Square Enix and Crypto

[DezereDawn]

If the money they get from NFTs lets them buy better servers and fix the random crashes with the game then GO SE! show those furries how it's done!

they have the money, as an fyi, and don't kid yourself, none of the nft money would see the XIV team's budget in your lifetime

This is honestly the most short sighted take i've seen on this in a while, the hardware chip shortage started due to Crypto and you want them to implement it into the game to... fix it? lmao

[lezard21]

This is honestly the most short sighted take i've seen on this in a while, the hardware chip shortage started due to Crypto and you want them to implement it into the game to... fix it? lmao

People that decided to invest in their business produced a shortage while the people that didn't invest in their business faced the consequences by the time they realised they should have invested?

THE SHOCK

e: explain to me how NFT investors are at fault that SE didn't upgrade their servers a long while ago if they already had the money to do so.

[DezereDawn]

People that decided to invest in their business produced a shortage while the people that didn't invest in their business faced the consequences by the time they realised they should have invested?

THE SHOCK

I'm gonna jot you down as a troll and ignore everything you say from this point on if you think Monopoly money is a "business" or that it isn't obscenely wasteful and destructive to the environment, have fun when the bubble pops picking up the pieces ♥

[orakernel]

I sincerely hope that Creative Business Unit III (and SQEX on this matter) sees that all that NFT non-sense (that fun stuff, it's hurting artists more than ever) would be horrible for the game and that it's a bad trend to follow.
If the higher ups say that "the majority of players have voiced concerns about the matter", do they want to repeat not listening to their playerbase because "they know better"?

I really enjoy FFXIV and I sincerely hope they don't stain this game, or any of this company, with anything on this.

[Ezzeloharr]

If the money they get from NFTs lets them buy better servers and fix the random crashes with the game then GO SE! show those furries how it's done!

Clearly you've not seen images of the massive server farms used to mine crypto, which increases scarcity and contributes to SE's inability to procure new servers.

[ItMe]

NFTs & blockchain = unsustainable
NFTs & blockchain = unacceptable

The second they hit FF14 I'm unsubbing.

[Tanis_Ebonhart]

I mean, NFTs will eventually burst and be utterly worthless.

Can't blame those wanting to take advantage of that before that happens.

[Lily_Skye]

I was extremely disappointed to read this morning that Square Enix is embracing NFTs and other crypto-related schemes (as seen in this letter from the President of Square Enix, Yosuke Matsuda).

Much has already been said about environmental harms caused by existing approaches to crypto mining, notwithstanding potential (and, as-of-yet, largely unproven) ostensibly less-harmful alternatives. It is also plain for anyone with eyes to see that the crypto world is chock-full of scam artists, Ponzi schemes, and various other frauds. Beyond this, however, the continued financialization of gaming is a troubling development. Games have already seen the advent of paid downloadable content (some of which is fine!), microtransactions, extortive battle-pass type systems, not to mention lootboxes and the like. The last thing we need is yet another avenue for game publishers to extract revenue from their players.

In his letter, Matsuda writes:



Couching further financialization of gaming as catering to a heretofore purportedly underserved market of people who "play to contribute" is laughable at best. Games are not some new medium; I find it hard to fathom that there is some large market waiting to be served games which they care not to play, but instead to "contribute" to in some way. Frankly, it's hard for me to imagine what is even meant by this. Is tossing a Raise to a fallen adventurer in Bozja not contributing to the game?

On a personal level, this is a very disappointing development. I've been playing FFXIV since the second or third ARR beta, and truly love the work that YoshiP and the FFXIV team have done. However, I am loathe to contribute to the financial success of a company seeking to further financialize gaming, again notwithstanding the other rampant issues with crypto-related technologies.

Gonna have to think hard about whether to continue my subscription in light of this development.

Disgusting

I hope Yoshi-P doesn't let any of that bs make it to FFXIV

Shame on you, Yosuke Matsuda

[Dyvid]

[Nekaru_Infitima]

As someone actually in Cyber Security, and one who understands crypto more than the masses that demonize it. I'm all for NFTs.