If you think NFTs in games are a bad idea, then you’re an idiot according to Dr Disrespect, who continues to promote them for his new game.

Although the NFT craze for video games was over almost before it began, you can still find plenty of people who think they’re a good idea.

Square Enix is perhaps the most prominent company dedicated to bringing the concept into mainstream gaming, with at least one such project already slated for 2023 and soon to be former president Yosuke Matsuda (a vocal champion of NFTs and blockchain gaming) promising his departure won’t affect Square Enix’s plans.

Elsewhere, streamer Dr Disrespect announced that his upcoming extraction shooter Deadrop would implement NFTs and blockchain technology and despite the backlash he’s received, he’s recently reaffirmed his commitment while simultaneously insulting his critics.

As a quick reminder, Deadrop is billed as a vertical extraction shooter. Think something along the lines of Escape From Tarkov or Call Of Duty: Warzone 2.0’s DMZ mode.

From the sound of it, the game will allow players to actually own items they extract while playing, which Dr Disrespect posits could be worth a lot of money. At least on the blockchain.

‘Imagine trying to ‘extract’ with an item you discovered worth $100,000 on the chain,’ he tweets. ‘Think about entertainment value as a viewer let alone player.’

He also admits to being very excited about the possibility of an online game, especially an extraction based one, that includes digital collectibles.

Ironically, despite Ubisoft tripling down on NFTs and vowing to put them in more games, the company has grown very quiet about them recently. It used Ghost Recon: Breakpoint as a testing ground but a couple of months after their implementation, Ubisoft announced it was ending post-launch support for the game.

No other NFT related projects have been discussed since; it even promised that a leaked multiplayer game – Project Q – wouldn’t include NFTs. Not that it mattered since the game was soon cancelled, but it all seems to suggest that Ubisoft has pulled a 180 on the concept.

Clearly, Dr Disrespect is aiming to be a trendsetter and while he has a dedicated fan following who are just as eager about his NFT game as he is, no one will know for certain until Deadrop is actually out.

The game still lacks a release date and while an early build was made available to the public (albeit as a paid demo), it attracted some criticism for just consisting of a basic firing range and no indication of what the full game will be.

This also came not long after Dr Disrespect bragged that, even at this early stage, his game looked better than Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Deadrop does boast a team of reputable and experienced developers behind it, including former Call Of Duty staff, but all of Dr Disrespect’s promises so far are simply that, with very little tangible evidence that Deadrop will be a worthy Call Of Duty rival or what finally brings NFTs into the mainstream.

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