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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 56 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It's an NFT scam, but without NFTs.

No, that doesn't make it better, they're just using steam marketplace items instead.

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe we should call them NFAs, Non Fungible Assets. Since it's the same idea without the "Token" part.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

it's just beanie babies the form of virtual bananas

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

They're not the first game to exploit that.

So many games got through greenlight because of the trading cards.

[–] bill_cherno@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

yet more proof that there are no usecases that nfts solve,
even if that usecase is scamming people with ~~monkey~~ banana pictures