GameStop Abandons the Decade’s Most Unsuccessful Gaming Trend

Predicting which trends will catch on in the fast-moving world of gaming can be difficult. Who would have guessed that relatively low-budget indies like Among Us and Vampire Survivors would be the next big thing or that a multiplayer game based on the Avengers released just a year after Endgame would be a flop? But sometimes, a trend is so obviously doomed from the start that its end feels more like an inevitability. That’s where we are with the definitively un-shocking closure of GameStop’s NFT marketplace.

First spotted by Decrypt, GameStop recently posted an alert on its marketplace’s website announcing that the end is nigh. Simply titled “Important Update,” the notice reads, “GameStop has decided to wind down our NFT marketplace due to the continuing regulatory uncertainty of the crypto space.” The marketplace will cease to be on February 4, leaving users with one less place to sell their overpriced jpegs.

GameStop did not immediately respond to Inverse’s request for comment.

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