Kiryu went on to list the new business opporunities that Square Enix is looking to invest in, namely: blockchain entertainment/Web 3.0, AI, and the cloud.

Blockchain is just the shitty get rich quick version of the public-facing servers Square Enix already has. They don't need it, so the only reason to jump on that bandwagon is to sell magic beans to gullible "investors."

AI has its uses. As a new alternative to procedural generation it could be used to create more assets, cheaper and faster than by using human artists, and it does have the unique property of allowing you to create arbitrary voice lines, which would be cool for RPGs.

And the cloud... depends on how much they want to keep server-side. Online games are better if you have a dedicated server to handle sensitive information rather than enabling wallhacks by trusting the client to not tell the player where the enemy is, but you also want to be able to do all that stuff client-side if you're offline/the servers are down.