Holy shit, Square Enix has lost their minds

[looneymoon]

Pachinko Machines are casino slot machines.

You can find the Konami-brand ones at any casino (at least, I have in 3 different cities in North America).

 

[Fiz]

Stupid question: What in hell is a pachinko machine?

Do we know anything about the buyer? Are they going to do anything or just sit on the IPs and sell them off again?

Square is big enough that they don't have to care, it's an easy way to make quick cash.

A pachinko machine is an arcade machine where you launch pinballs up into a vertical "maze" with holes the balls can drop into, a bit like pinball.modern ones are more interactive and gamey.

Thats the best way I can describe it.

 

[JBedford]

Do we know anything about the buyer? Are they going to do anything or just sit on the IPs and sell them off again?

They bought the devs along with the IPs.

Embracer was formerly THQ Nordic, who was formerly Nordic Games until they bought all the IP from the bankrupt THQ, including its name. Then they restructured so now THQ Nordic is a publisher under Embracer, and Embracer separately own various companies. It's structure is very complicated, but they own Gearbox (Borderlands devs), Koch Media/Deep Silver (publisher of Metro, Dead Island, Shenmue III, Mighty No. 9, other games), Saber Interactive (support dev on remasters/ports like Halo, Crysis, Witcher 3, make lower-budget games), and they even own Dark Horse Comics.

After buying the rights to Darksiders from THQ and its dev's corpses, they had a studio of ex-Darksiders devs continue work on Darksiders III (who Embracer later acquired), and set another studio of ex-Darksider devs to work on a spin-off.

When they acquired the TimeSplitters IP, they reformed the long gone/displaced Free Radical Design who are working on a new TimeSplitters game.

And other games companies they've acquired have been operating as usual. I don't really like the mass consolidation in the gaming industry, but Embracer have saved a lot of devs and are allowing a lot of AA and niche games to still be made.

 

[looneymoon]

people here might find this interesting

 

[ForceStealer]

NFT Market Collapses Just As Square Enix Sells Tomb Raider To Bet Big On Blockchain

 

[Makoeyes987]

Venture capitalists and corporations aren't going to let a little thing called "reality" thwart their ambitions of making easy cash at the expense of ordinary people and suckers.

They're just going to keep fisting us with crypto shit until either they get money or the space is regulated and it's no longer a lucrative scam market.

Vampiric capitalism. They won't stop thirsting until dawn breaks or a stake is put through their heart.

 

[Tetsujin]

NFT Market Collapses Just As Square Enix Sells Tomb Raider To Bet Big On Blockchain

 

[ForceStealer]

Tets with the home run gif as usual

 

[Ryeleigh]

I tentatively got my hopes up but apparently Tomb Raider would still be in the hands of Crystal Dynamics even if they go through with the "acquisition".

 

[Strangelove]

https://www.ign.com/articles/climat...-sign-anti-nft-pledge-landfall-brainless-labs

it doesn't have any major names (because i'd expect nothing less of those being the first to jump on these horrible schemes and the last to exit), but i did find it well timed what with this

as i am currently trying to get a specific item drop in a game, can't help but think how it would suck they did this 'play to earn' shit. because if they made it with a secondary market in mind then stuff like the best weapon probably isn't going to be something you can just pick up in a dungeon or beat a certain boss for, will it? what's the value going to be if everyone could get it by playing the game. would all the items (or the useful ones) end up as random drops with low odds to incentivise this. will all the items end up being loot-style with random attributes and stats. would i have to buy into cryptocurrency just to take part or can i use actual currency. what happens when the audience around the game eventually dwindles and there's no new players around to sell your stuff to, how are the items going to 'retain value' then. what on a scale of 'likely' to 'highly likely' what's the chances that the market will end up dominated by groups running pits of workers grinding for ingame items for the bosses to sell while getting pittance in return like warcraft gold farms.

honestly, as annoying as it also is, i'd rather the game makers themselves just sell me a good weapon for like 99p instead.

 

[Wol]

https://www.siliconera.com/square-enix-plans-to-create-story-focused-nfts/

breh, now I'm losing my mind

 

[Strangelove]

wow the most appealing aspect of storytelling

digital scarcity!

how are these story-focused things meant to work. is one nft a copy of the story. is it a chapter. is it like how items and equipment in dark souls have bits of lore but instead of grinding for free to get it (or looking it up online), you pay hundreds/thousands and burn an acre of rainforest to get a jpg of a shield with a bit of flavour text attached

how is any of this meant to be entertaining

 

[Clement Rage]

Won't work, people will just youtube it.

 

[Theozilla]

I really hope that this shit just like remains pie in the sky musings for Matsuda and shareholders, and doesn’t actually amount anything tangible/in reality in the future.

 

[Roundhouse]

I love this thread title.

 

[cold_spirit]

I had a dream last night where Square implemented NFTs into Rebirth.

God you have no idea the relief I felt when I woke up.

 

[Wol]

I had a dream last night where Square implemented NFTs into Rebirth.

God you have no idea the relief I felt when I woke up.

The Rebirth of Wada

 

[cold_spirit]

Okay you can wake me up now please

https://www.eurogamer.net/square-enix-to-release-final-fantasy-nfts

A digital collection of cards celebrating the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy 7 will be released on the cross-chain network Efinity and available to those who purchase items from the physical collection, expected to launch in 2023.

"By using Efinity, fans can experience interactive NFTs without even realising they're on the blockchain. Enjin can establish the next phase of growth in blockchain entertainment, merging curiosity and creativity."

 

[cold_spirit]

Here's a figure that comes paired with a NFT. The fact that it's directly based off of Cloud's OG design, and looks really cool, only twists the knife further. Wild times we live in.

https://store.na.square-enix-games....oud-strife-digital-plus-edition-action-figure

[About digital plus edition]
The digital plus edition is a set product of physical action figure with one each of exchange tickets to redeem digital certificate of authenticity and digital version of the figure. Both digital certificate of authenticity and digital version of the figure are managed by the block chain technology known as NFTs. Digital certificate of authenticity provides proof of authenticity for your original purchase of the figure.
Digital version of the figure can be enjoyed on your smart phone or your PC through dedicated website.

 

[Makoeyes987]

That's a No Fucking Thanks from me

 

[ForceStealer]

You can buy the version without it for $30 less, at least.

But it is crazy that they're pushing forward with something so radioactive that it could wind up losing them money

 

[cold_spirit]

You can buy the version without it for $30 less, at least.

Actually you can't. The regular edition comes with a digital certificate:

https://store.na.square-enix-games....arts-action-figure-cloud-strife-action-figure



The Digital Plus Edition comes with a digital certificate and a digital version of the figure:

 

[Makoeyes987]

Exactly, all versions have an NFT attached. The wording is tricky but every version of this figure comes with blockchain bullshit.

The most irritating thing about this is how FFVII fans are now going to be gifted this cursed figure by their crypto shilling relatives, in a vain attempt to proselytize crypto crap.

So fucking stupid. A mediocre figure attached to radioactive bullshit. There is no dearth of Cloud figures, and I'd recommend the plethora of already released figures than supporting scam token technology that hurts the environment and is used in the most useless of ways.

 

[Erotic Materia]

If they're gonna do some version of crypto currency / capital / whatever, they really oughta just call it 'Gil'.

Just like in the FF worlds, it's often alluded to, everyone uses it to buy shit, but you never physically see it.

Oh yeah, and it's pretend money.

 

[Strangelove]

so it's $30 extra for a little 3d model you can look at on your phone or computer that might just disappear if the company goes under? wow where do i sign up!

to the euthanasia machine from soylent green, i mean. this suck and i hate it here