Polium One: the world’s first NFT controller; The reception is not strong

Polium introduced a dedicated console for Web3 games. According to the company, this will be the world’s first multi-chain video game console, which will be able to run many games on different blockchains.

The On their website We can read that Polium One, planned for release in Q3 2024 (so two years at the earliest, but scheduled for September 2024 at the latest) will be powerful enough to run high-performance games while being a “traditional player” who doesn’t understand Web3 You will be able to use the device easily. It will be possible to pre-order, but only those who purchase one of the NFTs “printed” on Ethereum, the Polium Pass, which will be produced in just 10,000 copies.

According to Polium, for security reasons, the console will have a fingerprint reader, as well as a wallet button, which can be used to access wallets connected to several chains, and thus be able to trade and exchange cryptocurrencies, which we can even have . According to Polium, only four people are working on the devices, but the company claims it will be capable of 8K resolution, as well as HDR and ray tracing. A frame rate of 120 fps is also mentioned.

To put it mildly, Polium One did not receive a strong reception. The logo is also very similar to the Nintendo GameCube logo, which Polium says a lot about repliedThis is similar, but the GameCube has the letter G and the cube shape represents their name, while their name stands for Blockchain and the letter P for Polium. There is also a lot of criticism on the company’s Discord. Users described this entire project as an NFT scam on the scam link, and “Abandon it” appeared on the channel to receive ideas and feedback.

Polium responded to this with a message on Discord, which we translate: “FUD [fear, uncertainty, doubt – félelem, bizonytalanság, kétkedés] We have been criticized for our ability to implement. Let’s make it clear that there are four of us assembling the functional prototype of the console and the controller. We have experience in hardware and software development. We are currently building a performance tree for the console chip. We should have a working prototype by November or sooner. We show the prototype directly on YouTube or show it to everyone with a trusted influencer. The prototype will prove that the console can run games that run on different block chains and are made in different programming languages. We will not accept pre-orders/funding until we have shown the prototype and the community is interested in it. Once we have a valid prototype, we will build the console so it can go into production.”

Only while the NFTs are down.

source: VGC

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