Konami is seemingly dedicated to breaking into the world of metaverse and web3 video games, and now plans to launch an NFT platform to let gamers commerce in-game gadgets.

A brand new job itemizing explains the corporate is recruiting a variety of expertise for “for ‘system development’ and ‘service improvement’ to offer new experiences resembling web3 and metaverse.”

“We have been conducting analysis and improvement to include the most recent know-how into video games and contents, and plan to launch a service the place gamers can commerce their in-game NFTs (digital gadgets) by way of a novel distribution platform utilizing blockchain,” added the corporate within the posting.

The Silent Hill and Metal Gear Solid writer claims the transfer will strengthen its construction and speed up its enterprise.

Outlining exactly the way it will use NFTs, the corporate mentioned its non-fungible tokens will seem as usable in-game gadgets, however may also have performance inside fan communities and occasions. Broadly talking, it claims its NFTs will assist followers “work together with different providers and communities to additional broaden the person expertise.”

The firm added that the system it is presently creating is a “distinctive digital merchandise distribution platform” that conforms to the Guidelines for Blockchain Games issued by the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association, Japan Online Game Association, and the Mobile Content Forum.

Konami reiterated its plans to promote NFTs in a fiscal report printed earlier this 12 months, and mentioned it needed to let gamers declare possession of its digital gadgets to “protect content material that has been cherished by our prospects as commemorative artwork.” The studio made these feedback shortly after internet hosting a Castlevania thirty fifth Anniversary NFT public sale.

Now, nonetheless, it appears the corporate is eager to push even deeper into the NFT enterprise with a view to creating in-game gadgets which have some semblance of performance.

Other firms, resembling Ubisoft, have beforehand adopted the same strategy – although it would be truthful to say their efforts yielded blended outcomes. For occasion, Ubisoft launched an NFT platform referred to as Quartz to let gamers purchase and promote beauty digital items in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint for real-world money.

Players, nonetheless, weren’t precisely offered on the concept, and with Quartz struggling to make headway, Nicolas Pouard, VP at Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovations Lab, prompt that gamers have been merely gradual on the uptake.

“I believe players do not get what a digital secondary market can convey to them. For now, due to the present scenario and context of NFTs, players actually imagine it is first destroying the planet, and second only a software for hypothesis,” mentioned Pouard in an interview with Australian outlet Finder final 12 months.

“But what we [at Ubisoft] are seeing first is the tip recreation. The finish recreation is about giving gamers the chance to resell their gadgets as soon as they’re completed with them or they’re completed enjoying the sport itself. So, it is actually, for them. It’s actually useful. But they do not get it for now.”

Others like Bandai Namco and Square Enix are additionally experimenting with NFTs, however as a consequence of considerations concerning the environmental influence of NFTs and the speculative nature of shopping for and promoting digital gadgets, many gamers and builders throughout the business stay skeptical about their utilization