Immediate Backlash as Sony Asks Players About Purchasing NFTs

LOL oh Jimmy Boy...

Man, how many more Ls can Sony take. Seriously.

They just said their newest program isn't NFTs.. And then they do a survey about this? Piss off Sony. Seriously.

Give them an inch and the gaming company will take a mile, this backlash is good because it's the only way to make gaming company understand gamers dislike of nft.

Here comes the fake outrage in 1..2..3 😂

@wiiware like price hikes to new gen games ? They didn't go back on that they just paused it

Lots of ppl didn't like that yet they still did it unfortunately

No, Sony. Just no.

@AgentGuapo I'd like to think that was the last option to select.

Oh Sony… you can’t go back on the promise that it wasn’t NFTs now.

@get2sammyb "Calm and measured" rarely goes in the same sentence with "internet", LOL.

Anyway, great info as always and we will see what are Sony's plan (if there is one) about NFTs.

@get2sammyb I guess I'm not getting why companies need to take a serious look at NFTs when it's fairly clear everyone hates them. Feel like things usually work best when a business can find that intersection between what makes money and what people like. NFTs are just so clearly not it.

I'm more confounded than mad about it though honestly.

Sorry but this backlash is absolutely necessary if is actually true they asked that, it needs to make it clear to not only Sony but any other company that's even thinking of considering it (Square Enix might be a lost cause).

What's wrong with NFT's, I'm no expert but they seem to give you ownership of digital items, the ability to sell them on. I have lots of digital games, music etc.., but do I really own them? I can't sell them.

I haven’t heard of any use cases for NFT’s other than doing a limited digital run at a higher price. As such I think they’re a bad thing and to be avoided.

Really. The gaming community needs to chill, starting with Push Square. QAnon but the gamers version.

This is a survey! Pure & simple. It doesn't mean they are adding NFTs to PS Stars, and the headline & image are such a clickbait. Oh well...i will be busy happily playing this weekend

I don't get the hate over NFT's, they are optional aren't they? And have no effect on the actual gameplay? Just like cosmetics in games and other microtransactions, they are optional.

So why so much hate?

The reaction should be negative, it’s the only morally correct stance.

Man, so many chimps starting to fling their doodoo around over an unfounded story. Even if it were true, is it so uncommon that surveys question a wide range of things?
Again, very poor reporting push square. Especially the first paragraph and the image are pure and simple flaming.

@gamiller1978
The problem is manufactured scarcity.

Immediate backlash would be a good band name.

@LaserPointer Where has thia been disbuted?

@AdamNovice @LaserPointer The reason for the deleted tweets is because they tied it to PS Stars, which the survey doesn't actually specify. As far as we're aware, the survey is real.

Is that an official survey directly from PS, or something that a worker at Evo wrote? The shaky syntax ("which would you most be interested in buying?") makes me wonder.

I'm aware Sony owns Evo now, but there is a difference depending on how high up the chain the question comes from. Either way, it is pretty cringeworthy.

Instead of a survey they should have put out a press release saying something along these lines.

“NFTs are a menace, a scourge, and represent everything wrong with capitalism without morality attached. It is the worst idea in the history of bad ideas. We will never have anything to do with NFTs or their associated back end. Should any employee of Sony corp express the desire the integrate NFTs into game design, up to and including the CEO, they will be immediately terminated from employment. That is all. Enjoy playing games.”

@AdamNovice @kyleforrester87 For the record, I didn't make the image!

@gamiller1978 the ability to sell digital games and other items can be solved without Blockchain, though (assuming you trust Sony or whichever digital storefront you're using), so digital game licenses don't need to be converted to NFTs.

There doesn't need to be and probably shouldn't be a public ledger revealing every game everybody owns. Considering Sony has specific privacy options in place to hide your game activity/trophies, forcing it to be public that you own Barbie Puppy Rescue kinda undoes all those privacy options.

