Square Enix wants to continue making blockchain games

For the new year, Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda issued a letter to investors, gamers, and other interested parties about the publisher’s future plans. This is how we learned last year that Square Enix is ​​in Invest in NFTs and want to create an incentive for players. In 2022, this decision is actually implemented, starting from New NFT Store, where users can purchase Final Fantasy NFTs, among other things. A little later, a rather ambiguous teaser followed, which many players thought was an exact copy of Parasite Eve. Unfortunately, this turned up As another NFT projectallowing players to “reveal history” in the spring of 2023.

More blockchain games are coming from Square Enix in 2023

Unsurprisingly, the publisher’s attempts at blockchain were not well received by gamers, and Square Enix had to contend with a lot of criticism. He explained that though only a handful of users are actually interested in any of the NFT projects Matsuda in his message this year, Square Enix is ​​still focused on developing blockchain-based entertainment and plans to announce several more games using blockchain technology in 2023.

“In terms of new business areas, we have identified three investment focus areas in our mid-term business plan. Among them, we are more focused on blockchain entertainment, to which we have devoted unremitting efforts in investment and business development. Looking from the outside, I can say that Blockchain has gained recognition big in 2022, as evidenced by ‘Web 3.0’ which has become an established buzzword among entrepreneurs.”

“Our group is developing several blockchain games based on original IPs, some of which we announced last year, and we are making preparations that will allow us to unveil more titles this year. […] Blockchain has created both excitement and disruption, but with this in mind, we hope that blockchain games will enter a new phase of growth in 2023.”