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Sega calls video games that use blockchain technology 'boring' (gamerkick.com)

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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’.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

What do you think about arguments for using it in cross-game "metaverse" type trading? It's another buzzword but it would make centralization of the data hard to impossible.

My intuition is we're seeing the first wave of snake oil salesmen adopting Animal Magnetism Quantum Whatsits to Manifest your Holograms who poisoned the well and drove everyone away, then in 10-20 years someone will have a good idea using it at which point the scammers are no longer around to ruin it for everyone. What do you think of that idea?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There's no value in cross-game sharing of assets, nether for the developer nor the players.

When the game dies so does anything of value related to the assets themselves. The blockchain will probably die too. Someone one day resurrecting the game is a pretty flimsy reason at best to justify all of the negatives that come with blockchain in games, because 2 decades later it wouldn't matter anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Could you detail what negatives come with blockchains in games? I'd like to better understand your perspective and position. I don't know of any games that use blockchains and aren't some kind of scam, but then again it's not a hammer's fault if it's used to bludgeon someone to death. If a hypothetical good dev somehow put a blockchain in, what negatives are there due to that specific inclusion which aren't the result of malicious intent?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The negatives are similar to ordering a hamburger inside a restaurant, and having it be delivered via a car down at the nearest bus stop.

It's just a lot of waste and hassle for everyone involved.