Square Enix fick hård kritik från fansen efter att VD:n Yosuke Matsuda förklarat att de är intresserade av att experimentera med både NFT, play-to-earn-strukturer och blockkedjebaserade spel, trots att en till synes överväldigande majoritet av gamer-communityt tycks anse att det inte tillför något till spelupplevelsen utan bara handlar om fler sätt att klå spelarna på pengar.
Även om stora delar av marknaden nu börjat vända dessa tekniker ryggen, så står Matsuda fast vid sin åsikt. I en intervju hos Yahoo Japan säger han följande:
In the future, we would like to try our hand at providing 'autonomous game content. Until now, in most games, we provided the content as a finished product and the players played that content. However, there are a certain number of players in the world who want to contribute to making games more interesting, by creating new settings and ways of playing. In the future, we want to utilize the power of these people to create games that will continue to evolve. If, instead of relying on goodwill, we can also provide incentives to those who contribute to development by utilizing technologies such as blockchain, there is a possibility that innovative and interesting content can be created from the ideas of users."
Han har dock tagit till sig av kritiken mot allt detta och säger:
"I realize that some people who 'play to have fun' and who currently form the majority of players have voiced their reservations toward these new trends, and understandably so. However, I believe that there will be a certain number of people whose motivation is to 'play to contribute,' by which I mean to help make the game more exciting."
