Gaming and blockchain are a match in more ways than one! Like you say the microtransactions and paid content will play a big role for starters, but I think the whole model might change.
Of course we know pay-to-play, and you mentioned the freemium model as well. But I think with blockchain underlying games, we might even see a new model arise: Paid-to-play, which similar to how Steemit works, doesn't cost money but actually pays the player for playing the game.
How it would work best I'm not sure, there are multiple ways, from mining in minecraft-type games to just finding loot on monsters. I think there were already gold-farmers in games like World of Warcraft, but it's going to be insane in the world of tomorrow. Who knows, jobs might actually migrate to online virtual worlds... instead of chopping down trees in real life, we will be chopping down trees for lumber in minecraft games, to sell to virtual consumers? If virtual money has value then perhaps virtual lumber does too.
That does happen, not with e.g. lumber, but rather the creation of accounts, levelling them up and reselling them. Child labour or bots at their horrible best. I have old game accounts which could probably sell for a small fortune.
Great trip down memory lane! Blockchain is so revolutionary and ita potential will be seen in various places but agreed that here it is definitely a great match to develop.
Thanks, I'm working on the rep, but it's slow going. I work all day and a single post takes many hours. Steemit rewards quantity over quality - unfortunately. And apart from an experiment or two, I don't use bots.
i remembered those 5.25" floppy disks man went my friend hse to copy the files and some of them took so many disks. thumbdrive and cloud storage are so convenient now =)
i was a hardcore gamer in the past, spend so much time and resources on them especially world of warcraft and dota and mobile gaming last few years. Wish i could have use those time and resources on btc earlier haha or maybe steemit 2 years ago.
Gaming and blockchain are a match in more ways than one! Like you say the microtransactions and paid content will play a big role for starters, but I think the whole model might change.
Of course we know pay-to-play, and you mentioned the freemium model as well. But I think with blockchain underlying games, we might even see a new model arise: Paid-to-play, which similar to how Steemit works, doesn't cost money but actually pays the player for playing the game.
How it would work best I'm not sure, there are multiple ways, from mining in minecraft-type games to just finding loot on monsters. I think there were already gold-farmers in games like World of Warcraft, but it's going to be insane in the world of tomorrow. Who knows, jobs might actually migrate to online virtual worlds... instead of chopping down trees in real life, we will be chopping down trees for lumber in minecraft games, to sell to virtual consumers? If virtual money has value then perhaps virtual lumber does too.
That does happen, not with e.g. lumber, but rather the creation of accounts, levelling them up and reselling them. Child labour or bots at their horrible best. I have old game accounts which could probably sell for a small fortune.
Great trip down memory lane! Blockchain is so revolutionary and ita potential will be seen in various places but agreed that here it is definitely a great match to develop.
Indeed there is. Stay tuned for the next episode.
Wow, you brought back a lot of memories with this post..LOL.
Yeah, I was getting pretty lost in nostalgia writing it!
Great post, so many memories I forgot I had - can't wait for Part 2.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the comments.
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Your posts are just amazing. I don't know why you still have such a low reputation!
Thanks, I'm working on the rep, but it's slow going. I work all day and a single post takes many hours. Steemit rewards quantity over quality - unfortunately. And apart from an experiment or two, I don't use bots.
i remembered those 5.25" floppy disks man went my friend hse to copy the files and some of them took so many disks. thumbdrive and cloud storage are so convenient now =)
i was a hardcore gamer in the past, spend so much time and resources on them especially world of warcraft and dota and mobile gaming last few years. Wish i could have use those time and resources on btc earlier haha or maybe steemit 2 years ago.