SEGA is considering investment into NFTs, other emerging technology

SEGA could be the next major publisher to get into the NFT craze and join Ubisoft, EA, and Square Enix.

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In the next five years, SEGA is prepared to spend a whopping 100 billion yen (roughly $880 million) on games development, acquisitions, and possibly new emerging tech like NFTs and blockchain.

The news was outlined in a recent Q&A session with investors: "In addition, we are considering M&A and investment in new fields such as NFT."

The company is principally ramping up its strategy for a new kind of video game dubbed Super Games, which are huge online-driven moneymakers similar to Phantasy Star Online 2. SEGA wants to have multiple Super Games on the market by the year 2030.

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Interestingly enough, SEGA predicts that only 10-15 billion yen will be used on games development, which includes recruiting new workers and investing in new game engines and environments.

SEGA has entered in a strategic partnership with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud servers to power its new Super Games initiative. Check below for more info on SEGA's long-term plans:

• SEGA wants to create multiple billion-dollar Super Games by 2030
• SEGA to explore new acquisitions as it ramps up Super Game development
• SEGA and Microsoft to trailblaze gaming's new frontier