Pixelmonwas pitched as the “first AAA quality game of the NFT space,” a play-to-earnopen-world RPGwhere instead of catching ‘em all players purchase NFTPixelmonfor extraordinary prices. NFT sales went live before thePixelmongame was ready to showcase, however, leaving potential players and NFT buyers making purchasing decisions based on concept art. NowPixelmonpurchasers are able to view the actualPixelmonthey’ve purchased and, needless to say, a lot of people are unhappy.
Pushed to launch a preview ofPixelmon’s 3D NFTs so buyers could see what they’d spent money on, purchasers are sharing images of what they acquired on social media. The images unfortunately do not look up to the quality shown in early concept art forPixelmon. Further, somePixelmonjust look broken, including dragons floating sideways, another sunken into the ground, and yet another having noPixelmonwhatsoever show in their preview.
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The team behind theNFT projecthas acknowledged the issue. In a message shared fromPixelmon’s Discord, a message from project founder Syber, states that, “we made a horrible mistake.” Syber goes on to apologize and assert that what’s being shown is unacceptable, explaining that the artwork was not ready to share but that the team felt pushed to reveal it anyway. Syber promises that the team is working to ensure all existing problems are solved and that the team is pledging $2 million of the project’s funding to “revamp and redesign our NFTs at a higher quality.”
What that means is thatPixelmonNFT buyerswill have yet another long wait ahead of them as a new “reputable” art studio is hired and new art is created. Syber says that the quality right now is unacceptable and the team will make amends.
A trending sentiment on social media regarding the reveal is thatPixelmonis, like so many other NFT projects, a scam. They believe that Syber’s apology and promise to improve are insincere and that the team has no real intent toproduce high-quality NFTsor a high-quality game. Given what’s been shown ofPixelmonso far, their skepticism is clearly more than fair.
Friday morning an interview with Steam founder Gabe Newell went live where he explained why NFTs and blockchain technology arebanned from Steam. He said that many running NFT projects are “involved in a lot of criminal activity and sketchy behaviors.” He believes NFT projects are rife with fraud and that it’s grown out of control.Pixelmon, it seems, is a good example of what makes Newell so wary.
Pixelmonis currently in development.
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