Reggie Fils-Aime Says He is a Believer in Blockchain - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 May 2022 / 2,376 Views
The former President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aimé speaking in a SXSW panel talked about blockchain and says he sees the technology as "compelling."
"I’m a believer in blockchain," he said via VideoGamesChronicle. "I think blockchain as a technology is really compelling. I’m also a believer in the concept of ‘play to own’ within video games.
"I say this as a player where I may have invested 50 hours into a game, 100 hours into a game, or there are some games where I’ve invested 300 hours… when I’m ready to move on to something else, wouldn’t it be great to monetize what I 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 and into development would enable me to do that."
He added, "So I’m a believer in the technology and where it’s headed. But 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 a way for them to make more money. In the end, it’s got to be good for the player, but I see an opportunity."
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Being charitable to Reggie, I think he is imagining a system where only verified save files could be used, and those could be verified by blockchain. This is a bit different from how NFTs are typically used, because there, it doesn't matter if you own the NFT, you could still view the image of Nyan cat regardless. If there was functionality attached to it, maybe it makes sense. It would depend on how it's implemented.
Yes..? That's what videogames are. Paying money for content that only exists in bits and bytes.
If there was a way to make sure certain earned content could only be attained by earning that content or purchasing it, then some people would be willing to do so. Blockchain could potentially make that so by preventing mass distribution of a particular piece of content. Whether anyone should or not buy it is their business. I'm not here to tell them how to run their lives.
Personally, I would just like it if blockchain could be used to prevent hacking in Pokemon.
The storage medium (cd/cartridge) is physical. The game is bits and bytes and is no more or less physical on a cartridge than on an sd or a hard drive, Ultimately, you are paying for the ability to play the game; for the code. I don't see how a digital copy is any less real, regardless of advantages that may come with the data being stored on a CD.
Invisible is not imaginary.
To make things simple, would you pay 60 dollars for a blank CD? Obviously not. So what you are mostly paying for is not the physical CD, but the content on it. There is no reason why the content would be entirely worthless without the plastic blu ray or card that itself has almost no value.
I don't think you can speak for most people. Considering the size of the digital media market against the size of the physical media market, it does not seem you are right. People are more than willing to pay for digital content.
You can't really justify your position beyond appealing to caveman reasoning. I for one think I am far smarter than a caveman and able to grasp the concept of intangible property quite well.
Edit: Just to clarify, he literally brought up what cave men would think. Appealing to caveman reasoning was not an insult.
" In the end, it’s got to be good for the player." Which it won't ever be.
I blocked him on twitter. I also believe in blocking
Well, that's disappointing to hear.
He wants to sell savefiles via blockchain lol. I'm pretty certain you don't need blockchain for bs like that.
W Reggie.
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