Recently, Square Enix sold off some of its most high profile western studios and IPs, including Tomb Raider and Deus Ex, to accrue money to invest in future projects, including blockchain and NFTs. Since then, the crypto and NFT markets have been crashing, so Square Enix reconsidered slightly, confirming other plans to invest further in other western studios and IP. Still, the higher-ups at the company seem to be enamoured by the allure of the blockchain movement.
Exactly what a ‘blockchain based' Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest would look like remains to be seen. While we would like to assume NFTs would be limited to cosmetic items only, there is some talk of using NFTs to grant new story content to players, so NFTs could end up being used the exact same way as an activation key for DLC. Whether or not Square Enix will go all-in and embrace crypto currencies and NFT trading platforms is still TBD.
Square Enix is one of several major publishers exploring blockchain and NFTs for future...
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