Brazil recently hosted the video game festival “International Games”. Within the scope of the events, explanations were made about the point the video game world has reached and the future of the industry. In this context; One of the names who talked about the future of the industry was Mark Venturelli, the developer of the game called Chroma Squad. Giving a speech titled “The Future of Game Design”, Venturelli left his mark on the festival by making an unexpected debut.
Mark Venturelli unwittingly altered the speech he had earlier said he would make to the authorities and asked, “Why are NFTs such a nightmare?” had shaped it. Throughout his statements, Mark Venturelli opposed the integration of NFT and blockchain technologies into video games and received great applause for these statements. However, there was one remarkable point here. So much so that some sponsors of International Games events were interested in blockchain technologies, NFTs and even web 3 technologies.
“These technologies have no implications for the future of the video game world”
Our readers who follow the video game world closely know; Important names in the game world such as Ubisoft and independent developers have been taking steps regarding NFTs for a while. Mark Venturelli, on the other hand, opposes this. Stating that technologies such as NFT, blockchain and web 3 have no effect on the future of the video game world, the developer states that the issue here is to satisfy the whales. According to Venturelli, just as the whales that dominate the cryptocurrency markets hurt the ordinary investor, the same will happen with NFTs integrated into the video game world. The developer says the big whales will always win, we casual gamers are doomed to lose. Making these words more descriptive, Mark Venturelli explained what will happen as follows: Players will turn to NFT-oriented games to earn money. But hard-to-own NFTs will be pretty worthless if they’re wanted to be sold.
Making a call to independent developers like himself, Venturelli invited all developers to boycott. Mentioning that the companies behind NFT and blockchain technologies are already very large, the independent developer states that to be indifferent to what happened would be to accept defeat. That’s why indie developers need to work harder than ever before and engage the player. According to Venturelli, players should also stay away from this sector.
No censorship was applied during the conference!
At the beginning of our news, we said that there are companies working on NFT, blockchain and web 3 among the sponsors of the festival called International Games. The statements made may have led to the thought that Venturelli’s speech was interrupted and the developer was censored. However, such a thing did not happen. The developer spoke smoothly from the beginning to the end of the rather harsh explanation. No one questioned Venturelli as to why he said such things.
Describing what happened during the speech, Mark Venturelli said, “I heard the sponsors were really angry.” said. Even mentioning that some of the sponsors wanted to intervene at that time, Venturelli said that the organization company BIG did not make any moves and they allowed him to continue his speech. The end of this event is unknown, but Venturelli’s standing ovation during the speech clearly showed how video game enthusiasts view NFT-video game integration.
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