Sony's Patent Filing Suggests Company is Eyeing Web3 Integration for PlayStation

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), the company behind the well-known game console PlayStation, has filed a new patent allowing players to share NFTs across multiple platforms.

It appears that even crypto winter hasn't stopped the company's interest in NFTs. Its latest filing signals the company's vision to revolutionize the gaming experience.

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The filing, dubbed "NFT framework for transferring and using digital assets between game platforms," summarized the intended features by stating:

Responsive to the determination, the NFT is provided to the first end-user entity so that the digital asset may be used, via the NFT, across plural different computer simulations and/or across plural different computer simulation platforms.

The basic premise of the NFT's patent filing is that players will receive rewards in NFTs. On top of that, the filing revealed that digital collectibles are set to serve as character skins or provide other in-game features.

Sony's patent calls for a system allowing users to transfer their assets across various games and platforms. The company noted that it would enhance gameplay, making it possible to share ownership rights of in-game items via NFTs.

While the company appears optimistic about the NFT plan, the issue of fairness should be considered. When a game is released, various content creators and online influencers are typically given early access. As such, it might place other players at a disadvantage when finding the NFTs.

However, if successful, it would introduce NFTs to a huge chunk of the gaming industry. At the end of 2022, Sony had around 112 million users on its PlayStation Network. The network includes the latest PS5 consoles as well as older generation consoles.

It is not the first Web3 application Sony Group has filed. In September 2022, Sony Music filed a trademark application for the Columbia Records logo.