Epic boss says NFT games won't be banned on the Epic Games Store
Yesterday Mojang drew a line in the sand, saying that NFT integration is «generally not something we will support or allow.» This was prompted by a slew of unofficial Minecraft-adjacent NFTs alongside the appearance of play-to-earn servers for the game, which Mojang puts down to bad actors exploiting the gaps in official policy.
Given that NFTs generally seem a bit skeezy and that Minecraft's audience remains overwhelmingly young, this has to go down as A Good Thing.
A Twitter user commented on the Minecraft decision, tagging in Epic CEO Tim Sweeney and saying(opens in new tab): «hey Epic Games, it’d be really nice to see the same opinion from the Epic Games Store. Please get rid of every last one of those games on the store „
Sweeney is an interesting guy because, alongside his obvious technical brilliance and understanding, he's deeply invested in fighting for certain principles of openness and what the role of platform holders should be (particularly when it comes to revenue splits). You don't have to like Sweeney, and he certainly says some ripe stuff on occasion, but the guy and his company are committed to what they believe and will go to bat for it (as the ongoing legal battle with Apple shows).
Sweeney responded to the call to ban NFTs on the Epic Game Store by re-stating some of the principles he believes should underly such a store.
“Developers should be free to decide how to build their games, and you are free to decide whether to play them,» Sweeney wrote in response(opens in new tab). «I believe stores and operating system makers shouldn’t interfere by forcing their views onto others. We definitely won’t.»
Somewhat predictably, this went down like a cup of cold sick. Sweeney's comment was met by a barrage of
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