Neopets Pitched a Metaverse Pivot. Fans Balked

Neopets Pitched a Metaverse Pivot. Fans Balked
What’s crypto’s hottest play-to-earn, NFT-based pet game?If you guessed Axie Infinity, you’re right – but the Neopets Metaverse team wants to change that. At least, that’s the stated plan.The project, which launched last September, aims to bring the once-popular pet collecting game – which peaked in the early 2000s and has been on a slow decline ever since – into the Web 3 era.According to an October 2021 Medium post, the Neopets Metaverse team plans to create a “vast immersive environment where players can interact” and establish a “sophisticated economy integrated on the Solana blockchain” where players can earn real money,…