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Despite NFT "chaos", Square Enix is betting big on the reviled technology
SirMadsen posted a blog entry in Sirmadsen's Blog
A year ago, Square Enix big boss Yosuke Matsuda said that NFTs and blockchain games would become a "huge trend" in the entire gaming world going forward. NFTs are digital gadgets that you exclusively own, but in 2022 the new technology hit major roadblocks here and there in the gaming world. Steam said no, the Stalker 2 team changed plans, and Ubisoft got a hell of a lot of thumbs down. The backlash has been huge and sales around NFTs have collapsed (according to the Wall Street Journal). Despite this, Yosuke Matsuda continues to underline the Square Enix venture. It appears in a New Year's letter. The company is, according to Matsuda-san, "mostly focused on blockchain entertainment". "Looking externally, I think it is fair to say that blockchain gained significant recognition as a field in 2022. Words that many people probably have opinions about. The majority of blockchain games are under development. The Square Enix boss believes that "confusion" can arise around new technologies before the public accepts them. "Blockchain has been an object of exhilaration and a source of turmoil. But with that in the rearview mirror, we hope that blockchain games will transition to a new stage of growth in 2023. -
HTC may present the flagship phone with metaverse connection in April
SirMadsen posted a blog entry in Sirmadsen's Blog
According to Taiwanese Digitimes Asia, Charles Huang, CEO of HTC, in connection with MWC has announced that the company has plans to present a new flagship phone. According to HTC, the phone, which can be launched as early as April, will have a metaverse connection, which means a focus on AR and VR. HTC has also presented the platform "Viverse" which will act as a springboard into the so-called meta-summary and connect VR games, movies and apps with, among other things, blockhains, crypto and NFTs. In addition to a number of midrange phones, HTC has not introduced a flagship phone since the launch of the HTC U12 +, which took place in June 2018. A phone that received a lot of criticism due to slow and not completely bug-free updates. The company has since chosen to focus on developing VR headsets under the “Vive” brand together with associated ancillary services. The company's latest VR product - HTC Vive Flow - is developed to be paired with a smartphone.
