PCG Article Someone bought a $650,000 NFT yacht for a game that hasn't been released

[Zed Clampet]

Someone bought a $650,000 NFT yacht for a game that hasn't been released

What if we took the beloved children's game Minecraft, and added the concept of private property?

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Just from looking at it, I would have assumed this was worth more. I mean, look at it!

 

[COLGeek]

Some people have too much money and not enough sense (cents?). It is difficult to understand the attraction to such nebulous things.

 

[Brian Boru]

this was worth more. I mean, look at it

You're right, it has 2 helipads!. Yes, TWO!!

Definitely a steal, especially with the pink aesthetic.

So, is the name "FI"? As in
Fee, fi, fo, fum
I smell the wallet of a really dumb

 

[Zed Clampet]

Apparently if I had any sense I'd spend all my time making an NFT game.

 

[Pifanjr]

I'm pretty sure the whole NFT thing is either people whitewashing money somehow or people just gambling on how long this artificial inflation will keep up for.

 

[Colif]

I don't get buying anything virtual like that. I understand small purchases in games, I understand dlc. But some things are just silly:
Colif looks at star citizen & the amount of ships already bought in it.
Earth2 is just as bad really. Want to buy a virtual piece of the world? Wonder when/if game is actually made... hmm

 

[Brian Boru]

I don't get buying anything virtual like that

There's an interesting experiment called Second Life which has been going for nearly 20 years. It's similar to the new buzzword metaverse. It has a currency—exchangeable for fiat currency—economy, and trade in goods and services.

My GF was in it for a few years early on, even bought a retail space for our business there. It's got plenty of serious uses and has been studied extensively by economists, social scientists, etc.

Second Life - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Colif]

Red Dwarf saw this coming - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Than_Life