NFTs and Blockchain Don’t Curiosity Majority of Sport Builders, Says GDC Survey

Solely 23% of online game builders have proven curiosity in NFTs, cryptocurrency, and different blockchain expertise, based on this yr’s outcomes of the annual State of the Sport Trade survey performed by the Sport Builders Convention. The survey had over 2,300 respondents from the video games trade, offering a snapshot of the feelings of builders at massive.

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 enthusiastic about cryptocurrency and the 28% who have been enthusiastic about NFTs. At present, solely 2% of the respondents from this yr’s survey mentioned their studios are at the moment engaged on initiatives with blockchain.

The longer term for NFTs in gaming additionally seems to be 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 uncertain or had no opinion on the matter.

The survey additionally reveals that 53% of builders assist unionization within the video games trade. 91% of respondents additionally consider that participant harassment and toxicity is a matter within the trade as effectively. Roughly 68% mentioned that their corporations addressed the harassment they skilled or witnessed, with about 20% saying that they haven’t and 11% being uncertain if they’d.

Sony NFT and blockchain implementation was revealed in a brand new patent revealed 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 truly enjoyable.