Also, I'm not sure if there's any Blockchain technology that's improved on this yet, but since every transaction needs to be verified on the public ledger, it's by definition going to be slower than a conventional database. I don't know about you, but I don't want to wait 5 days for my digital game purchase to complete. Not to mention the destruction to the environment due to all the electricity required to maintain the ledger (I honestly don't know if it's as bad for NFTs as conventional cryptocurrencies).

This is just a few reasons why NFTs are bad, with a focus on why they probably don't work for digital games, which admittedly is a lot more compelling than an NFT of a jpg everyone has access to for free. I'm sure there are many more reasons.

They're just asking questions guys. They might have no intention to actual sell NFTs, even if they get a positive response to this. They are just asking out of morbid curiosity.

This is my measured and calm response.

Can someone tell me why everyone gets so upset about nfts? Like I agree pointless and I'll never be interested in buying any but that's it I just move on and dont buy them it's the same with anything your not forced to buy them lol

Why not? If you're interested in NFT - follow up. If not then don't bother looking at them or purchase. Simple as that. I don't see anything wrong with NFT + gaming or whatever. Also I'm not planning to purchase them...

@get2sammyb TBF, Sony have gone back on things so many times recently that nothing would surprise me.

Please get better at not annoying the fans who put you where you are Sony! Please!

@Richnj

The entire world, all 7 billion of us, should be openly opposed to NFTs. Including corporations.

It’s nothing more than a Ponzi scheme.

Oof, hopefully attendees respond with a resounding no and Sony actually take the survey into consideration.

@Horizon_Rover

If we as a community allow it, it will be forced into game design.

The monetary “rewards” go far beyond micro transactions. Any executive with no moral clarity would lick their lips at the numbers. Which is why so many companies are interested in the first place.

@Horizon_Rover because if they do even though most ppl won't buy u will still get the ppl who will and that will make money and next thing u know every game has them, then then chances are it will turn in to want to progress ? Buy this buy this blah blah or spend 10 years of Ur life playing this one game lol

LMAO. I come here for PS news but god damn this site is purely dedicated to publishing negative overreacted jump to conclusion Sony articles. what a joke.

I hope there was a preceding question like “are you interested in purchasing NTFs?” If not, then not including an option like “Im not interested in NFTs” just turns the meaning of the question into “which of these things do you like?” Which kind of defeats the entire NFT questionnaire.

Does anyone understand what I’m saying or is it’s too poorly written? 😅

Edit:
I guess what I’m saying is that if they really wanted to know what gamers think then they should’ve including an option like “I hate NFTs and the prospect of having them shoved into my games make me not want to buy games from you anymore.”

@gamiller1978 It's a scam that makes people think their the sole owner of an image, and completely forgetting the fact that for example me being able with the power of standard Windows 11 OS, come in right mouse click on the very same image and save a copy of that image to my computer and giving me the ability to post that image to any website of my choosing, letting people do right click save thus leaving the person that was told that they'd be the sole owner losing thousands of dollars and a meaningless ownership certificate, and major companies are hellbent on falling for this scam every single time, even though people have already been burned by it.

Remember when everyone was mad when they stopped putting instruction booklets inside game cases lol those were the days.

The Jim Ryan rule slowly trying to infect the PS community. I really hope when they start releasing all those Live Service games that theirs alot of push back from them. My dream is to get on this site one day and theirs an article about how Jim Ryan has been released from his duties.

@OrtadragoonX We should all be against microtransactions also.

But the predatory nature of these things is exactly why people, and definitely Corporations, support them.

We have an entire generation with consumer brain, and think this is normal behaviour.

I thought NFTs were already out of style...

I'm not outraged by mere mention of NFTs. I am, however, vexed that companies think NFT = profit.

I don't think this has anything to do with Club PlayStation, or whatever. But they wouldn't be asking if it wasn't being worked on internally in some capacity. And with Sony's hollow pursuit of the metaverse, NFT initiatives are hardly farfetched.

