{"id":9115,"date":"2022-02-27T03:28:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T03:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=9115"},"modified":"2022-02-27T03:28:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T03:28:01","slug":"plug-in-digital-withdraws-from-project-focused-on-cryptocurrencies-and-nfts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=9115","title":{"rendered":"Plug In Digital Withdraws From Project Focused On Cryptocurrencies And NFTs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"iggNc5Z1OZU\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Plug In Digital - 2021 Achievements\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iggNc5Z1OZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Less than two days after unveiling its initiative with the Winky Partner Programme on &#8216;Web3&#8217; services, related to cryptocurrencies and NFTs, Plug In Digital has now withdrawn from the project.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[Important] Plug In Digital is withdrawing from the Winky Partner Program, and will not provide any services to Mainbot&#8217;s Web3 program. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gCvbf4H0N4\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/gCvbf4H0N4<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Plug In Digital (@plugindigital) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plugindigital\/status\/1497201911136722950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Original Article (24th February):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plug In Digital has been active in the gaming industry for over a decade and has enjoyed notable growth in recent years. It offers a broad range of services but may be best known for its two publishing labels &#8211; Dear Villagers and PID. Some notable Switch releases from those two labels in recent years include <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/scourgebringer\" rel=\"noopener\">ScourgeBringer<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/forgotten_city_-_cloud_version\" rel=\"noopener\">The Forgotten City<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/astria_ascending\" rel=\"noopener\">Astria Ascending<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/alba_a_wildlife_adventure\" rel=\"noopener\">Alba: A Wildlife Adventure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now the company has announced that it&#8217;s working on the &#8216;Winky Partners Program&#8217;, framing it as a focus on web3 (or web 3.0).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Plug In Digital joins the Winkyverse!&#x1f680;<\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to team up with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mainbotme?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@mainbotme<\/a> to build the Winky Partners Program. Together we&#8217;ll help hundreds of new games and editors to transition to Web3 economy.<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f310; Interested to join Winky Partners Program: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z0eTdAS0y3\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/z0eTdAS0y3<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hM4523kSI0\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/hM4523kSI0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Plug In Digital (@plugindigital) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plugindigital\/status\/1496501098215088134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">February 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The project&#8217;s official website encourages companies to sign up for the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The goal of Winky Partners is to help companies successfully create and promote their ICO and\/or their NFT projects.<\/p>\n<p>Selected companies will be featured to the communities of investors, advisors, partners and social media followers of The Winkyverse.<\/p>\n<p>They will also benefit from 360\u00b0 services with our partner agency Global UP who helped us create and promote our ICO and collection of NFTs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes back to blockchain-based products once again, with NFTs and cryptocurrencies at its heart (ICO stands for &#8216;Initial Coin Offering&#8217;).<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing the responses to the Twitter post are largely negative, as has been the trend with announcements of this nature. A number of game companies have been exploring these areas; recent examples included <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/02\/konami-is-committed-to-nfts-in-order-to-preserve-beloved-content-as-commemorative-art\" rel=\"noopener\">Konami selling NFTs<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/02\/team17-confirms-an-end-to-its-metaworms-nft-project\" rel=\"noopener\">Team17 announcing and then withdrawing its own project<\/a> after a backlash. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/01\/sega-could-reverse-decision-to-sell-nfts-following-fan-backlash\" rel=\"noopener\">SEGA seems to be backing away<\/a> after previous enthusiasm, while Square Enix recognises the criticism but <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/01\/square-enix-president-knows-you-hate-nfts-because-you-play-to-have-fun\" rel=\"noopener\">seems eager to pursue blockchain-based technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this case Plug In Digital is seemingly working to drive forward a services and consultancy platform for Web3, though it&#8217;ll still have to face down resistance from fans and, potentially, current business partners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>dgpConsent.can(&#8216;targeting&#8217;,function () { !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=&#8217;2.0&#8242;;n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,&#8217;script&#8217;,&#8217;https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js&#8217;);fbq(&#8216;init&#8217;, &#8216;2325732614399478&#8217;); fbq(&#8216;track&#8217;, &#8216;PageView&#8217;); });<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/02\/plug-in-digital-withdraws-from-project-focused-on-cryptocurrencies-and-nfts\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Update: Less than two days after unveiling its initiative with the Winky Partner Programme on &#8216;Web3&#8217; services, related to cryptocurrencies and NFTs, Plug In Digital has now withdrawn from the project. 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