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Re:Ubisoft’s first NFT plans make no sense by andybak on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:01PM (#29490443)
Then surely the question is "why blockchain?"

I think you're essentially agreeing with the article - Ubisoft's plans make no sense beyond simply being trendy. They are worse in any practical sense than a simple server-side solution.

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Re:Ubisoft’s first NFT plans make no sense by mminer237 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:43PM (#29490923)
Yes, I am. Blockchains theoretical purpose is for a scenario where you need artificial digital scarcity when there are no trusted entities. Essentially any multiplayer game will require a trusted entity to originate the NFTs, host the server, and produce the clients. If you don't need to fund a trusted entity, there's no purpose to artificial scarcity.

A conventional database would obviously be much better for Ubisoft. This is just illogical fad-chasing.

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