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Fans Bash Axie Infinity for Excluding Mobile From Origin Trial

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Mar
  • Some of Axie Infinity’s most prominent supporters criticized the game’s decision to exclude mobile users for the Origin release.
  • According to Axie Infinity, the much-awaited Origin upgrade will only provide access to PC users initially.
  • Axie Infinity is struggling to fix its oversupply of SLP.

In a surprising turn of events, some of Axie Infinity’s staunchest and most prominent supporters have spoken out against the game’s upcoming Origin release. Specifically, they said the plan for the release is nothing short of disappointing.

On March 17, Axie Infinity announced that the much-awaited Origin upgrade will be released in stages. During the first month, the update will only become available on PC. This caused the game to draw flak from the community since a majority of the players are mobile users.

Interestingly, even some of the game’s longest-running supporters voiced their disappointment. These include cloudwhite, who posted the tweet above. According to him, this decision of Sky Mavis – Axie Infinity’s creator – is disappointing.

I’m not saying the plan doesn’t make sense, but there’s also something to be said about making a splash sometimes.

DAVEvsAXIE also echoed a similar sentiment, saying that he is “almost surprised that there is no mobile at [the Origin] launch.” It should be noted that DAVEvsAXIE was one of the major voices that fueled the removal of Smooth Love Potion (SLP) rewards from Adventure and Daily Quest. This was also a controversial update that sparked wide community dissent for months on end.

What is more, another member of a major gaming guild, Yield Guild Games (YGG) said that the unveiling of “[the decision] just kills the hype.”

Axie Infinity has been consistently losing players in the last couple of months. According to activeplayer.io, the game has been shedding around 50,000 players every month since January. Moreover, the game is struggling to fix its token economics given the oversupply of SLP.

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