Faced with grumbling from fans, STALKER 2 won’t have NFTs

Finally, there is no NFT in STALKER 2. Faced with the dissatisfaction of the fans, the studio decided to retreat.

Blockchain technology has almost limitless potential. One of the most representative examples at present, of course, remains NFTs, which allow the inclusion of a real concept of ownership and uniqueness of digital content. We see them today in art and in video games. This obviously gives ideas to many publishers and developers. However, STALKER 2 will do without fans who have clearly demonstrated their dissatisfaction with this idea.

Finally no NFT in STALKER 2

Following fan outrage, STALKER 2 developer GSC Game World has decided to drop plans to include non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in its new game. The announcement was made very recently. Just a day after the studio announced that STALKER 2 would include NFT.

As of Thursday, GSC Game World released and then removed an explanation for the move, saying it will use the money earned from these tokens to fund the development of the game’s sequel. Fans quickly began to criticize the announcement. Initial release on Wednesday as Studio came out later. The response was so strong that GSC Game World removed their statement about an hour after it was posted.

Faced with fan dissatisfaction, the studio decided to back off.

“We heard you,” the latest press release says. “Faced with the backlash we’ve received, we’ve decided to cancel everything related to NFT in STALKER 2.”The studio added that they would make their game “at any cost”on their own.

The changes to GSC Game World come exactly the same week after Ubisoft made the much-criticized decision to include NFTs in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. If video game fans are united in expressing their distaste for this technology, we can currently expect more and more of it to appear in video games rather than less and less in video games. Publishers trying to enable NFT. in their current or future games. EA CEO Andrew Wilson, for example, said the technology represents “the future of the industry.”