Square Enix wants NFTs, no matter what gamers think

Phil Corpuz digs into why all the reasons Square Enix claims NFTs and the blockchain will benefit gaming are complete bunk.

[CrimsonWing69]

Of course they do and let this show you where the industry is. Unnecessary raising of game prices, GaaS games with anemic content stretched out for a time period with micro transactions, and now bidding for exclusive digital content. What the hell happened from the NES days to now? I get wanting to make money, but at what cost and why sell your soul for it?

[Smok91]

I’m amazed by the masses that have no concept of capitalism.

Edit: you can choose what to buy 😂

[Godmars290]

What is that suppose to mean? "Profits overall" is all well and good when its just short of robbing someone at gunpoint? A "system of commerce" where payment is effectively mandatory while service and/or product isn't? Cause that's what modern capitalism wants versus giving a sense of getting what you paid for.

[CrimsonWing69]

I’m amazed at the masses who don’t realize negative impacts of capitalism such as market failure and short termism.

This goes beyond choosing what to buy. This effects the entire hobby is my point. Also, you’re crazy if you don’t think capitalism can’t be abused.

My whole point is a reflection of the industry from where it was to where it is.

Edit: Mediums can change for worse through corporate greed 😂

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I'm not going to name countries here, but I feel there is only one country's population that believes in going to the extremes of capitalism, and it doesn't turn out well for the average joe. It ruins games and entire franchises to the point where they aren't fun anymore because the developers are trying to nickle and dime you as much as possible while under delivering or under cooking a game.

With all the bad practices becoming rampant in gaming, I can understand while people are expecting or hoping for another video game crash.

[drizzom]

Of course I know I can choose to not buy it that's obvious. What I want to know is if you could even explain what the benefit of garbage like this brings to the gaming experience.

[NerdBurglars]

I don't get all the downvoted here. You are dead right. These annoying practices exist becuse people keep paying

[senorfartcushion]

Capitalism has already failed. We need to educate ourselves out of these slave shackles.

[Godmars290]

@NerdBurglars:
Because the added comment of "choose what to buy" in the face of examples such as "true ending" DLC and using MTs to speed up purposely gimped gameplay shows how clueless the original comment was.

Nevermind what "whale" mentality has done to mobile games.

[Jaces]

You can have capitalism without being a douche and charging for everything, that's just horrible management and horrible people.

[Profchaos]

You can choose what to buy yes but this type of behaviour starts off small soon your buying the base game and spending double that to get all the content required to enjoy the game.
How long before nft based weapons are buffed to the max level while base game owners have to out up with poor stick weapons. Or maps are only open to weapon holders of nft holders

That's not even taking into consideration the whole nft is bad for the environment argument.

[Godmars290]

Certainly representative of AAA publisher mentality.

[ArdynMDH]

Is it sad Destiny 2 popped into my head when you said " GaaS games with anemic content stretched out for a time period with micro transactions"

[moriarty1889]

Destiny in general started this whole shit concept of barebones at launch gaas garbage. Now developers have mostly all embraced this vile concept looking to bleed the consumers dry. The old days of complete solid AAA games released at launch are indeed pretty much over.

[galgor]

NFTs are a scam... don't buy in.

[Smok91]

Lmfao owning your digital assets is a scam 🤣😂🤣

[pietro1212]

Majority of NFTs are stolen art work so yes, it is a scam.

[drizzom]

@pietro1212

That or they are just hideous works of 'art' companies want you to believe is valuable so they can sell you something you normally wouldn't waste a penny on and does nothing for your gaming experience.

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

I honestly dont know how NFTs are going to benefit gaming for everyone, if anything it's definitely going to cater to a small minority but it will come at the expense of everyone else. Not sure how that's fun or fair.

[drizzom]

They aren't. They are just another random valueless product that does nothing for the average customer looking for a fun game to play. These things mean nothing until the populace GIVES it value. Just like the hundreds of crypto coins out there. What happens is that an obnoxious marketing campaign pushes these worthless things in peoples face (mainly the mindless mainstream) and people are fooled into thinking its valuable and spend obscene amounts of money on it for God knows what kind of self validating emotion.

[maelstromb]

And unfortunately, many people will buy into them just like they do now without a thought to the long-term damage being done. People say loot boxes mattered to them and piecemealed content matters, but they still turn around and buy the base-game and more anyways without thinking about the long standing effects. It's called ENABLING. Look it up! Rewarding some shitty pub/dev for abhorrent/scummy behavior and business strategies shares a very close resemblance to helping say your drunkard or drugged out sibling get their fix. In the end, you're doing long-term damage AND allowing them to run amok with the belief that what they're doing is OK.

[ElvisHuxley]

When we're all in the metaverse, NFTs will be the new private property. Exciting, isn't it?? /s

[drizzom]

****ing kill me now.

[Mr_Writer85]

I don't get how NFTs or Blockchain would be put into games.

[BrainSyphoned]

They know FFXIV hardcore players will Squid Game each other for a Fat Cat NFT.

[Hofstaderman]

I laughed so loud I squirted the Pepsi I was drinking out of my nose. Kudos to you sir.

[Knightofelemia]

I would expect this from EA or Activision but SquareEnix wow

[gold_drake]

they've been on this path for a while now. maybe not so much for their console games, but mobile? absolutely.

[Inverno]

That's fine, but once they start becoming a problem because you're shoving it into the games themselves then don't be surprised when your actual fans stop buying your games. Square has almost consistently come out a year after almost every game they've released to say they're games have sold less than what they expected. With those 70 dollar PC games they think they can push out they're gonna have quite a reality check

[isarai]

Ok f@#k right off then

[TheExecutioner]

This is a business with lot of potential benefiting them and consumer.. Why would gamers get upset or think too

[enkiduxiv]

Looks like another developer that needs boycotting. If you have to buy anything they publish, just do what I do and buy it used. At least you aren’t directly contributing to their profits that way. I think it’s worth doing with all the major publishers these days with maybe the exception of Capcom.

[gold_drake]

cause square is money hungry. they have been for a long while now.

they dont care quite honestly. just look at some of their mobile games ha. some of the MTs are ridiculous.

[GhostScholar]

I beg gamers to refuse to buy game related nfts. We can keep it out of the industry if we don't buy it. Microtransactions are bad enough

[Anomander]

THAT"S A HARD NO! What kind of Degen idea is that!

[L1ghtz4lyfe]

Remember when DLC was introduced and we all questioned why we were paying for stuff we thought should have came with the game day one? Remember when it became normal? Most kids probably don’t even have memories of games that came without patches or day one updates because they don’t exist anymore. At least with DLC your getting some sort of product. I can just see the pre-order bonuses and special NFT editions now. If this is the future of gaming my favorite hobby will lose its status as a hobby and place in my life. I’m not going to be one of those “it is what it is, we have to if we want games” consumers. Obviously just my opinion, but voting with your wallet is still important.

[moriarty1889]

Utter trash.