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Anne-Marie Ostler

Sega boss says "play-to-earn" games are "boring" as Sonic dev scraps blockchain plans

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Sega, once a supporter of blockchain gaming, has had a change of heart and is now scrapping plans to make games using the technology.

Speaking to Bloomberg, Sega's co-chief operating officer Shuji Utsumi reveals that the company is abandoning plans to create its own blockchain games for the foreseeable future. "The action in play-to-earn games is boring," Utsumi tells Bloomberg. "What's the point if games are no fun?"

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