‘Off the Grid’ NFT Sales Heating Up as Avalanche Game Plots Expansion to Steam

Avalanche shooter Off the Grid has slowly began to shift its participant base onto the GUNZ mainnet, the place they’ll commerce in-game objects for GUN tokens. Even with roughly 0.13% of its participant base now in a position to commerce objects, {the marketplace} is heating up, with some objects going for hundreds of {dollars}’ value of crypto.

This all comes because the hit battle royale shooter plots its June growth to PC platform Steam—a market that banned blockchain video games from the platform in 2021. That stated, Off the Grid can be on PlayStation and Xbox, regardless of these platforms additionally apparently not permitting crypto options in video games.

Up till this level, all console Off the Grid players have been taking part in the sport solely on testnet, that means {that a} take a look at blockchain was operating behind the scenes however that player-facing options had been lacking. Because of this, they’ll’t commerce their objects on {the marketplace} for GUN tokens, doubtlessly cashing out hundreds of {dollars} for uncommon weapons and extra.

Theodore Agranat, director of Web3 at Off the Grid creator Gunzilla Video games, informed Decrypt this week that the migration to mainnet has first began for less than PC gamers, however finally all wallets can be on mainnet. How precisely this can work with crypto options has but to be revealed, given that they are prohibited by Steam and nonetheless M.I.A. in PlayStation and Xbox video games.

Eagle-eyed gamers have noticed that the official Steam itemizing for Off the Grid claims the sport may have an in-game market, presumably referencing purposeful crypto options.

On the time of writing, there are simply shy of 16.5 million wallets on the GUNZ testnet, a devoted Avalanche L1 community created to assist Off the Grid and potential future video games. In the meantime, there are simply 21,000 gamers on the mainnet—roughly 0.13% of its participant base.

Even with such a small quantity of gamers having the ability to transact on mainnet, already there have been some sizable trades. A Prankster tactical vest bought for $2,393 final week, a ZipperMouth masks was shifted for roughly $1,100, and a Convict chest rig traded palms for greater than $500. 

These things are tremendous uncommon, with the neighborhood believing that lower than 300 ZipperMouth masks had been ever minted, however Gunzilla “reserves the precise” to reissue each ZipperMouths and Convict gear—Agranat explicitly informed Decrypt that Convict gear will “completely” be launched sooner or later. 

As such, pores and skin collectors now see the Pioneer objects—which had been handed out within the first OTG Professional subscription and won’t be re-released—as possible probably the most uncommon set within the recreation. Avid pores and skin collector MoneyMagician reported that this has led to an absence of Pioneer objects being listed on {the marketplace}. 

This has additionally been the case for the Kestrel Legacy, a gun that had modified stats within the closed play take a look at however had been discontinued, and now could be successfully an ultra-limited pores and skin of the inventory gun. There are different Legacy weapons, in addition to Retro weapons, nonetheless the Kestrel Legacy is probably the most hyped attributable to its significance to the sport’s lore.

MoneyMagician defined that gamers count on an replace is coming for these weapons, which would come with a reskin and a deepening of the lore behind the objects. This replace is what the pores and skin collector anticipates will kick-start the primary batch of five-figure NFT gross sales. Because of this, he stated most collectors plan to carry onto their rarest objects for now, anticipating demand to blow up.

“I believe after we see gross sales of 5 figures, the FOMO will kick in arduous, triggering a flywheel,” MoneyMagician informed Decrypt. “[The update] would trigger new waves of hype and a spotlight onto them, and absolutely their value will rise together with market quantity.”

Agranat declined to supply any extra info on the development of this replace, including that the mainnet rollout is Gunzilla’s essential precedence for now.

For now, Prankster objects are probably the most sought-after objects regardless of being marginally much less uncommon than the Pioneer set; Prankster was launched within the second battle move within the closed play take a look at, whereas the Pioneer was the primary one. MoneyMagician believes it is because, effectively, the Prankster set merely seems cooler.

Over the previous 24 hours alone, in response to OTG DegenRadar, two Prankster Woodpecker weapons have bought for roughly $600 and $570 in addition to a pair of Prankster shades for $467. On Tuesday, a Prankster Masks bought for $1,008. However none of these gross sales examine to the Prankster tactical vest, which commanded a whopping $2,393 final week.

“Rarity isn’t all the time what sticks, however [rather] what the neighborhood feels probably the most compelled with,” MoneyMagician defined. “The Pioneer set is inexperienced, a really showy colour, making it arduous to splash on just a few shorts or a vest to make it look good. However the Prankster, it seems superb. Offers this Joker vs Batman rivalry really feel.”

Edited by Andrew Hayward