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Sega calls video games that use blockchain technology 'boring'

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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’. Sega...

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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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.
- 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
- And also the “games” are all about making real money “play2earn” instead of actually using blockchain in an interest way
  
  "Play2Earn", also called a job.
- NFTs solve a problem for digital capitalism: they introduce artifical scarcity.
- This is mostly because when used properly, you often may not even realize you are using blockchain. For example, your browser is using a technology similar to blockchain to detect counterfeit https certificates. You probably don't even know about it yet it helps to keep you safe. That is how it should be used.

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.

What do you mean you don't want to play a game that let you buy your own plot of land using blockchain? You'll get to experience almost real property ownership here.

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.

Dreamcast Mini now sega let's go
- As long as i get some Powerstone and Marvel VS Capcom on it then i'm good

Water=wet

For the uninitiated, check out this YouTube channel to really see just how horrid blockchain games can get.

What games that using it anyway
- I think Ubisoft( who else lol) released one not long ago.
  
  According to the wiki, that was a platform launched back in 2021, and it sounds like it didn't go well lol. And apparently squenix "said that they consider blockchain technology critical to their growth." LOL

Introducing inequal crushing capitalist economy into your game... Just the escape from reality I needed 🙄

The same ones that try push it ?

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