During Square Enix’s Shareholders 2022 Meeting Report (thanks to Japanese Twitter user and blogger Michsuzuki for their original reporting and Siliconera for their surfacing the info) the RPG publisher delved deeper into their blockchain plans. Apparently, the publisher hopes to offer NFTs that will somehow deliver story content (how that will work, I’m not sure). That said, Matsuda is still cautious about embracing blockchain for major franchises like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, as he realizes fans have certain expectations about those franchises… It makes sense for Square Enix to experiment before going whole hog with blockchain, but make no mistake, if those experiments work out, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest NFTs are probably going to happen. That said, things are moving relatively slowly for now, with only some SE mobile games embracing blockchain tech for now. What do you think about all of this? Is there any stopping Square Enix’s march toward blockchain? Could they actually do something interesting with the tech?
