Non-Fungitable Token (NFT) is nothing new in the world of technology. This technology, which was discovered in 2017, is often used by people to link digital artwork with a unique code.
This is done to provide authenticity to the digital artwork. A kind of digital ownership certificate indicating that there is only one artwork in the world.
The development of the NFT system brings many advantages to the creator of the artwork. Many digital artworks are sold for billions of rupiah. Call it Jack Dorsey (CEO of Twitter) who was able to sell his first tweet worth IDR 35 billion.
NFT sales even reached a transaction volume of Rp 2.4 trillion in November 2017.
Well, there's something new here. Whereas NFT is usually used to link digital artwork, now NFT is starting to be used to create blockchain games. What will happen if NFT is applied in the game.
What happens to NFT in the Game?
If you are a game lover, have you ever thought about who the characters in the game belong to? If you are a PUBG fan, then the characters, weapons, music, the field where you play, all the items are property of the developer.
If you buy a gun, it still doesn't belong to you. You only buy a permit to use the weapon. That is the reason why the type of weapon you buy can also be purchased by other people.
Even at any time the developer may prohibit you from using it due to regulatory changes.
If NFT is implemented in the game, then the items, weapons, characters will be unique. For example, if you buy a unique weapon, then only you can use that weapon in this world.
This is because each item in the game is linked with a unique code, so it cannot be copied and shared with just anyone.
With NFT also allows you to design your own items. So far, if you play PUBG or DOTA or other games, the only skins or items you can choose are those that have been provided by the developer.
So in addition to the limited options, you also have to pay to the developer. Imagine, if you design your own skin for the character you are playing.
Once you're done designing, you own the skin and can sell it to other players without going through a developer intermediary. Of course this will benefit us as players right?
In addition to the character that is used there is only one in the world, the character can also be directly sold to other players.
Still not many applications
Until now, there are still relatively few game developers who develop Blockchain Game systems. This is because this technology is very complicated and also requires a long process to create game items/assets.
For example, to make weapon items in the PUBG game, a complicated process is needed, from modeling to coloring and many others. That is the reason why blockchain games available on the internet are still simple games like Cryptokitties, Beyond the Void.
Imagine what features Valve must provide so that DOTA players can design their own skins for sniper characters, Zeus, and others.
The Great Potential Behind Blockchain Games
When compared to PUBG or DOTA, Blockchain Game users are much less. But blockchain games have their own market. If PUBG and DOTA games give satisfaction to their users, blockchain games provide a market for profit without having to be tied to game developers.
A card in the Game Gods Unchain once sold for US $ 26,000 or Rp. 390 million. Even though there are millions of cards that are traded in the game.
In the Cryptokitties game, the price of a cat for sale ranges from 0.01 ETH – 3 ETH or around Rp. 400 thousand to Rp. 150 million. Even the virtual cats sold on this gaming platform are more expensive than the real cats.
The latest is Game Console Developer from Japan, Sega, which will sell NFT. Even though it's only in the early stages, Sega intends to sell in-game assets, the majority of which are Sega's IP.
Still don't know how much money has been invested and what the sales target is, but it's interesting to watch because Sega's games are classic games that were quite popular in their time. The sale of Sega's game assets will certainly target the market share of the 80s - 90s generations who want to reminisce with Sega.
The Future of Blockchain Games
PUBG has at least 50 million active users. Dota 2 has 9 million active users. If in the future PUBG or DOTA finds a feature so that users can design their own character skin, there will be a change in the era in the game world.
The availability of games with quality graphic displays that can provide large amounts of money to users through the blockchain system. This will lead millions of users to be creative and engage in the world of games.
If in the past gamers were looking for money from monetizing Youtube accounts, then tomorrow they will actually live in games, work in games, and support themselves by playing blockchain games.
It may take a long time to see the game world felt in real life. But that future will someday come.