EVE Online CEO Says NFTs Won't Be Coming to the Game
In a newsletter directly from the CEO ofEVE Online's development firm, CCP Games, the future of blockchain technology on the Tranquility server is brought into question. Among the growing trend of video games utilizing blockchain technology, there has been much speculation regarding its potential as part of EVE Online's robust and complex economy.
EVE Online is certainly no stranger to pushing the boundaries of gaming technology. The spacefaring MMORPG first broke ground all the way back in 2003, hosting a massive population of capsuleers (EVE's space pilot population) on a single shared server, Tranquility. With an economy entirely operated by player resource gathering, refining, manufacturing, and logistics, as well as its sandbox approach allowing all sorts of political intrigue and corporate espionage, EVE Online is a unique experience if players can manage to surpass the steep learning curve and stake a claim among its 7,800 star systems.
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In the newsletter, CCP Games' CEO, Hilmar Veigar Pétursson (more commonly known as CCP Hellmar) addressed the speculation surrounding blockchain technology. CCP Hellmar cited EVE Online's longstanding radical and ambitious nature, and his desire to explore new technologies and possibilities. He admitted that although the team at CCP Games has been following the blockchain and cryptocurrency trends over the last few years, player feedback has aligned with the team's conclusion that blockchain technology needs a lot of work before it'll be ready for a game of EVE Online's scale. «For us,» CCP Hellmar went on, «NFT stands for 'Not for Tranquility.'»
CCP Hellmar rarely takes it upon himself to directly address the
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