In March, Sega posted an interview with executives and producers on its group's job site to reveal to the public what it thought of the future of gaming, including streaming, cloud gaming and the recently controversial NFT. Recently, the European and American game website VGC translated it from Japanese to English, which has aroused the attention of the industry.
At the end of 2021, Sega revealed for the first time its future plans called "Super Game", and this time the interview is the details of the relevant details. According to the interview, "Super Game" is not a game, but a number of AAA game development plans "for online and global markets". Group Executive Vice President Neihai Zhoushi revealed that "several" of them have been developed under the "framework" of super games.
Among these games, streaming and cloud gaming are included, as well as NFTs, which can be seen as a vision for the development of games in the next five years at Sega Group level. Inland State History explained that these games are different from the current AAA games, and are "interactive games that transcend the traditional game framework", which is a change made by Sega in response to the current rise of streaming games.
When watching others play games has also become a business, Sega also sees the business opportunities, according to the history of the Inland Sea State, the group will use this to create a new entertainment model.
Producer Masayoshi Kikuchi talked about NFTs in an interview, and he believes that the future of gaming will expand to the cloud and NFTs, which is a natural extension related to cultural and technological advances, and something that has recently been hyped up online. To paraphrase a popular phrase, as Jobs said, "We are at the crossroads of humanity and technology." ”
But for the gaming industry, NFTs don't have a good reputation: they are full of bubbles, and some people and scammers who want to make quick money are also full of them. Blockchain wastes electricity, accelerates global warming, creates more e-waste, and makes graphics card prices rise.
Ubisoft added NFT items to its AAA game Ghost Recon Breakpoint in December 2021, but sales were low, and recently, the FPS game has been announced to stop updating. The blockchain game "Axie Infinity", which has swept the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries, has also recently reported a scandal in which hackers stole virtual assets worth more than $600 million, so in the eyes of many people, the so-called NFT is a scam.
However, because it can make money, se, Konami, EA and other large game companies have corresponding NFT promotion plans, so the announcement of Sega seems to be reasonable. You can also imagine in advance what it is like to add NFTs to Sonic the Hedgehog and Dragon among Men.