Square Enix wants to develop a story game on NFT/blockchain technology

Publisher Square Enix plans to continue developing a story game based on NFT/blockchain technology. who – which Final FantasyThe franchise won’t have to hold out for this for the foreseeable future.

Here’s what Square Enix said on the occasion From the report of the shareholders’ meeting for the year 2022according to which technologies must certainly be integrated into development processes.

“One of the company’s medium-term goals is to develop blockchain games and entertainment products,” the publisher said.

There are no specific plans

However, there don’t seem to be any concrete plans for a specific project at the moment, adds Square Enix president, Yusuke Matsuda.

“It is still too early to consider the development of the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy blockchain games.”

However, the plans aren’t really new either, as they were recently acquired and finances from a sale Tomb Raider, Former God, Thief and Ken’s LegacyFranchises want to invest in part in NFT and blockchain.

At that time she said:

“Instead of using the proceeds from divestment in new investment areas such as NFT and blockchain, we intend to use it primarily to fund our efforts to develop solid IP addresses and further our growth capabilities in our core digital entertainment sector.”

NFT/blockchain technology has been criticized for being too resource-hungry, leading some to believe it has no future.