Those who have kept up with recent gaming news will know that companies see major money-making opportunities in NFTs. Many of these companies boast that NFTs will change the future of gaming for the better, but it remains difficult to imagine a future in which NFTs aren’t used in exploitative ways like microtransactions. Last week, Sega did offer some hope by saying it would not pursue NFTs if the playerbase’s negative reaction to them continues. However, recently surfaced news may lead to alarm among NFT opponents, as it shows that Sega already filed a trademark for its own NFTs in December 2021.
VGC reported on this news, stating that the Japan Patent Office just published a trademark filing containing a ‘Sega NFT’ logo. Although the logo itself looks like a rough draft, it does suggest Sega has already made quite a bit of preparation in case it chooses to jump into the NFT market.
What gives?
Despite the logo and trademark, it remains uncertain whet… Source: https://www.pcinvasion.com/sega-registered-trademark-nfts-december-2021/
Sega registered a trademark for NFTs back in December
Console GamingTime Stamp: January 14, 2022 4:00 PM