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Re:NFTs Are a Dangerous Trap by imtringued on Sunday March 07, 2021 @04:00PM (#26379721)
You have to look at the bottom line. The only benefit of decentralization is cross publisher items. If it's through the same publisher it can be done in a centralized way. Publishers care about their profits. If NFT can increase their profits they will do it, but if someone buys a WoW sword on Etherum and uses it in Destiny (I haven't played either so please don't nitpick that Destiny has no swords).

Why would the publisher behind Destiny care? Blizzard is the one profiting off the items. Each publisher would create their own mutually incompatible smart contract to maximize profits. Companies absolutely hate the existence of secondary markets. They want cash shop items to be tied to accounts so that every player has to rebuy the same items over and over again. It simply won't work except as an easter egg.

Re:NFTs Are a Dangerous Trap by jamesgreenleaf on Sunday March 07, 2021 @04:11PM (#26379801)
Totally agree - this will only happen if it makes economic sense for the developer. Big companies like Blizzard won't bother since they can build and manage their own marketplace, but smaller developers who can't afford to do that will still be able to unlock value by participating in an open market.

Players re-buying the same item is definitely profitable, but it may turn out to be more profitable in the long-term to allow players to freely trade items while taking a cut of each transaction as royalties. Also, as mentioned before, NFTs allow for single-use items. A game could provide all sorts of different items with different rules.