Square Enix promises “decentralized games” in 2022 as well as big investments in the cloud
What would a Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, or Deus Ex look like if they were partially powered by the blockchain and players could make money from their contribution?
You might have an answer to this question soon: the president of Square Enix, Yosuke Matsuda, revealed that one of the company’s New Year’s resolutions was to launch “decentralized games” as early as this year 2022.
Square Enix promises “decentralized games” in 2022
Yosuke Masuda’s letter evoking the strategy for the coming year does not give any details, but we can clearly feel the position of the cautious optimist, so to speak. Which is not surprising when you consider that other studios have suffered a cold shower while trying their hand at NFTs. In the words of the President of Square Enix:
“A wide variety of motivational sources will be able to inspire gamers and get them to engage with games and connect with other gamers. Blockchain-based tokens will allow this. By building a viable token economy in our games, we will be able to ensure the autonomous growth of the game. It is precisely this kind of ecosystem that lies at the bottom of what I call a ‘decentralized game’ and which, I believe. hope will become a major trend in video games in the future. We will keep an eye on changes in society in this area while seriously listening to the many communities that make it up, and we will focus our efforts to develop a business accordingly, always keeping in mind the launch of our own tokens. in the near future.”
Yosuke Masuda is not citing any specific game in this letter, so fans have nothing to worry about at this time. The giants of tech, and video games, like to be able to say that they were present, that they are present, in new trends, as soon as they arrive.
Square Enix has however remained far from the flagship concepts that have emerged in recent years. Instead, the company comes to dip a toe in the water, so to speak, perhaps precisely to take the temperature of its community of fans in the face of the possibility of the introduction of tokens.
As well as large investments in the cloud
Square Enix also promises for 2022 “big investments in the cloud”, without specifying whether it is cloud gaming or not.
“We are exploring what we can do in the cloud from two main perspectives, the first being to use cloud technologies to distribute content and the second to develop content that offers customers new forms of entertainment through the properties of the cloud.”