Sony eyes NFT transfers across multiple game platforms, reveals patent
Sony’s NFT framework aims to integrate NFTs into gameplay, with the technology representing skins and other popular in-game functionalities. Sony Interactive Entertainment, the video game goliath running the PlayStation brand, filed a patent for a framework allowing users to transfer and utilize nonfungible tokens (NFTs) across multiple game platforms. Over several years, Sony’s interest in crypto has been evidenced by numerous partnerships and trademark registrations. Adding to this list, Sony filed a patent titled “ NFT framework for transfer ring and using digital assets between game platforms .” Snippet of Sony’s NFT framework patent filing. Source: patentscope.wipo.int Sony’s NFT framework aims to integrate NFTs into gameplay, wherein the technology can represent skins and other popular in-game functionalities. Summarizing the patent, the abstract explained the intended features: “Responsive to the determination, the NFT is provided to the first end-user entity so that the digi...