FFXIV Online dev responds to concerns about NFTs coming to MMO Square Enix, PixabaySquare Enix producer and designer Naoki Yoshida has given skeptical players more clarification on whether NFTs will appear in the long-running Final Fantasy franchise. It\u2019s not an understatement to say the Final Fantasy franchise is extremely beloved across the world. Square Enix has given the long-running series star treatment in the last few years, with polished next-gen remakes breathing new life into classic titles. However, players have raised a few eyebrows with Square Enix\u2019s plans to incorporate NFTs into future titles, especially with how it could affect the immensely popular FFXIV. Now, Square Enix\u2019s own Naoki Yoshida has stepped in to field these mounting concerns. Naoki Yoshida talks about \u201cNFT element\u201d in FFXIV During the pre-broadcast for the Final Fantasy XIV Live Letter stream, players were able to watch producer and designer Naoki Yoshida discuss the prospect of blockchain-based gaming. Translated by Square Enix\u2019s Aimi Tokutake, Yoshida said \u201cbased on how Final Fantasy XIV is designed, we don\u2019t intend on incorporating any sort of NFT element in the game at this point. If anybody is worried or concerned about it, I can clearly state at this time that we do not have any intentions to incorporate that into the game.\u201d While Yoshida may have put Final Fantasy players at ease, the producer didn\u2019t necessarily shut down the appearance of NFTs in future Square Enix projects: \u201cI would love if there is an opportunity to speak to the subject of NFTs in an interview that is completely unrelated to FFXIV, because it is an opportunity for a new business model.\u201d Timestamp of 45:00 The designed continued: \u201cI do believe the vehicle itself could potentially be something that makes the concept of a video game a little bit more interesting. That being said, we would need a specific game design that would accommodate for the concept of NFTs.\u201d Where NFTs will pop up next in Square Enix\u2019s library remains to be seen, as it seems the backlash they caught back in January hasn\u2019t deterred them from their plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FFXIV Online dev responds to concerns about NFTs coming to MMO Square Enix, PixabaySquare Enix producer and designer Naoki Yoshida has given skeptical players more clarification on whether NFTs will appear in the long-running Final Fantasy franchise. It\u2019s not an understatement to say the Final Fantasy franchise is extremely beloved across the world. Square Enix […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}