It's always apparent to me that modern PlayStation is more interested in following the dollar than anything. And you may say, "well, they're a for-profit corporation; what else are they suppose to do?" Which is true, but companies can still do so with varying levels of gratuitousness and integrity. And, as of late, I think Playstation — really, Sony as a whole — is falling in the less admirable side of the spectrum.

Meanwhile MS have really distanced themselves from them.

This seems like a Michael Scott moment.

@Ssimsim I've asked this on multiple articles across different sites and no one ever has a real answer, people just like to hate things for no reason.

Like you say if your not interested in NFT's then just move on, just like other micro transactions.

@IonMagi

As many as they can since the competition has only made one AAA worthwhile exclusive for the first 2 years...and it's a car sim.

@get2sammyb
I wouldn't get alarmed by it. The responses will be enough for them to not try it.

I mean if by NFT they mean not that but PS5 themes… then I support NFTs. Lol.

@UltimateOtaku91 100% DLC probably even worse because locks you out of content, anyone would think Sony just announced that all first party studios are working on mobile games from here on out.

@kyleforrester87 the 92% NFT sales crash might also be an indicator. There was an initial craze because it was new and celebs were pushing it. It's only a handful of enthusiasts left. And by enthusiasts I mean people who are left holding the bag and really want NFTs to take off again so they can offload.

Even though it's just a survey, it shows that Sony is completely willing to consider NFTs if they think they can get away with it.

Friendly reminder that these corporations are not your friends

@WallyWest Absolutely false. Spencer lied like usual back in 2021 where he tried to play good guy, but then this April MS told Bloomberg they're looking into NFT's, cryptocurrency, and other "emerging technologies". That's a direct quote. They rejected NFT games in Minecraft because they wouldn't make money from them and it would deter from the money they make from user generated content. Every major corporation is looking into NFT's.

@UltimateOtaku91 "I don't get the hate over NFT's"

If the article was about Sony bashing NFTs and calling them worthless trash you would be saying "yeah Sony go get em, show no mercy to useless scum jpgs" Be honest 😉

Maybe Sony will get the message with this survey that people aren’t exactly high on NFTs.

@Juanalf honestly I wouldn't, I've had discussions about NFT's over on nintendolife as well. People either pay for skins in online games or avoid them, buy battle passes or avoid them, buy in game currency or avoid it, so why not the same with NFT's

Or is it simply down to people would be jealous of someone else owning something they can't get.

@UltimateOtaku91
NFTs are like Steam Cards, except they are useless and not given for free.

@get2sammyb "Nevertheless, I expect the Internet to be calm and measured in its response."

Jajaja..

@UltimateOtaku91 I'm with you, I don't understand the ridiculous hate either and I bet most people are just following the overreaction trend. How is it any worse than someone buying a stupid skin in a video game that is only going to be around for a few years at most? If people want to waste their money it's not my problem.

@get2sammyb why would you be surprised if they went back on it? They've done several U-turns, good and bad, this gen. It wouldn't surprise me if PlayStation (under the leadership of Lord Jimbo) tried pushing for NFTs to further beef up their bottom line.

Also gauging the interest in NFTs from the gaming community does not require a survey at this stage. Just see the plummeting NFT interest and the several thousand backlashes over the past year. Duhhhh

I'd say that these days the words "calm and measured" no longer also apply to Sony themselves. From their sporadic engagement approach with their fanbase to well... everything the last year or so with them I'd say they continuously deserve all criticism until we get old Sony back.

Does PlayStation even have a communications department? I'll do it! I mean, I can't do any worse....

Do these companies ever step outside? Seriously NFT's have been met with widespread distain for a good year now at least.

Man you Sony fans (if you can even be called that ) are something else.

The biggest difference between Xbots and Sony fans is that Xbots actually support what their brand is doing for literally EVERYTHING. It drums up good press.

