In a New Year's open letter, Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda laid out the future of gaming as he sees it. Square, known for publishing legendary games in the Final Fantasy series, wants to be a leader in NFTs, but many people aren't yet on board with the idea.
Matsuda wrote that some people who play to have fun and who currently form the majority of players have voiced their reservations towards these new trends. I think there will be a group of people who will play to contribute and help make the game more exciting. There is no explicit incentive for this group of people.
Matsuda's letter may be forward- thinking, even if current players don't like it. When TikTok first came out, the media covered it as a throw-away, teen-focused app that would never influence culture. Yeah, right.
Futurism is often skeptical of NFTs, theBlockchain and the impact these tools have on society, but it is probably smart to acknowledge that they may be here to stay. It is probably good that some industry brains are trying to use them.
Same old.
Our biggest hang up with Matsuda is that we live in a system that doesn't support unfettered change and equality. When you think of the players who will have the money, time and resources to purchase expensive gaming and mining rigs, do you think they will make up a solid majority?
It is probably not.
Square is planning a more useful gaming industry. The status quo almost always leads to the same Heteronormative, well-funded players rising to the top and perpetuates the same video game drama and industry prejudice we have seen since the dawn of the first arcade stand ups.
An Omicron coin started Spiking because we are doomed.
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