Don't get all flustered. This is just speculation based on a patent without context. The article admits as much. This looks like a item tracking system. People don't like NFTs because we have people paying for worthless gifs. As far as we know Sony isnt selling digital items. The patent doesn't mention anything about selling NFTs which is what people don't actually want. Their is nothing sinister about NFTs on their own.
There is still nothing Sinister about horse armor unless you have to pay for it. The issue is not the existence of loot boxes or any of those things that micro transactions give you. The issue is that you have to pay for these things hence called a micro transaction.
@Crows90 - I think that's what Foxtrot's point was. At the time, horse armor seemed like a silly DLC thing. But it was a harbinger of what was to come. And what was to come is the gradual evolution of greed from game companies. First it was the horse armor, then it was other cosmetics, then it was unlocking things faster, then it was season passes, then ...I forget what they were called, but you had to type in a code to be able to play a game online (or buy access from the marketplace of choice) to combat the revenue loss when your game is bought used. Then came the lootboxes, the battle passes, the tier skips...
I believe that was Foxtrot's point. It began with something seemingly innocuous and it's a simple point of reference for where things used to be in terms of simplicity, versus how complex and money-hungry things have gotten now.
I was one of the people that got the Horse Armor, actually, and I was really mad because I couldn't use it on my unicorn. My entire playtime of Oblivion was dedicated to protecting that unicorn at all costs while I used the paintbrush climbing glitch to ascend great heights! It was so scary to leave him alone and wonder if I'd see him again. As far as I remember, there was only one in the entire game, and if he died he would never come back. So I held onto him as long as possible. I think there was a particularly enormous scare when he got in fisticuffs (hooficuffs?) with a minotaur?
My memory's a bit foggy on the specifics. But I was so sad I couldn't use the horse armor on him. And turning Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion into Unicorn Escort Simulator (not 18+) was very stressful and definitely made me lose interest in continuing. If I ever pick it up again, I will just... not try to find the unicorn. I think my sanity will be all the better for it.
I don't even want to think about it being an option bro. Once the gullible as well as those who just want to take advantage starts jumping to these nfts, It will only create an impression to Sony that the majority of their consumers loves it, thus, giving them justification in putting nfts on all of their other services.
Or you're talking out of your arse and didn't even read the article, it's nothing like what they are saying. No one would be justifying this junk if it ever came but going by the information on the patent , that's not even what it's about but hey why let facts get in the way of the fanboy console wars.
"Those who have begun to catch on to the drift might wonder where this technology could be implemented. And some might immediately think about the PlayStation Stars program, which essentially rewards players with said digital collectibles. Of course, Sony was quick to distance the program from NFTs, but this patent might hint that these will be treated as such in the future. Of course, this is just speculation for the time being."
"LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - The market for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) surged to new highs in the second quarter, with $2.5 billion in sales so far this year, up from just $13.7 million in the first half of 2020, marketplace data showed."
NFT were still going strong when they looked at this. One would hope this is just another patent Sony looked at and altered plans on.
So if you read the article you'll see that this author is simply speculating based on information on a patent which doesn't speak about selling nfts at all sooo....this title is click baity.
They're working on digital asset tech in the patent which we already see present in PlayStation stars. Nothing to see here folks...the author speculates beyond that.
I guarantee this is one of those things where it was more "due diligence" than anything else. Given all the previous hype & discussion around NFT applications in gaming - some from consumers, though mainly from shareholders & higher ups - they couldn't sit on their hands until it was too late, or not have anything to show shareholders who need placating.
To be fair, I've heard a handful of interesting potential uses for NFTs in gaming (all non-monetary), but I'm sure that's not exactly what any of the big companies were exploring. I wouldn't be surprised if we see an interesting integration of some of the tech, but the only truly interesting, player focused implementations are likely to come from indies, if ever.
That's how I look at it. I'm not all for it, but I can see where Sony could possibly make it better than the current market.
For 10 years Microsoft offered online gaming and gave back nothing to gamers in that time between Xbox and 360. Sony started their pay for online service and gave back more games to play in a year than the price you were paying in. Which pushed Microsoft to start giving away games to play for paying for online.
They could easily do this for this NFT stuff and Service Games. But we'll have to see. If they screw it up, then we can bash them. Funny thing is that you can see some individuals already are bashing them and Sony haven't even started yet.
Does anyone even care about NFTs anymore? I feel like they've all but disappeared, haven't heard much in ages vs a few months back when they were everywhere.
This is really Blockchain which isn't exclusively for NFTs. This allows the items you have to be tied to your account across multiple platforms. It could hypothetically be used to track NFTs but the underlying technology is a thing within itself. PlayStation Stars uses this Blockchain technology to track digital collectables. Even though it's not an NFT and not transferable the collectables still uses Blockchain tech which is described in the patent. Hopefully that helps explain things since the article wasn't written to be informative.
You dare Sony…just…just don’t
Since Sony will be doing it. NFT's will be justified are great now, watch.
That is if Sony decides to go Through with it. sony Patents many things that haven't been announced yet.
Waste of time
Oh hell no. Let this remain as one of those unused patents that collects cobwebs.
Application Date
07.05.2021
"LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - The market for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) surged to new highs in the second quarter, with $2.5 billion in sales so far this year, up from just $13.7 million in the first half of 2020, marketplace data showed."
NFT were still going strong when they looked at this. One would hope this is just another patent Sony looked at and altered plans on.