育碧發布了一款偽裝成 NFT Upchuck 的遊戲，效果非常糟糕

自 The Big BSoD 以來最偉大的藝術運動，區塊鏈力量的最偉大證明，整個 Infobahn 的未來

Ubisoft has finally released its much-anticipated Web3 game, and as you might expect, it's a roiling puke reservoir of NFT upchuck masquerading as a game. The game, which is called Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, can only be played via its own website.

育碧終於發布了備受期待的 Web3 遊戲，正如你所料，這是一個偽裝成遊戲的 NFT upchuck 的翻騰嘔吐物庫。這款遊戲名為《Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles》，只能透過自己的網站玩。

Now, before you click on that link and subject yourself to the horrors that await, let me just say that I respect the colour green a lot. And by a lot, I mean that I don't want to see it turn into a sickly shade of puke-yellow, which is exactly what will happen if you visit that website. So please, for the love of all that is holy andチャート, do not click on that link.

現在，在您點擊該連結並讓自己陷入等待的恐怖之前，請允許我說我非常尊重綠色。我的意思是，我不想看到它變成令人噁心的嘔吐黃色，而這正是您訪問該網站時會發生的情況。因此，出於對所有神聖事物的熱愛，請不要點擊該連結。

Instead, let's just focus on the IGN piece covering the game, shall we? It has some very good context and is worth reading if you're interested in learning more about this whole debacle.

相反，讓我們只關注 IGN 報道這款遊戲的文章，好嗎？它有一些非常好的背景，如果您有興趣了解更多有關整個災難的信息，那麼值得一讀。

According to IGN, Ubisoft first announced its plans to stick its head in the NFToilet bowl and daintily sample the yellowing side-cruft around three years ago during an earnings call. During the call, the company used words like 'revolution' and 'pay-to-earn', which they latched on to with glee.

據 IGN 報道，育碧大約在三年前的一次財報電話會議上首次宣布，計劃將頭伸進 NFToilet 碗中，品嚐泛黃的副食品。在電話會議中，該公司使用了「革命」和「按勞付費」等詞語，他們高興地抓住了這些詞。

"[Blockchain] will imply more play-to-earn that will enable more players to actually earn content, own content, and we think it's going to grow the industry quite a lot," said Yves Guillemot, director of subscriptions, at the time.

當時的訂閱總監Yves Guillemot 表示：「[區塊鏈]將意味著更多的邊玩邊賺錢，這將使更多玩家能夠真正賺取內容、擁有內容，我們認為這將使該行業大幅發展。 ” 。

Contrast this with statements made by Tremblay to GI.biz earlier this year, where he said that a consumer shift "needs to happen" re: "Gamers are used to owning their games".

與此形成對比的是 Tremblay 今年稍早向 GI.biz 發表的聲明，他表示消費者「需要發生」轉變：「遊戲玩家習慣於擁有自己的遊戲」。

Now, I know what you're thinking: surely blockchain and subscription-based access are different kettles of fish, right? And while that may be true, it does feel inconsistent, doesn't it? It's almost like they'll just say anything to get what they want! Why even use words anymore? Why not just chortle and snort? You know you want to!

現在，我知道您在想什麼：區塊鏈和基於訂閱的存取肯定是不同的概念，對吧？雖然這可能是真的，但確實感覺不一致，不是嗎？就好像他們會為了得到他們想要的東西而說任何話！為什麼還要使用文字呢？為什麼不只是咯咯地笑和打噴嚏呢？你知道你想要！

Anyway, moving on. If you slept through or somehow mercifully forgot about the crypto craze of the last few years, you might be wondering why a game that lets you buy items as NFTs is a problem. Well, let me tell you, there are a few reasons.

無論如何，繼續前進。如果你睡了一覺或幸運地忘記了過去幾年的加密熱潮，你可能會想知道為什麼允許你購買 NFT 物品的遊戲是一個問題。好吧，讓我告訴你，有幾個原因。

First up, there's the obvious pay-to-win element attendant on letting people cough up to forge more powerful characters - something that irks me less because of the holy sanctity of competitive game balance (although that's enough to put me off playing), and more because these things are designed to play off the same vulnerabilities as gambling.

首先，明顯的付費獲勝元素讓人們願意打造更強大的角色——這讓我不那麼煩惱，因為競技遊戲平衡的神聖性（儘管這足以讓我放棄玩），並且更重要的是因為這些東西的設計目的是為了利用與賭博相同的漏洞。

According to IGN, the highest priced figurines - the characters you use to battle - are up on the marketplace at $63k. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean people are paying this much, mind, and those are outliers - most bits are a mere $300. Either way, it seems antithetical to anything actually interesting or valuable about game design. Why inspire organic investment when you can just invite players to join in a ghoulish sunk-cost spiral?

據 IGN 稱，市場上價格最高的雕像（用於戰鬥的角色）售價為 6.3 萬美元。現在，這並不一定意味著人們要支付這麼多費用，請注意，這些都是異常值 - 大多數比特幣僅為 300 美元。不管怎樣，它似乎與遊戲設計中任何真正有趣或有價值的東西背道而馳。當你可以邀請玩家加入殘酷的沉沒成本螺旋時，為什麼還要激發有機投資呢？

Secondly, the web3 industry have thus far failed to make a convincing case that this stuff isn’t a complete emissions disaster. According to one study, Bitcoin alone uses the same amount of electricity each year as Argentina. For balance, I should point out that blockchain advocates argue that the technology can aid sustainability via “more accurate load monitoring, generation, and distribution in the grid through efficient use of data,” via Forbes.

其次，web3 產業迄今未能提供令人信服的證據來證明這並不是一場徹底的排放災難。根據一項研究，光是比特幣每年的用電量就與阿根廷相同。為了平衡，我應該指出，區塊鏈倡導者認為，該技術可以透過福布斯「透過有效使用數據在電網中進行更準確的負載監控、發電和分配」來幫助永續發展。

Finally, it's also hard to see the release of Champions Tactics right now as anything but an act of desperation from a Ubisoft evidently feeling financial pressure, or at least trying to get those numbers up before a potential buyout.

最後，現在發布《冠軍策略》也很難被視為育碧顯然感受到財務壓力的絕望之舉，或至少試圖在潛在的收購之前提高這些數字。

I'll leave you with more words of wisdom from RPS’s dearly departed scryer of crud:

我將為您留下更多來自 RPS 已故的占卜者的智慧之言：

"A crack revealing strata of vape pens, LaserDiscs, and bags for life. All of it, trash. The melted bumper of the weed-green Tesla Model X once owned by... she couldn't even say his name. Everything, trash. Two empty bottles of Irn-Bru Kombucha rising like the legs of Ozymandias. 5arah snorted. Look on my apes, ye Mighty, and despair!"

「一條裂縫露出了電子煙筆、雷射光碟和生活用的袋子。所有這些都是垃圾。曾經擁有的草綠色特斯拉 Model X 融化的保險桿……她甚至無法說出他的名字。一切，垃圾。