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Nexus Station: Social First's Free-to-Play Social Sandbox with Real Money Trading Revealed | MMORPG.

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited September 24 in News & Features Discussion

imageNexus Station: Social First's Free-to-Play Social Sandbox with Real Money Trading Revealed | MMORPG.com

Finnish game studio Social First and their team of veteran game developers, has announced their debut title, Nexus Station.

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  • VyrXVyrX Newbie CommonPosts: 1
    “It is hard to believe that the games industry has not made digital asset trading a legitimate part of gaming years ago."

    No, it is hard to believe greedy publishers didn't push for this.

    This is just more micro-transactions. Rather than playing the game and earning currency for items they just expect you to pay with real money instead.

    There's a reason most other developers haven't done this because most players don't want it.

    The Blockchain is awesome for validating ownership, but in this use-case it's shitty at best.
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    Here's to hoping whoever invested in this effort loses every Euro they put me in.


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  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,164
    Hope this dies.
    cheyane

  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    VyrX said:
    “It is hard to believe that the games industry has not made digital asset trading a legitimate part of gaming years ago."

    No, it is hard to believe greedy publishers didn't push for this.

    This is just more micro-transactions. Rather than playing the game and earning currency for items they just expect you to pay with real money instead.

    There's a reason most other developers haven't done this because most players don't want it.

    The Blockchain is awesome for validating ownership, but in this use-case it's shitty at best.
    Welcome to the forums! :)
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