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’.

  • lemminer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That’s cause the way its been presented to the public stinks and caters to bag holders.

    • Dark Arc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It just in general is pretty bad, for most use cases a traditional relational database is just … better

      • olimario@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Beyond technological throughput constraints, I just genuinely don’t want the real life commodificaiton of in-game resources.

        I don’t want a market existing around selling my virtual jacket in game, I don’t want loan-terms from fake in-game banks backed by a real-life commodity determining the investment in my guild, I don’t want to think about the macroeconomic impact of an expansion releasing and how that affects the value of my character.

        If a crypto-game actually delivered on the above I bet it would have a playerbase (people who think Eve is too casual), but they’re overwhelmingly crowd-funding/vc-funding cash grabs whose cypto-technological utility is usually less functional than that of the steam marketplace.

        I recognize I’m someone who will never want to play a game that couples its virtual economy to the real-economy (and I think the overwhelming majority of players feel the same way).

        • sauerkraus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          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.