Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, says that the Epic Games store "definitely won't" restrict the sales of games that contain NFTs. MINECRAFT Sweeney's comment follows an announcement by Minecraft developer Mojang, which outlined the company's stance to not allow blockchain technology or NFTs in Minecraft.
One user contacted Sweeney via Twitter to inquire if Epic Games would adopt a similar position to Mojang. However, Sweeney replied in the negative.
"Developers should be free to decide how to build their games, and you are free to decide whether you want to play them," he says. "I believe that operating system and stores manufacturers shouldn't be trying to dictate their views to other players. We won't.
Sweeney's comments were responded to by a different user who wanted to know what is the difference between this and Epic Games their policy on discriminatory and sexist content. Sweeney explained that the distinction is due to "editorial and brand judgements" and believes that Epic chooses "to draw the line at acceptable to mainstream norms."
Some users on the PC gaming subreddit have criticized Sweeney's decision, pointing out how the Epic CEO has previously spoken out against NFTs. In September 2021, Sweeney publicly posted a copy of an email response via Twitter, which reads "We do not want to engage in NFTs since the whole field is currently caught up in a complex mixture of scams, intriguing decentralised tech foundations, and scams."
Sweeney has now stated that he believes Epic Game store developers should be able to explore these integrations, but he is not in any way ambiguous about. In an update tweet that "Crypto is a complex.
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