2y ago

Sega calls video games that use blockchain technology 'boring'

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’.

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2y ago

gamerkick.com /d/109-sega-calls-video-games-that-use-blockchain-technology-boring

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2y ago

Sega calls video games that use blockchain technology 'boring'

gamerkick.com /d/109-sega-calls-video-games-that-use-blockchain-technology-boring

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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.
- NFTs solve a problem for digital capitalism: they introduce artifical scarcity.
- 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
What use outside of microtransactions would there be anyway?
- Abusing low wage workers in Indonesia.
- Actually owning games, skins, guns, etc and being able to use them across games
  Also resale
  
  Oh, so you have no idea how games work
  
  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.
  
  The vast majority of companies out there would absolutely not support you actually owning a game or anything you buy in a game. They dont do it now, so why would they ever?
  Even if blockchain was implemented, it would be implemented in a way the keeps the current status quo. Stuff would still be licensed and not yours.
  Its very naive to expect otherwise.
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.
Based Sega
Water=wet
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.
Introducing inequal crushing capitalist economy into your game... Just the escape from reality I needed 🙄

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