Ubisoft Quartz NFT Initiative Did Only $400 Worth of Sales in 2 Weeks

Despite the undertaking’s promotion and hype, Ubisoft Quartz Beta hasn’t confirmed very fashionable. Almost two weeks after launch, the NFT assortment of weapon skins and gear has barely generated $400 in income – solely 15 gross sales.

Ubisoft’s NFT Flop

Liz Edwards – senior character artist for Apex Legends – referred to as out the corporate’s gross sales numbers on Sunday. According to Rarible and Objkte – the NFT marketplaces that Ubisoft Quartz’s website hyperlinks to – solely fifteen NFTs within the assortment have been offered throughout every. That’s beneath two gross sales per day since its launch earlier this month.

Edwards reported a complete gross sales quantity of 94.49 XTZ – beneath $400 at as we speak’s worth.

The assortment is linked to Tom Clancy’s “Ghost Recon Breakpoint,” launched on  December ninth. The NFTs perform as skins for weapons and equipment, every with a definite serial quantity that units them aside from different objects within the assortment.

Though these serial numbers are seen in-game, Twitter customers level out that they’re very troublesome to see throughout precise gameplay. Therefore, the novelty and worth of holding a “scarce” merchandise is severely diminished if its shortage can’t be proven off, which Edwards herself playfully mocked.

Minting NFTs on Tezos is comparatively low-cost, attributable to its low gasoline charges. However, given the gathering’s lack of traction, the undertaking could also be working at a loss, significantly when advertising and marketing prices and market charges are factored in. Over 2000 of those NFTs have been minted by a Ubisoft account.

The Public Perception of NFTs

Twitter sentiment surrounding NFTs has been intensely damaging amongst players. Last month, communications platform Discord (generally utilized by video-game gamers) backpedaled on plans to combine itself with Ethereum NFTs after huge neighborhood backlash.

Objections to NFTs usually fall into two camps: They’re both seen as scams or as dangerous to the atmosphere. Tezos makes an attempt to treatment the latter criticism by way of its proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, which doesn’t eat almost as a lot vitality as its competitor chain Ethereum.