I like how when Sony tries to come up with ways to gain extra revenue to stay competitive against their main rivals unlimited finances and each time they come up with a new revenue generator they get shunned. It's almost like PlayStation is trying to remain competitive and be forward thinking but their fans keep them stuck in the past and then get mad because Microsoft is somehow pushing the industry forward and Sony is somehow playing catch-up. Wow...

That Xbox GamePass service thing... We know it's got old games and indie games and no must have titles at the moment.. you know what? Xbots promote that service like no other.

That PS+ premium service thing... We know its got old games, indie titles, and blockbuster hits at the moment... You know what? Sony fans ignore the hell out of it, seldom talk about it, and if they do talk about it, they fault it for not having a day 1 title.

I applaud Sony for trying to figure out a way to make extra revenue to continue to be competitive through a survey related to NFTs. Great job and keep it up. I do think Sony needs some real fans because honestly I'm the only one it seems.

Clueless
why????
sony just develop the games and consoles. i love playing games.
nft's no interest
new masseffect game with john and garrus bought asap!
...oh we havent a game but an nft of mass effect? lost me
nft? no thank you

As much as I don't want NFT's I'll hear them out what they will sell to see if I would give them my vote.

@Dudeman1 This backwards attitude is why MTX are i nearly every game, lootboxes are still here, battle passes are popular, pre-order DLC is a big thing, season passes are standard and day 1 is a big thing. Right now we have a chance to fight off NFT's instead of making them standard.

Funny how Horse Armour could be seen as generous now and its attitudes like yours that have allowed that view.

Whats the link between this and PS Stars? Feels more like an EVO thing (yes im aware EVO is owned by Sony now). Am i missing something? I don't get why one programme/initiative is being linked to a fighting tournament?

Whilst i dont like NFT's either, this feels like an overreaction. All companies conduct market research with their consumers. Presumably there is some thought that the e-sports community might be more open to the concept

@TechGuyChris So you're admitting Xbox fans are corporate boot lickers? May want to rethink that stance as its not a look you want

@WallyWest there is nothing wrong with being a fan of your brand of choice. (Bootlickers if you want to call it that ) Obviously having fans (aka bootlickers) helps sell and generate good press due to perception and helps the company succeed. I'd rather be a bootlicker vs a whining Karen/Chad that complains nonstop because it gets you nothing except being on the losing side.

@WallyWest You couldn't be more wrong. Those things are all prevalent because people will pay for them. Me being someone who doesn't indulge in any of those things, but doesn't care if other people do has no effect. It's like saying I'm adding to the dug epidemic for not caring if my neighbor blows all their money up their nose even if I don't do or sell drugs. If you need everything regulated for you there's a problem.

Interesting you bring up horse armor considering it was Microsoft who told Bethesda to price the horse armor $2.50 when they originally were going to price it much lower and got the ball rolling for the predatory tactics we have today.

Like kratos the g.o.a.t. 🐐 👑.said be better.come on sony.word up son

This is exactly the sort of out-of-touch crap I'd expect from Jim "Why Would Anyone Play This" Ryan.

Where’s an EMP or class X solar flare when you need one?

@MasterEMFG you knocking on wood with that solar flare remark , you just might get that with how this summers been . i think there already was one that happened ?

@nomither6 haha yeah Tiz the season. There’s been several, but it would have to be the worst one in recorded history to wipe out digital records. We’d all probably be dead.

Not surprised. They were already planning to give NFTs via PS Stars thing.

i bet 90% of the people have no idea why they are upset about nft's.

@Martsmall I don't have problems with higher price as long as there's no mtx in the game, the problems is sometimes sony still put mtx in the game, even worse than previous version like gran turismo 7 (compared to gt sport).

Here’s the great thing about NFTs…you don’t have to get involved with them. I think they are a fraud and blight upon humanity, but if someone thinks they are legit, by all means, go batsh$t crazy. I will not be the guy that just spent good money on a turd!

