Shuji Utsumi, Sega’s co-CEO, comments in a new statement that there is no point in implementing blockchain technology if it doesn’t make games ‘fun’.
Why the scare quote around fun? He’s right. There is no point in adding something to a game that doesn’t make it more fun.
Hopefully block chain technology will die off and become irrelevant in a couple of years. So far any attempt at using it seems to make a dumpster fire.
That’s cause the way its been presented to the public stinks and caters to bag holders.
It just in general is pretty bad, for most use cases a traditional relational database is just … better
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Yeah I play games to enjoy the game, not to speculate on real money investments.
If you want confetti every time you make a trade, just play Robinhood.
It’s a start, but hopefully they drop the idea altogether It’s bad enough as it is, we don’t need more.
I can’t conceive of a single fun use-case for blockchain in games. With any luck, neither can they.
What use outside of microtransactions would there be anyway?
Actually owning games, skins, guns, etc and being able to use them across games
Also resale
You can actually own games by buying DRM-free. A DRM-free installer can be backed up and used forever, even offline, which is better than relying on blockchain verification.
Games are also better by having no microtransactions than by being able to resell some fictional sword from a lootbox. If I want to have the best weapons in Skyrim I can just cheat it instead of paying anyone for it. There is no point or benefit in attaching monetary value to individual instances of fictional digital game objects, because in the system of the game that’s just some bits flipped, there aren’t any production costs.
Oh, so you have no idea how games work
Introducing inequal crushing capitalist economy into your game… Just the escape from reality I needed 🙄
