Ex-Nintendo CEO Reggie Fils-Aimé spoke about he’s a “believer in blockchain” at last month’s SXSW event.
In a video released earlier this week (April 26) showing the full talk featuring Fils-Aimé. As part of the talk, he spoke about his career at Nintendo to his work once he left the company. As well as this, the Ex-Nintendo CEO touched on his thoughts on the hot button topic, blockchain (thanks, Nintendo Life).
“So I’m a believer in blockchain, I think it’s a really compelling technology,” said Fils-Aimé. “I’m also a believer in the concept of “play to own” within video games, and I say this as a player where I may have invested 50 hours, 100 hours, or 300 hours in a game, and when I’m ready to move on to something else, wouldn’t it be great to monetize what I’ve built?
“I bet I’d have some takers here today if I wanted to sell my Animal Crossing island from the latest Nintendo Switch version; I’d like to be able to monetize that. Blockchain technology embedded in the code would enable me to do that.“
Fils-Aimé did go on to clarify his thoughts on the topic, saying that it can’t just be about the developer making more money. “Now I say that in the context of “it needs to make sense for the player”. It can’t just be an approach by the developer that it’s interesting or it’s a way for them as a development entity to make more money. In the end it’s got to be good for the player, but I see an opportunity.”
The problem is, blockchain just won’t benefit games in any way. Games are meant to be entertainment, not work. Adding ways to monetise it like that will just make people play games less, because it’s highly likely that real life work practices would be applied to game design.
Unfortunately though, companies like Square Enix really want to push things like blockchain and NFTs. But we can hope it blows over at some point.
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Featured Image Credit: Reggie Fils-Aime/ SXSW