CEO Epic Games Tim Sweeney telah menanggapi Minecraft yang menolak NFT dengan menegaskan kembali pendiriannya terkait masalah tersebut.
Beberapa hari yang lalu, videogame Minecraft yang sangat populerdilepaskan pernyataan resmi sehubungan dengan token yang tidak dapat dipertukarkan dan teknologi blockchain.
Perusahaan berpendapat bahwa NFT tidak sejalan dengan nilai permainan inklusi kreatif dan bermain bersama.
“NFT tidak mencakup semua komunitas kami dan menciptakan skenario yang kaya dan yang tidak punya,” kata pengumuman itu. “Penetapan harga spekulatif dan mentalitas investasi seputar NFT mengalihkan fokus dari bermain game dan mendorong pencatutan, yang menurut kami tidak konsisten dengan kegembiraan dan kesuksesan jangka panjang para pemain kami.”
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Mengikuti pandangan ini, Mojang, pengembang di balik game tersebut, telah melarang penggunaan token yang tidak dapat dipertukarkan dan aplikasi lain dari teknologi berbasis blockchain di platform.
Tahun lalu, Valve's Steam mengumumkan larangan game terkait crypto dan NFT di toko game PC. Sebagaimembalas , pesaing Epic Games Store menyambut videogame semacam itu di platform mereka dengan tangan terbuka.
Kemarin, salah satu pengguna Twitterdiminta Tim Sweeney, pendiri dan CEO Epic Games, apakah perusahaan tersebut sekarang juga akan mengambil sikap yang sama seperti Minecraft.
"Pengembang harus bebas memutuskan bagaimana membangun game mereka, dan Anda bebas memutuskan apakah akan memainkannya," kata Sweeney sebagai tanggapan. “Saya yakin toko dan pembuat sistem operasi tidak boleh ikut campur dengan memaksakan pandangan mereka kepada orang lain. Kami pasti tidak akan melakukannya.
Sementara Minecraft menolak NFT pada platformnya, perusahaan videogame Jepang Square Enixdiumumkan proyek NFT barunya di hari yang sama.
Setelah menghadapi penurunan volume perdagangan selama berbulan-bulan, pasar NFT akhirnya menunjukkan beberapa aktivitas tinggi selama awal Mei, memberikan harapan bagi investor.
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Namun, lonjakan tersebut tidak berlangsung lama, dan penurunan berikutnya menurunkan volume sekitar 90%. Bagan di bawah ini menunjukkan tren volume perdagangan token mingguan yang tidak dapat dipertukarkan selama setahun terakhir.
Sepertinya volumenya sangat rendah dalam beberapa minggu terakhir | Sumber:NonFungible
Dalam beberapa bulan terakhir, volume mingguan NFT bertahan sekitar $233 juta, nilai yang cukup rendah jika dibandingkan dengan normalnya tahun lalu.
Pada saat penulisan, harga Bitcoin mengambang di sekitar $23,1k, naik 12% dalam seminggu terakhir.
Nilai kripto tampaknya bergerak menyamping selama beberapa hari terakhir | Sumber:BTCUSD di TradingView
Gambar unggulan dari Andrey Metelev di Unsplash.com, grafik dari TradingView.com, nonfungible.com
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