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’.

  • ConsciousCode@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Calling blockchains in video games “boring” is like calling backface culling “boring”. It’s an algorithm, not a game mechanic. Companies make it boring by treating it like one.

    • EremesZorn@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Backface culling provides efficiency and performance. Blockchains provide nothing that can’t already be done through more efficient means. There is literally no viable use case for blockchain or NFTs in video games, which is exactly why every implementation has righteously failed or never got off the ground to begin with.

    • argv_minus_one@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s an iffy analogy. Backface culling makes for a higher frame rate, which makes the game more enjoyable (or playable at all).

    • alehel@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, but it doesn’t seem like he actually said that if you read the article.

      • ConsciousCode@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        The article is more correct than what I’ve been seeing in this thread - their inclusion doesn’t make games fun, which is correct. People are essentializing the use-cases of an algorithm, some saying NFTs make a game fun (somehow?) and others pointing out that they’re trash cash grabs that seem to actively make the experience worse.

        My mistake, I should’ve read the article. I didn’t think OP editorialized the title.