During a management meeting on the 24th of December, the CEO of Sega, Haruki Satomi, revealed that the video game company may have to stop with the P2E (play-to-earn) NFTs testing.
According to the chief executive, that is due to the negative reactions by a surprisingly large number of users, concerning the P2E technology.
Moreover, Satomi says that the biggest risk for this project is for the players to perceive it as a way for the company to make money.
If that occurs, then the CEO states that Sega would have no other alternative but to abandon the NFTs play-to-earn project.
In April of 2021, Sega released a statement regarding the company’s first NFTs collectables, as the company’s intellectual property.
However, just as their rivals Ubisoft, the venture did not go according to plan, resulting in a rather low interest from the gaming community.
Furthermore, Haruki Satomi also mentioned during the management meeting the company’s stance on the Metaverse.
Particularly, the CEO believes that while it is an interesting social and practical platform, video games companies should not try and mix the two together.
As a matter of fact, Satomi believes that if a certain game has elements from the Metaverse, it doesn’t necessarily classify as a Metaverse.
And due to this nature, the industry should keep producing high-end video games only.
Consequently, the idea of Sega is still possible, considering that the testing phase is still ongoing.
The only thing that remains is for the video game giants to find a viable solution that perfectly integrates the play-to-earn technology, with non-fungible tokens, without ruining the gaming experience of the player.
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