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Mike Shinoda
@mikeshinoda
Ah! So here’s something people aren’t explaining: NFTs don’t have to be jpgs. Imagine taking your favorite skin from Valorant, and using it Fortnite. And not paying extra, because you own it. Then using it in CoD, Minecraft, even Twitter, IG. So many possibilities, no?
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Jane 🐉
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NFTs don’t make sense. You’re buying a jpeg (or apparently a receipt to it) for a ton of money. It’s just unnecessary and just over complicates things that were fine before. I’m tired of NFTs across the board. It alienates the average person.
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Ryan
@Soroks_GG
Pixar had to rebuild Woody and Co completely for Toy Story 4 because the models for Toy Story 3 didn't work with their software anymore. Can't imagine getting Riot, Activision, Microsoft and Epic to get all their games on the same backend so NFTs could be used in all their games
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Rami Ismail (رامي)
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Mike, I respect your work a ton - but to a game developer this is you saying "you can buy a single note from my music and use it to control the space station". It is not how it works - interoperability barely works in one game series made by one developer.
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Mike Shinoda
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I meant “in theory” not literally. I get the technical complexity and improbability. What I’m hearing is the *extent* of this complexity, even in building from scratch with new NFT compatible games. Plus the fact that gamers feel it’ll be used to price gouge. Correct?
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Damion Schubert - @ZenOfDesign.com on bsky
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Hi, Mike. Experienced 20-year game dev here. I understand that you’re not, but attached is a thread why game interoperability of game items is an absolutely pipe dream. Also, you absolutely should not be taking financial advice from anyone telling you this is easy or good.
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Damion Schubert - @ZenOfDesign.com on bsky
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Imagine saying “I’ve started a company that’s going to build virtual cars that will run in Forza, Wipeout, Need for Speed AND Mario Kart and also our own little game” and you start to get a sense as to how dumb this is. twitter.com/tipatat/status…
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Mike Shinoda
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Great point—I do understand that the existing game assets have irreconcilable differences and aren’t swappable (between games). What I’m saying is: a new class of items and games is coming, where pieces are swappable. UGC will play a role, & indie creators will be rewarded.
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Mavryk
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Why would Developer B create a specific skin for an NFT that Purchased in another game by Developer A though? And if someone comes up with a procedural generator tech for it, what is to say your special skin would look good enough to be worth the money? Its just not worth it.
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Mike Shinoda
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Check this out. Below is an existing metaverse community where you can “wear” popular NFTs as skins, in social and (upcoming) competitive environments. Even if you think the design is a bit rudimentary, maybe this gets your imagination going:
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hack3r
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We are releasing an NFT platform fighter game and want to host an open tournament in the @worldwide_web3 with a juicy prize. Different integrated NFTs will have different abilities. Which collection will become the alpha?
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