Web3 and Blockchain Gaming Will Win Gamers' Hearts, Right?
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Gamers will go for blockchain, web3, games...! Give me your thoughts in the comments.
A change in the status quo, tradition, customs, or ‘normal’ often meets criticism, skepticism, and repulsive attitude from society or communities. The same is the case with Web3 and its integration into gaming.
However, the mainstream audience and their grievances hold weight as there are myriad challenges in the niche. Starting from scams to hacking, boring gameplay to poor graphics, massive initial investments and to top it all off, the primary purpose of playing video games is lost.
However, the upcoming Web3 games are addressing these issues and improvement is by leaps and bounds. The upcoming blockchain games are playable on PC, console, as well as mobile with AAA titles.
One such example is the game Shatterpoint, an action RPG inspired by the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The game has a single-player campaign and multiplayer modes based on seasons.
The decorated avatars of top players reset every season and the players have to start from scratch. So, the idea is to turn top-performing player avatars into NFTs with a limited amount per season. The minted avatars will stay permanent and players will also have the choice to sell them in a marketplace.
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Additionally, new games do not require players to break their bank as many are free to play. And most importantly, the games are made with a focus on fun, not economics.
Another example is the Rabbit Hole game which started with the NFT collection of cute little rabbits. The collection sold out in minutes and people were inquiring about the video game, movies, and animations based on the same NFTs.
The Rabbit Hole game is already under development with the creators making it a fun game so that people actually want to play it.
Lastly, the wild west persona of Web3 is changing with regulators playing a crucial role. The key also lies in safeguarding gamers from crypto speculators.
It seems that it will take at least a one more year before gamers will actually start to make some lunch money whilst playing their favorite games and that too without any worry. So PLAY AND EARN.
Some of you wanted to know what W3 Play is doing. A company that I am involved in. Well, to keep it very short; W3 Play wants to become the best central destination to discover play to earn games. Or as we say; Solving Discoverability in a decentralized World. More about the company, you can read here.
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2yI may sound out of loop but IMO, another way web3 games may work is by focusing on non-gamers. The HC category did this and saw a massive success. They play games just for fun, to pass leisure time. If games can bring some utilities alongside without too much jargons, that can be a favorable adaptation for these gamers.
Business Support Associate at Midcontinent
2yThere is nothing that can be done better on the blockchain, than off it.
Most of the responses here talks about “making a good game” as what needs to be done for web3 games to have meaningful breakthrough. While it’s true that having a fun game is fundemental to driving customer engagement. It’s not always the answer for a commercial successful product. Let’s look at f2p / mobile / social games in the last decade. There are plenty of examples of success that a traditional developer would not consider as a fun game or a good game in the classical sense. I never found the SLG games Kabam built to be fun. Yet they are sticky as hell because it’s built from the ground up to utilize what the emerging platform was innovating on (micro-transactions). With the same lens, I would venture to say that what makes web3 unique is the empowerment of consumers. NFT projects are very much community centric. Having the right whale buying into your community can mean the difference between a blue chip status and a dud. With the advent of DAO structures, we are going to see a lot more open and democratization of the product dev cycle. Sure, these concepts are not entirely new in web2, but they have never brought the same kind of impact and rewards to the consumers before.
Awarded serial entrepreneur | Tech Director @ Learning Heroes | AI | Blockchain | Web3
2yThe problem with most Blockchain games is that they are made with a business mindset and approach. This happens to most Metaverses or at least the more popular ones. Gamers don't care about what brands are there in a project, they care about the gameplay, the story, the mechanics, and the community. I am the biggest supporter of blockchain technology but also the biggest hater of the use we are giving to this tech in the industry. NFTs are great, but an NFT is NOT meant to be just an ownable digital asset with the purpose of getting sold for profit. I'm sure that in the near future some projects are going to break the barrier between the good and bad use of this technology in the gaming sector. Let me rephrase: "break the barrier between the greedy and the useful use of this technology". I'm saying this from the perspective of a professional eSports player. I hope you find my opinion useful. Have a great day! :)
25+ Year Executive with Project Management, Operations and International Business Experience
2yI think that game companies need to make games. And think of blockchain for what it is - a software technology that can provide several "middleware" opportunities that would not be able to work under any other tech platform or software. Such as Digital Asset Security, Transfer, and Migration. This alone can help achieve a great many things that cannot traditionally be done in gaming. But it's not THE game - it's just some stuff going on behind the scenes. But at the end of the day - you have to make a game. Whether it's Unity, Unreal, or "web3" or "blockchain" ain't going to matter if the game is shit. The blockchain doesn't have to be smacking gamers in the face to still be "sexy" and have it's day in the sun. Flawless execution of what it's there to achieve BEHIND the scenes, can be JUST if not more sexy.