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Blizzard conducts a selective poll that includes NFTs and subjects that play to earn money
Several gamers have been polled by Blizzard, the game development studio that spawned franchises such as Starcraft, Warcraft, and Overwatch, to find out what they think about non-financial rewards (NFTs) and play-to-earn features. According to social media sources, the poll surveyed gamers on a variety of themes, including things that are more usual for a gaming corporation, such as augmented reality and cloud gaming, as well as less common topics.
But there was a part of the survey that questioned explicitly about the opinions and feelings of these customers regarding the incorporation of NFTs and cryptocurrency aspects into some of the company's gaming IPs (intellectual property) and how they felt about it. While the results of the survey did not clearly indicate to the inclusion of these features in any game, they did cause several gamers to express concern about the likelihood that such a feature was in the works.
However, the CEO of Blizzard, Mike Ybarra, categorically rejected the notion, stating:
"There isn't anyone doing NFTs."
Non-Financial Transactions (NFTs) in the Future
Fans of Blizzard were taken aback by Ybarra's response and the results of the survey, judging the scenario to be irrational. However, this poll may be relevant to the future of Activision Blizzard following Microsoft's acquisition of the company for over $69 billion in January, which was disclosed in January.
If the proposed acquisition of Blizzard succeeds in clearing the legal barriers it faces, the new owner of the firm may be interested in acquiring some of Blizzard's intellectual property in order to experiment with it, which would explain the presence of the exploratory poll. However, there has been no official confirmation of the poll's origins to yet.
National Football Teams (NFTs) and the play-to-earn phenomenon have been fiercely disputed topics among gamers of AAA franchises, who have expressed a strong opposition to the inclusion of these components in traditional video games. However, several businesses have already incorporated them as a component of their business strategy, with some even investing in businesses that are involved in the industry.
Undoubtedly, one of the most pro-crypto corporations is Ubisoft, which has already created its own NFT market known as Quartz and has invested in Animoca Brands, the business behind The Sandbox, one of the most well-known metaverse-based platforms, among other things. Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda has also expressed support for these types of features, noting the advantages of such features in a message to employees to kick off the new year.
