Sony continues to look for new axes for the PS5 and its future consoles. One of them is revealed through a patent, and it may confuse many players.
Trophy hunting has become quite an art for PlayStation gamers. Self-transcendence, pleasure in exploring new facets of a game, acute collecting… These little rewards have become inseparable from Sony consoles. While a few rare platinum trophies can be used to collect in-game bonuses, players collect them above all for sport. The new PlayStation Stars loyalty program asks you to collect some occasionally to boost points leading to a voucher, but it stops there. Sony does not seem to want to capitalize on this aspect of its ecosystem in the future, however, but it is keen to reward gamers. No, it will not be with vouchers or attractive benefits. Do you feel them coming?
Soon NFT on PS5?
Have you dreamed of being rewarded for your hundreds of platinum trophies? Sony obviously has other projects in mind. The Japanese manufacturer is investing heavily in the research and development of its video game branch and is looking for new ideas for the PS5 as its successors. Regularly, the publisher submits the results of his research to the competent bodies, revealing some lines of thought. One of the latest is in-game player achievements that he wants to reward…with NFTs. Their value would depend on the content of the action performed, much like the different grades of trophies (bronze, silver, gold, platinum).
PlayStation is then studying the possibility of earning NFTs independently of trophies, depending on the actions performed in a game or a game. The Japanese giant would explore the possibility of porting its digital assets between several games. This would allow players to transfer their earned rewards to different productions. Sony would then experiment with several technologies internally to facilitate this transition from one game to another, in particular to ensure that the ” attributes of an NFT is similar between each production. ” This allows players to use their rewards in different contexts and enhance the value and uniqueness of their digital assets “, can we read. These non-fungible tokens would thus take the form of unique objects, one imagines, tags, avatars, outfits and other cosmetics, or ” special privileges in games. »
Complement or replacement of trophies?
NFT obliges, a system of exchange between players is also mentioned, the value associated with each asset being used as a basis to start the exchange process. It could be initiated from “ current or previous game sessions “. If the market is made after a game session, the invitation would then be sent via a post on social networks, addressed only to its contacts. Sony sees it as a way to improve multiplayer interactions, but also ” explore new experiences while leveraging their hard-earned rewards “.
Difficult in the state to imagine where Sony really wants to go with this idea or if it will materialize one day. It should be remembered that most patents never come to fruition and often remain in the state of aborted concepts. There are already fears that PlayStation is ditching trophies in favor of NFT. It would seem more that the American giant wishes to concretize a new different functionality based on these so maligned tokens. From there to what speculation happens on PS5 or PS6, there is only one step…