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Square Enix to push for NFT and Blockchain too, first game already released ans passed proof of concept phase
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Disappointed, but not surprised by this Shinra shit. Square Enix has their fingers in the mobile, gatcha and MMO markets. This trajectory felt inevitable.
Who are the people deciding these things and why are they part of the video game business? Legislation is still years away for stuff like this. Look at how long it took them to realise Lootboxes were gambling all along.
While that's true, this one stings. I don't feel nothing boycotting Activision and EA games, nothing of value was lost since I stopped giving them money. But Final Fantasy might be my favorite gaming franchise, and Guardians is my GOTY. Forspoken might be my most anticipated 2022 without a Ragnarok in the title. This sucks for me way more than whatever non sense EA and Activision do.
Blockchain and NFT stuff was bound to happen in games sooner or later. Potential to make even more cash and increase stock value. I can see other industries adopting these concepts too, especially if it goes well in gaming.
I'm not boycotting EA as a company either. Some of their games I still get. But games that have been ruined thanks to their greediness I simply don't buy.
Marvel has been low key experimenting with that as well. DC too, I think. It's infuriating, but it seems inevitable too. I'm not spending one single dime or even adopting these things even for free. It's bad for the environment and it's not like we aren't embroiled with a climate crisis as it is. Hopefully it's just an idiotic fad.
Take Two's CEO Strauss Zelnick had an interview on the topic yesterday, overall he believes in the idea of collectible digital goods, but isnt convinced blockchain technology and NFTs are some magical guaranteed way for success on that path:
Take-Two CEO down on metaverse, but a 'big believer' in NFTs
Strauss Zelnick has been openly skeptical of the metaverse before, but that was before Facebook changed its name and re…
www.gamesindustry.biz
This is more in line with what i think as well. NFTs at best seem useful for a digital version of something like the pokemon cards. But the people pumping money into this are just buying any odd thing believing that just because its nft it will increase in value.Take Two's CEO Strauss Zelnick had an interview on the topic yesterday, overall he believes in the idea of collectible digital goods, but isnt convinced blockchain technology and NFTs are some magical guaranteed way for success on that path:
At least his take on the topic seems more level headed imo compared to all these other companies that hop on these trends and buzz wordsTake-Two CEO down on metaverse, but a 'big believer' in NFTs
Strauss Zelnick has been openly skeptical of the metaverse before, but that was before Facebook changed its name and re…
It's really shitty that they're even attempting it, but SE always chases after new shiny stuff and often nothing comes of it, they were hyping up cloud computing for nearly a decade and i can't even remember a product that came out of it. https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/6/10722442/square-enix-closes-shinra-technologies-cloud-gaming
Same, I googled it and all I get is that is MTX with crypto currency.
But the way everyone reacts makes it seems like I am missing something.
Perhaps the up side of all these corporations chasing the scam is that they will all fail miserably and all get it out of their system early.
This is mostly talking points for shareholders, i wouldn't worry too much about it, the demand for NFT games is coming from suits desperate for growth, not from actual consumers.
I honestly don't even care. They'll still sell their games in standard formats across digital storefronts and that is where I'll be making my purchases.
I get that but that worry is what effect this has on devs for me. The last time we saw anything be pushed this hard across the industry was probably MTX when they first surfaced. And whilst they showed up on the customers side too, it also meant a whole load of games being virtually designed around incorporating them. I guess my worry is the same will be happening again whether it's as immediately noticeable to the user.
I mean we've already seen one of the old leads at EA say how glad he is to not have to grit his teeth every time their bosses fawn over this stuff. We probably won't know for a while how many projects get prolonged with stuff like this just for the sake of pleasing a shareholder, likely at the expense of extra work for the devs
NFT's feel like the new "3D". 3D games, 3D TV's, 3D cinemas!!!! Rammed down peoples throat by marketing companies yet not wanted or given any interest by literally anyone.
It means someone making 'unique' horrible looking ape 3d models for Final Fantasy 17 MMO and every person buys their own horrible looking 3d head and walks around gobbling up your RAM
The future
