Solely 23% of online game builders have proven curiosity in NFTs, cryptocurrency, and different blockchain expertise, in line with this yr’s outcomes of the annual State of the Sport Trade survey carried out by the Sport Builders Convention. The survey had over 2,300 respondents from the video games business, offering a snapshot of the feelings of builders at giant.
Curiosity in NFTs by builders has fallen since 2022
In comparison with the outcomes of the identical survey from final yr, developer curiosity in blockchain expertise dropped from the 27% who have been considering cryptocurrency and the 28% who have been considering NFTs. At present, solely 2% of the respondents from this yr’s survey stated their studios are at the moment engaged on tasks with blockchain.
The longer term for NFTs in gaming additionally appears grim, with solely 17% saying that they favor blockchain expertise in video games within the first place. In the meantime, 61% of builders are opposed, and the rest are not sure or had no opinion on the matter.
The survey additionally reveals that 53% of builders help unionization within the video games business. 91% of respondents additionally imagine that participant harassment and toxicity is a matter within the business as effectively. Roughly 68% stated that their firms addressed the harassment they skilled or witnessed, with about 20% saying that they haven’t and 11% being not sure if that they had.
Sony NFT and blockchain implementation was revealed in a brand new patent printed in November 2022. In the meantime, one of many creators of the Etherium cryptocurrency says that video games with NFTs might work in the event that they have been really enjoyable.