A new PlayStation patent shows Sony has been exploring ways in which NFTs could be used and traded across different games and platforms
) is titled ‘NFT Framework For Transferring And Using Digital Assets Between Game Platforms’.
“As recognized herein, in some applications such as computer/video games, an NFT might represent the artwork or an asset in the game , but current systems are technologically inadequate for the owner to use the asset across different games and platforms,” reads a summary. “Accordingly, as further recognized herein, the functionality of the game may be enhanced by enabling gamers and/or spectators to exclusively use the asset and possibly transfer its rights to others via NFT”.One example given is players obtaining a unique skin in a game that can then be used in other titles and even on different gaming platforms.Another example describes rewarding the first person to beat a boss in a game the “right to use hunter-damage weapons in other games per your new NFT”.
“As yet another example, an NFT representing reaching a certain level, score, and/or points accumulation in a particular video game may be minted,” the patent reads. “The NFT may then be transferred to someone else, who may then resume the game where the transferor left off according to the NFT so that the transferee begins gameplay at the same level, with the same score, and/or with the same points accumulation as the transferor.”and blockchain technology in games.
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