You can't "use nft". Nft is a crappy recipt that tells you that you spent some money. That is it.
In the absolute vast majority of cases the actual asset is some blob of data stored on a company's server somewhere.
Since we're in a subthread about using game items outside the game for which these items were specifically designed, good luck using your "nft" in "some big project".
For example, you can store game state on the chain and generate a svg based on that state which is returned to an external application if they fetch the nft.
There are few examples of it I can dig up if you are interested.
At great expense, yes.
Back in 2017, it cost approximately $76,000 per gigabyte to store data directly on Ethereum: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/a/896/17413 Now it's multiples of that (i.e. millions of USD per gigabyte).
Of course, that's fine, because Ethereum is not meant to be a data-store, that's where IPFS and FileCoin come in (with their own "proof-of-storage" scheme to sister Bitcoin's world-destroying Proof-of-Work). IPFS should cost less than 1USD per gigabyte while reads are "free" - though I'm unsure how well this will scale over-time. Also, AFAIK, IPFS isn't immutable/append-only storage.
They can't. Again. Context: game assets/game items.
Good luck storing any game asset/item on (any) blockchain.
Yes. Let's say that. Please walk us through how this would work on a technical level, since you are "not a total novice here".
Why would CoD and Battlefield want to introduce NFTs in lootboxes? By having a resale/collectors market on-top it'll drive sales.
Why would Amazon Prime invest in having these sorts of promotional items? They already do in Apex Legends with skins.
Why would Activision and EA want to have cross-game NFTs? Item longevity would inflate the price of the asset again increasing sales of lootboxes for collectables.
The perk of Web3/NFT for these things over say the CS:GO store is you get a lot of that for free within the ecosystem - for example storefronts. Also you don't have to handle payments yourself! And there's a whole world of additional meta one can include to NFTs that you can't get with game assets. For example, and yes I know this is stupid, if my solution above was implemented I could also add a derivative CFD of a Gamestop share in it as a 'Charged NFT'. Why? Fuck knows lol. But maybe someone will come up with some cool features in the future. It's just something that's unique to NFTs and shows additional functionality. (https://www.charged.fi)
> Go and work on it then.
I try work on important things and I don't think video games are that important, albeit they're fun.
> So far you've shown exactly zero understanding of the problem. You clearly don't even understand what NFTs are.
> since you are "not a total novice here"
I don't appreciate your sarcastic tone to be honest, I am not sure if it's intentional or not but you comes across as a jerk with your confrontational attitude.
That's not what I asked.
Walk through the technical steps to implement this: "CoD and Battlefield teams both implement the MP5 and include them as a legendary drop in Lootboxes".
> I don't appreciate your sarcastic tone to be honest, I am not sure if it's intentional or not but you comes across as a jerk with your confrontational attitude.
No, I just don't suffer fools gladly. So far for every question and comment showing your complete lack of understanding how anyting in games works.
Battlefield is EA.
What you're proposing is about as likely as Apple adding Windows and Android support for Airdrop and Universal Control.
Yes, it is. What do cryptocurrencies or web3 or other random crap has to do with them?
1. Not for free
2. This doesn't even begin to answer my question.
> I could buy a gun in CoD for a party hat in RuneScape or whatever.
No, you couldn't. Explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30708290
The value comes from the association. A baseball hat worn by a famous person is worth more than if it is worn by a normal person even if the hat is the same physically.
If you directly use nft from the chain in some big project, the value of that particular receipt will go up because the association can be made. This cannot be done if it was simply a digital image copied over.