Epic Games is weighing in on the debate about whether mainstream video games should incorporate blockchain-based digital assets.
In a new tweet, Epic Games CEO and Fortnite founder Tim Sweeney responds to requests to remove all games featuring non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from the Epic Games store.
“Developers should be free to decide how to build their games, and you are free to decide whether to play them.
I believe stores and operating system makers shouldn’t interfere by forcing their views onto others.
We definitely won’t.”
The industry-wide debate was sparked when the world’s best-selling video game Minecraft updated its guidelines to ban NFTs due to their potential to create inequality among the game’s users.
This isn’t the first time Epic Games has taken a stand on digital rights and freedom of expression.
The company was one of the few major game developers to oppose Apple and Google’s decision to ban Fortnite from their respective app stores.
At the time, Sweeney called the move “a beleaguering example of monopoly power being used to control creative expression.”
Epic Games has yet to release its own take on NFTs, but it appears that the company is open to the idea of incorporating them into its games in the future.