Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda has published a new year letter in which he expresses the company’s enthusiasm for emerging industry trends such as NFTs and blockchain technology.
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“I realize that some people who ‘play to have fun’ and who currently form the majority of players have voiced their reservations toward these new trends, and understandably so,” he wrote. “However, I believe that there will be a certain number of people whose motivation is to ‘play to contribute,’ by which I mean to help make the game more exciting.
They're artists are top notch and all their artworks, wallpapers, videos/intros and so forth are AAA production quality.
Makes sense to sell some exclusive NFTs to ppl with money to spare.
why would that make sense?
according to rhat logic it makes sense that they sell their games more expensive but that doesnt mean they wont bomb and fail hard.
they already sell collectors editions, artbooks and shittons of figures and statues and various merchandise
But I guess that's not enough because making that stuff physically costs money.
much better to just sell digital shit that's made out of thin air
this sucks but it's inevitably coming now that big players are singing it's praises.
kids growing up with this shit will normalize it in time just like microtransactions
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they already sell collectors editions, artbooks and shittons of figures and statues and various merchandise
But I guess that's not enough because making that stuff physically costs money.
much better to just sell digital shit that's made out of thin air
this sucks but it's inevitably coming now that big players are singing it's praises.
kids growing up with this shit will normalize it in time just like microtransactions
not if players push back or loose interest in the games they release.
Makes one wonder if the release date of Final Fantasy 16 got pushed back half a year because they want to center the game mechanics around nfts now.
tbh square enix golden age of FF games is long gone at least for me.
loved 7, liked 7,8,9 and again loved 10 and 12 but disliked 13,13-2 and 15 was meh as well.
I know that they have more franchises but those arent the big hitters either. Deus ex is in limbo, tomb raider isnt as big as it was etc.
Getting kicked off of steam wont help +maybe centering their game mechanics on nfts wont either.
why would that make sense?
according to rhat logic it makes sense that they sell their games more expensive but that doesnt mean they wont bomb and fail hard.
I dont see how that logic follows from what I said.
The reason why it makes sense is because I have a problem with those 128x512 pixel llamas with a cappy on a scateboard being called "collecting worthy art".
It's more like degenerate art.
SE artwork is actually good, with a lot of effort put in.
Like, they have a ot of material there.
I recently started playing FF XII Zodiac Age on PS4.
The artwork, intros, cut scenes etc. are 10/10. The gameplay is like 3D graphics with Pacman levels (invisible walls).
ff 12 is one of my fav ff games. you seem to forget that its an ps2 game. the art is nice but the gameplay is too. other games have nice art too that doesnt mean it has to be milked dry until the franchise dies. keeping fandom happy should be a priority too.
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I still don't quite grasp what these things are, but i know it's not good. And i know that people in that comment field's brains have turned into liquid a long time ago. This system is preying on the less mentally fortunate.
To me having players own this and that might just spell trouble for creative freedom, but i might not be understanding this weird ass system
It's no problem because people don't even really own the art itself just the link to it from the blockchain which may or may not be there tomorrow, NFTs are designed to sell bridges to idiots.
The biggest argument of the crypto-bro crowd is that "you have ownership of content across plattforms/games". Thats the dumbest fallacy ever, they clearly dont know how games work.
I should clarify, it is indeed true and could be an actual value if used that way (Used game sales, maybe?). What i meant is that alot of people assume that game assets are interchangeable just because of the blockchain. The entire technical sides of how game assets work eludes them, or they omit it to make their point.
we ll see how they gonna implement it. curious if some nftjunkie will buy art assets and then claim its his and start suing the publisher for copying and distributing his legally owned assets.
we ll see how they gonna implement it. curious if some nftjunkie will buy art assets and then claim its his and start suing the publisher for copying and distributing his legally owned assets.
I could assume that the EULAs would be so airtight that the use of the actual blockchain could be questioned entirely.
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