All it took was a quick announcement on Monday from Behaviour Interactive that Dead By Daylight is getting in on NFTs to infuriate its fanbase.
The Masters of Horror NFT Collection is a collaboration between Behaviour Interactive and Boss Protocol, a company that makes NFTs based on popular franchises. Buying into Dead By Daylight’s Masters of Horror NFT Collection potentially nets you the Hellraiser Chapter. And well, fans are extremely upset about this. Mainly because of the controversy surrounding NFTs and blockchain technologies that potentially have a negative impact on the environment.
Check out the full announcement from Behaviour Interactive on the Masters of Horror NFT Collection for yourself below.
Behaviour worked with Boss Protocol over several months to adapt in-game models for use as NFTs and approved them prior to the release of Pinhead in DbD. The NFTs have a chance to grant access to the #Hellraiser chapter of DbD. pic.twitter.com/3ZZKq3uPYN
— Dead by Daylight (@DeadByBHVR) October 18, 2021
Everyone is taking shots at Dead By Daylight and its developers over this collaboration. It’s a hot-button issue in the video game industry right now, with companies like Valve banning cryptocurrency games from Steam to Epic welcoming them — Behaviour Interactive picked a heck of a time to jump into this whole mess.
Below you’ll find a list of some of the reactions condemning this announcement. From prominent industry figures like Ellen Rose and Patrick Klepek to artists like Trevor Henderson, the response is overwhelmingly negative. At least the memes are funny, though, I guess?
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
Top-tier memes
Behaviour after Dead By Daylight gets banned on Steam for making NFTs. pic.twitter.com/xjGL0MCHW0
— Vector 🎃 (@vetrix_tron) October 18, 2021
Didn't think I'd be uninstalling Dead By Daylight for NFT shite yet here we are pic.twitter.com/UFbd0fh9Y4
— SRUTIS 🔞 (@SrutisJay) October 18, 2021
mikaela reid finding out dead by daylight is cancelled for NFTs a day before her release pic.twitter.com/C9DuT9HA9x
— gowon's evil twin (@fengtheemin) October 18, 2021
The condemnation was brutal
Imagine seeing all the knowledge on NFTs and deciding, oh yeah, let’s spend our money time and resources on making them for our game. Way to scrape the barrel @DeadByBHVR.
— jude ⚔ godslayer (@MermaidRoyal) October 18, 2021
Oh no it's so sad that Dead By Daylight went offline forever https://t.co/1RrbHd0Uor
— Nash Across the 8th Dimension (@Nash076) October 18, 2021
NFT DLC might be some of the most unfortunate string of letters I have ever had the displeasure of typing. This shit needs to end now. https://t.co/Ir0eH4aNCn
— Ultima | #вʟм (@UltimaShadowX) October 18, 2021
And it continued...
Looks like I’ll be looking for a different horror multiplayer game https://t.co/AfDiDmYzrT
— 🍂𝚃𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚛 𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗🍂 (@slimyswampghost) October 18, 2021
they call it dead by daylight because it'll be nuked off steam by next daylight lmao gottem https://t.co/9WFMVjRRtH
— Gozu (@Gozutrucker69) October 18, 2021
this sucks https://t.co/9DGRVt63f9
— Patrick Klepek (@patrickklepek) October 18, 2021
I'm starting to think people aren't into this, ya know?
so will you be offering refunds for the chapter? you should have disclosed this before it went on sale as many people would never want their money to go towards anything to do with nfts.
— spooky cam 🎃 (sick of tunnelling era) (@theevilswithiin) October 18, 2021
Did you seriously not tell any of your users that they were putting money towards nfts lol
— Xploshi (@Xploshi) October 18, 2021
Not content with all the nightmare-inducing characters they have, DBD here is adding the most horrific thing yet: NFTs. https://t.co/6uwms2n6km
— Ellen Rose (@icklenellierose) October 18, 2021
