Gaming giant Blizzard deducts in game currency purchases and leaves players in debt, NFTs solve this.

This past week Blizzard essentially repoed in game currency from players who purchased the currency “Eternal Orbs” from third party sites. Players who did so didn’t just lose the “Eternal Orbs” they were put in debt; one individual received a -2,491,025 Orb debt which would cost over $35,000 USD to clear. This same person then discovered they couldn’t even play PVP matchmaking, even after spending $100,000 restoring the account because the “matchmaker couldn’t find an equal-level opponent.”

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In the current Web 2.0 gaming landscape gamers are essentially given 2 options:

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A. Rent items from the game developers.

B. Or zero ownership / participation.

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So how do NFTs fix this...? Well, they can’t, not quite yet that is.

If we want gamers to view NFT integration advantageously some fundamentals need to be already established. First and foremost, games need to be GOOD, to change one’s opinion the gaming experience’s need to be either on par with or ideally exceed currently available experiences on Web 2.0. NFT games shouldn’t feel like NFT games if that makes any sense, a player should be able to hop into a game that has NFTs integrated and literally not know unless they are to make a in game purchase, trade, upgrade, etc. (Obviously you would know prior to playing the game it is NFT based, but the more seamless the process the better.)

All it takes is one great game to onboard tens of millions of players into NFT gaming, but that will not happen until the focus shifts from raving about the tech, to building undeniable experiences that trump the preconceived notions so many gamers have. In the past decade we’ve seen many great titles rewrite the gaming industry’s status quo, and whether gaming studios realize it yet or not they have paved the way for the need of digital ownership through creating an authoritative monopoly over microtransactions / in-game purchases.