Square Enix fans hit out at company over NFT plans for 2022 Square EnixSquare Enix President Yosuke Matsuda has declared 2021 as \u201cyear one\u201d for the surge of NFTs. Matsuda\u2019s New Year message offers an insight into Square Enix\u2019s future with blockchain technology. 2021 was certainly an interesting year, to say the least when it came to the popularity of cryptocurrency. Bitcoin and altcoin\u2019s like Ethereum dominated the market, but perhaps the most unique development was that of NFTs. As competitors like Ubisoft attempt to enter the NFT arena, Square Enix\u2019s president thinks 2021 was just the tip of the iceberg. Yosuke Matsuda issues New Year statement \u201cI see 2021 not only as \u201cMetaverse: Year One,\u201d but also as \u201cNFTs: Year One,\u201d said Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda in a statement issued to see in the New Year. Speaking on the potential of Non-Fungible Tokens, Matsuda added 2021 \u201cwas a year in which NFTs were met with a great deal of enthusiasm by a rapidly expanding user base.\u201d The surge of NFTs in the media hasn\u2019t been met with positivity entirely, which Matsuda is aware of: \u201cwe do observe examples here and there of overheated trading in NFT-based digital goods with somewhat speculative overtones.\u201d \u201cI expect to see an eventual right-sizing in digital goods deals as they become more commonplace among the general public, with the value of each available content corrected to their true estimated worth,\u201d Matsuda said on Square Enix\u2019s approach to dealing in the NFT market. Matsuda\u2019s decision to explore the NFT market hasn\u2019t sparked off positive impressions with players, as reactions begin to pour in. \u201cSquare Enix really said \u201cHappy New Year\u201d and started to talk about NFTs immediately,\u201d said Twitter user @RedMakuzawa. https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedMakuzawa\/status\/1477121873821384707?s=20 https:\/\/twitter.com\/sephirothsdoll\/status\/1477134706349166603?s=20 \u201cSquare Enix kicking in the door of 2022 like, \u201cGood news: The future of video games is worse than ever before!\u201d said commenter @MikeDrucker. As more divisive opinions begin to form, it sure will be fascinating to see just how deep Square Enix\u2019s integration of blockchain goes in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Square Enix fans hit out at company over NFT plans for 2022 Square EnixSquare Enix President Yosuke Matsuda has declared 2021 as \u201cyear one\u201d for the surge of NFTs. Matsuda\u2019s New Year message offers an insight into Square Enix\u2019s future with blockchain technology. 2021 was certainly an interesting year, to say the least when it […]<\/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-85037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85037","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=85037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}