In April 2021, when Web 3 mania was at its height, Sega was one of the biggest companies to pledge the future to the “play to earn” scam. Only two years later, and now that it’s completely out of the market, Sega has had a change of heart.
as you wrote at the time, in an article headedSega wants to sell NFTs, you can have sex right away.”:
Sega Japan today announced plans to enter the NFT business by partnering with (and buying shares in) a company called Double Jump Tokyo to sell NFTs not only in character-related tokens, but also in future games.
The announcement didn’t include any details, but as reported by Pocket Gamer, Sega said this was “the beginning of a gradual expansion to various content, including IP currently in development and new IPs to be released in the future.” I hope that it will become.
These plans are now nearly complete. In an interview with BloombergShuji Utsumi, co-chief operating officer of Sega, said the company will “withhold the largest franchises from third-party blockchain game projects in order to avoid degrading the value of their content” going forward. “Shelving plans to develop its own game in the genre, at least for now. ”
“At the end of the day, we’re just looking at whether this technology will really take off in this industry,” Utsumi told the site, excluding the company’s “biggest franchises.” He added that there were no “little-known” facilities. Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Virtua Fighter We continue to see some NFT partnerships, albeit by third-party providers.
But his best quote is where he frankly said: “The action in Play-to-Earn games is boring. What’s the point if the game isn’t fun? ” Hey, you said it was 2021, but I’m glad you’re finally here.