I really don't understand why this is getting any backlash at all. If Sony and friends want to dabble in NFTs and whatever else is hot on the block then I'm fine with it so long as it's not shoved in my face and/or in my games

@UltimateOtaku91 I've been reading the responses you're getting and I agree. No one has provided a decent argument so far.

@twitchtvpat that's internet mob mentality for you. They should invent digital pitchforks when they jump on the latest hate bandwagon.

Only JIm Ryan could think this BS. I am just hoping those 10 live service games would fail and Sony finally kick JIm and Herman out!

True or no, NFTs need to see these kinds of negative and critical reactions. Like most crypto buzz, NFTs are basically a scam.

How our of touch do you have to be to even ask?

@UltimateOtaku91 The most accurate comparison for NFT criticism is MLM, or pyramid schemes. It's effectively a con, technically legal but often predatory, especially for vulnerable consumers.

@wiiware the point I was making is no matter what the ppl dot like , if Sony have made there mind up even if ppl don't want it it's tough they won't backtrack ,they have made Thier plans and we have to live with em

Man, the internet really turned us into complete binary thinking robots. That's why we only got up or down votes on most mainstream platforms. No nuance or thought put into anything. The discourse is either love it or hate it, liberal or conservative, etc. I guess we're all easier to control when we fit into two boxes.

"I don't understand the backlash around NFT's"

I can totally see why scammers hit the NFTs loves, totally gullible.

I really don't understand why people are so against NFT it allows you to sell your digital stuff once you have used it! And if people ask for silly amounts of money for the stuff you don't have to buy it

Sony is the most anti-consumer entertainment corporation in existence

NFT's are DOA. Time to move on. Squ-enix is gonna end up selling soon thanks to the CEO's insistence on the market. It's hilarious that a business model that maybe 1% of your consumer base thought was interesting, gets so heavily wrecked by over-investment, terrible marketing and poor products.

NFTs, the worst thing to ever happen to gaming.

Why does everyone have such a massive problem with nft’s?? It’s quite honestly the best way to do any paid content. At least it would have resale value.

@UltimateOtaku91 Besides the NFT scam of hoovering up money from people who think they are obtaining something with value, before that entire market collapses and they end up owning unique digital pieces of code that has zero value at all. NFTs in gaming is an even worse prospect.

The lovely thing about digital items is that they can be endlessly replicated. Nintendo only producing enough product to ensure that their hot new thing is always running out of stock has the benefit of creating the impression that everybody wants this item. It's artificial scarcity, on Nintendos part. Rarity creates desire.

But hardware will always have real scarcity too. Consoles and game discs can only get made in so many numbers, so there is a finite number of these to be had. But we live in the digital age. Our games and our content is all digital now. We can get what we want and in as many numbers as we want. That hot new game? Download it whenever I want. That brand new piece of DLC? There's enough for everyone. unless...

We decide to tie all this to the NFTs and block chain where everything is unique. See NFTs aren't just a different type of microtransaction. They are a way of creating rarity and perceived value in products that are infinite.

You really need to ask yourself. If Sony could sell a digital hat for Aloy for £5, and have that be available for everybody, and have every single penny of that go straight to Sony, why would they be interested in a type of transaction that would allow players to sell the hats they bought, to other players. And why would you buy a digital hat from xxxpro360noscopexxx when you could just buy it from Sony?. It's a rigged system. They'll limit the quantities of digital content that can be bought, and Sony will profit from the idiots that think they are buying something of value because "it's unique" rather than the content just being fun and entertaining in of itself.

If you are interested in really getting a deep dive, you can watch this...

https://youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g

It's over two hours, but it's a really good video. Most people I've tried to show it to don't have the attention span for that kind of content, or were just too invested in the NFT scam, IDK.

Since this is at EVO and looks like it is worded like that, this could be for any EVO partners. Maybe a general survey to ask questions for them too. Or for the EVO brand. Probably not for general audience and for sure not for Stars. It isn't mentioned, so this must not be involved at all.

