The business of skins, NFTs and virtual clothing in video games

It is inevitable to think about character customization and that The Sims game does not come to mind. In it we can choose the hair, the clothes, the color of the skin, the moles and even the shoes. Years ago this video game already allowed us to create our virtual "clone", but now there is a complete online market with many options that allow us to modify the appearance of our character, his accessories, his weapons, etc. This is what is known as skin and it is a business that moves millions of euros a year.

Fashion, skins and video games

Right now there are many video games that allow you to buy skins because "players want to be as fashionable as in the real world," says Marcio López, fashion designer and creator of Marlo Studio. In fact, López and his team designed one of the first fashion collections to be presented through a video game a few months ago.

"The fashion sector has realized that the vision of video games about trends is very accurate and people on the street imitate some characters in the way they dress" affirms the designer convinced. "Before we were inspired by them and we took those ideas out and now what we do is try to bring our fashion to these platforms," ​​he adds.

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In reality, when a player buys a skin, he is paying for something that he cannot touch, he can only see it through a screen and that concept leads us to this other one: NFT -Non Fungible Token or non-fungible asset in Spanish-. This is also a booming market because buying digital files is becoming more and more fashionable. It allows you to acquire true works of art but also much more extravagant things such as memes or viral videos.

Tarantino NFT auction until January 31

In fact, from today until January 31, registration will be open to buy Quentin Tarantino's NFT collection and "it contains scenes from the never-before-seen handwritten script of Pulp Fiction, one of the most influencers of modern cinema.

You can read it on the auction website. Each NFT consists of a single iconic scene, including custom audio commentary from Quentin Tarantino. The collector who purchases one of these rare few NFTs will gain insights into the mind and creative process of Quentin Tarantino.