The NFTs which were sold can also continue to circulate on other marketplaces as well as being accessible on GameStop's servers via cached copies and owners' crypto wallets, regardless of the wishes of the orginal developers. The games were removed from GameStop's NFT marketplace, but Ello reportedly still has the cryptocurrency he received from selling them, and both Nifty and Ello still have active accounts on the marketplace. At least one of the games, Worm Nom Nom, was listed under a Creative Commons license that prohibits commercial usage. GameStop would also have recieved marketplace and commission fees on these transactions.Įllo admitted to Ars that he minted the games without the developers' permission. The advantage of making this purchase over playing them for free, according to Ello via Ars, was "the convenience of playing the game directly from their wallet or their own profile page on the marketplace without having to navigate to mine." This was apparently reason enough for hundreds purchases, earning Ello a reported 8.4ETH (about $14,878/£12,270) in primary sales and 4.67ETH (about $8,271/£6,822) in secondary sales. The person who minted them as NFTs, Nathan Ello, was selling them for 0.019ETH (about $23/£19) and 0.052ETH (about $63/£52) respectively. The games, made in the (excellent, undeserving of this mess) Pico-8 engine, include Worm Nom Nom and Galactic Wars, both of which were and remain freely playable on the developers' itch.io pages. However, these games weren't made by the person minting them, and the actual creators had not given permission for them to be used in this way. The games, which are freely available on itch.io, were sold several hundred times before GameStop delisted them, and continue to exist on GameStop's servers regardless of the wishes of the original creators.Īs reported by Ars Technica, the NiFTy Arcade was a bit different from most of the NFTs on offer in GameStop's marketplace, selling the ability to access certain games from one's wallet, rather than (receipts for) JPEGs. GameStop is one of the few Black Friday retailers that is offering a discount on the PlayStation 4 Pro, slashing the price down to $349.An NFT minter using the GameStop marketplace has admitted to minting developers' games without their consent or knowledge. That's a great deal in itself, though it could be a precursor to a potential price drop next year. Still, if it's 4K gaming you want, this is as good as it's going to get this holiday season. If you prefer traditional hardware, the Xbox One S 500GB white model can be yours for $189, and you can also get a 1TB PlayStation 4 Slim for $199, with a free $50 gift card to buy some games on top of that. We know a lot of you have constrained budgets for the holidays this year, so how about a free system? GameStop is also offering a cool deal on classic Xbox 360 hardware. This appears to be the original white model of the system, initially going for $59.99. However, there's a mail-in rebate that will refund that back via a pre-paid Visa card, meaning you essentially get the system for a total price of zero. You'll have to wait a little while in order to get the refund (probably a few weeks), but that's a fairly good deal. Now, then, let's break down some of the phenomenal game deals that will be available over the course of the weekend: Xbox Game Pass - 1 for your first month from Microsoft 3 months PC Game Pass. Seagate 2TB Game Drive for Xbox One - 69.99 at GameStop (was 92.49).Destiny 2- $27 (Thursday and Friday ONLY).Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition (Nintendo Switch)- $19.99.Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Nintendo Switch)- $24.99.Batman: The Telltale Series (Nintendo Switch)- $19.99.Overwatch: Game of the Year Edition- $30.
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