Itch.io, a marketplace that provides a variety of quality indie games, said something quite surprising. When well-known game companies approach Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT), they actually think that this is a fraud.
"Several people have asked about our attitude towards NFT. NFT is a scam. If you think it's useful for anything, other than just exploitation of creators, money scams and planet-destroying, we are likely to ask you to re-evaluate your life choices. Peace, " wrote Itch.io.
They also said, to hell with any company that says it supports content creators and NFT. Itch.io emphasized that the company only cares about its own profit and the opportunity to enrich others, as quoted by Wech.io's official social media, Tuesday (8/2/2022).
"Especially now, there is a discourse about how easy it is to get NFT," he added.
The post attracted a lot of attention from netizens. It is evident from the time this news was made, as many as 44 thousand retweets have been collected, then 5,422 quote tweets and 219.4 thousand likes. The number is still growing to this day.
It's just that, Itch.io itself turned off the reply feature in the post. So it seems, they do not want a statement or other points of view from various parties.
This is in stark contrast to what the giant game company, Konami, is doing. Where is now starting to follow the trend and managed to sell the NFT game Castlevania reaching USWD 162 thousand. This he did, in celebration of the 35th anniversary, of his classic title since its 1986 release.
Through the OpenSea platform, titled Konami Memorial NFT Collection, the game company based in Japan is auctioning a number of his works at different prices. In total there are 14 artworks presented and an average of USD 12 thousand.
For the NFT with the highest selling rate, it fell to Dracula Castle Pixel Art for USD 26,538. Then a 3-minute highlight video was able to earn up to USD 17,518.