Shove your NFT's where the sun don't shine as far as I'm concerned.....they have NO place In gaming.....they are purely a method to rip off imbiciles, mentally challenged (like me, fortunately I've been made aware of them), and idiots with more money than sense.....they have NO worth, no use, and no point in existing!!!! Leave them out of our games!!!!!

@TechGuyChris Dude i love my PS5, Series S and Switch but it doesn't mean i've sold my soul to Sony, MS and Nintendo. If they do something right i will praise them but if they do something bad i will criticise them. Remember they're Corps, they do not know, care or even like you they just want your money and money only and laugh at your blind loyalty.

I'm not interested 100%. But Sony can do whatever. I just don't support or purchase what I do not want

@Richnj the fact that you think all nft's are a scam is laughable. of course there are scams in the nft market place. no one will deny that one. and of course there are scam's in the crypto market as well. but to lump every thing up as one big scam ? i get if you don't like nft's , i myself would probably never get them. but they aren't all a scam, if people want them they'll buy them , and it doesn't harm any one else when they do that. but to act like they shouldn't exist based on personal beliefs is just foolish.

@Boxmonkey its fake out rage. they'll forget about it in a few weeks. and like i said in my other post most of them either think its a "scam" or have no idea what they are upset over and are just following the crowd.

I can't wait until this dumb fad is over.

It'll be a scam until someone figures out how to add actual value to it as well as stability. Then it'll be accepted. But now it's just scammers trying to get in before the quick bucks evaporate.

@twitchtvpat I didn't say all NFTs are a scam. I wrote a whole piece about how NFTs would worsen the gaming landscape in both a gaming sense and a customer sense.

The fact that you'd respond about me calling all NFTs a scam and not actually addressing any of the issues I raised, is laughable.

Regardless of any survey results or feedback they're still probably gonna do NFTs. Surely they've seen the backlash against them and I hardly even see nfts being brought up anymore yet they're still here like "you guys interested in nfts? Are you suuuuure? Are you really really suuuure?? Breathe if yes, recite the Bible in Japanese if no"

@Richnj i mean you had to add that last part , maybe i misread that part and i would have apologized , but did you have to high road the end , Jesus.

Companies need to know the consumer's opinion on products and it is a logic movement to perform surveys with real people (not internet that can have bots as we all know). That said, if any of us is asked, we should say "no" to nfts, microtransactions and other disturbing stuff in game industry.

Are NFT's still a thing?

NFTs are coming, you only hate them because you don't understand them and the benefits you'll gain from them!!

Nfts are a scam i will never buy them

Isn't it good though, just show Sony that we have zero interest in nfts. They have been pretty willing to listen to what people want and change directions on stuff like this recently.

@Bingoboyop so it shouldn't happen because you don't like it? why don't you want it? its one of those things where if you don't like it , then you can just ignore it and not put money into it.

@get2sammyb asking about the idea of buying nfts and which do you like more suggests they are thinking about it. So its not in the realm of in never doing it and more in the realm of "we want to know what nfts we could sell". Please dont defend them when sony/playstation turn around for that uh huh moment and blast playstation with purchasable nfts.

@twitchtvpat i think the problem is more along the lines of do you really want them even thinking about it, spending time on the idea. A lot of people including me would say no and we wouldnt be the minority.

@Bingoboyop problem is its usually only after backlash. This is probably why they are testing the waters with a survey. But to even suggest nfts is almost an unthinkable stupid question.

@Arkangel benifits from nfts.... and i suppose you can tell us what that is exactly.

Why would anyone give a crap? It's like those millions of mails I never read. Ignore

Next thing supermarket fidelity cards will earn you NFT's of food.

@twitchtvpat if this is a fidelity scheme it would be the equivalent to supermarkets rewarding you with NFT"s of food instead of points you can spend. Would anyone bother swiping their fidelity card if it was to eventually earn a digital picture of a tin of baked beans?