NFT.
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