Despite Making Billions, Mojang Studios’ Latest NFT Stance Earns Praise From Loyal Minecraft Fans

NFTs are really taking over everything these days and their expansion is not looking to slow down anytime sooner. They have also entered the gaming industry in recent years with popular publishers making an approach to welcome blockchain in their titles. However, Mojang Studios, the maker of Minecraft, has a different stance on this growing trend.

Recently, the team of Minecraft shared a detailed blog on its website, mentioning their approach to NFTs. Simply put, Minecraft won’t have any kind of support for NFTs in the game, as revealed by Mojang Studios.

Fans welcome Minecraft developer’s decision to refuse the inclusion of NFTs

In their official blog, the makers mentioned everything fans need to know about the game and its future in relation to NFTs. Highlighting its stance very clearly, Mojang stated that NFTs and blockchain technologies are currently not permitted in Minecraft.

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To be precise, the game won’t support the integration of the non-fungible tokens or other blockchain options inside the client and server application. Furthermore, in-game content such as worlds, skins, persona items, or other mods are also not allowed to be used by blockchain technology.

Giving their reasons, Mojang mentioned that the use of NFTs and blockchain creates “digital ownership based on scarcity and exclusion, which does not align with Minecraft values of creative inclusion and playing together.” They even wrote that NFTs are not inclusive of all their community since it creates “a scenario of the haves and the have-nots.”

Mojang also stated non-fungible tokens won’t be reliable and may end up costing a lot to the players who purchase them. Most importantly, the developing team strengthened its decision by writing that NFTs take away the joy of gaming due to “speculative pricing and investment mentality”. According to them, this is “inconsistent with the long-term joy and success of our players.”

As soon as this news spread across social media, fans wasted no time in giving their honest opinions. It seems like not everyone is a huge fan of NFTs and blockchain technology. It was visible very clearly in the reactions of most of the players. Many of them praised the decision of Mojang and expressed happiness over their stance to stay away from non-fungible tokens.

What are your thoughts on this story? Do you think the developers of the 3D sandbox game have made the right decision?

Also, do you personally like the idea of NFTs in video games or not? Let us know in the comments.

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