Microsoft is celebrating Windows 11's launch with a freaking NFT

(Image course credit: Microsoft)

Windows 11 is out now, and Microsoft is celebrating the launch in entirely sorts of slipway. There's a big Times Square ad, some Windows 11-branded ice cream, and an absolutely wild light-up takeover of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, but none of that prepared me for the livestream Microsoft is keeping this evening to preclude launch twenty-four hour period. At 5 pm Pacific Time Microsoft's flowing Elevenation, a "6D musical experience" starring musicians Tate McRae and Ethan Allen Stone. And what 6D musical experience would represent complete without an NFT?

That's right: Microsoft's making an NFT to celebrate the launch of an operative scheme, which strikes me equally a registered 'How do you do confrere kids?' move if ever in that respect was one. The site for the launch event is light connected details: the FAQ helpfully poses the question "What is the Windows 11 NFT?" and then provides this as an reply:

"The Windows 11 NFT is a one-of-a-kind scientific discipline token that lives in your digital wallet and unlocks valuable experiences and rewards."

The 6D experience as wel seems to plainly be a livestream with multiple television camera angles to opt from, so sadly it's lul sensible a boring ol' 3D concert you'll be observance connected a 2D screen. Sorry, common people—Microsoft hasn't revolutionized skill and maths to convey you this result.

What "valuable experiences and rewards" could the Windows 11 NFT be auspicious, I wonder? An exclusive wallpaper? A fun avatar of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella singing a duet with John Orley Allen Tate McRae? A guaranteed waste of everyone's time and our planet's resources? We'll watch in time.

Wes has been covering games and hardware for more than 10 years, first at technical school sites like The Wirecutter and Tested before joining the PC Gamer team in 2014. Wes plays a bit bit of everything, just he'll e'er jump out at the chance to cover emulation and Japanese games. When atomic number 2's not obsessively optimizing and Re-optimizing a tangle of conveyor belt belts in Satisfactory (it's really becoming a problem), he's probably playing a 20-year-old RPG or several turbid ASCII roguelike. With a focus on writing and editing features, he seeks out personal stories and in-depth histories from the corners of Microcomputer gaming and its niche communities. 50% pizza by volume (deep dish antenna, to be specific).