Delphi Researcher: How can blockchain and NFTs enhance player experience and change the gaming industry?

The history of how games are monetized is rife with tensions between developers and players.

For players, NFTs are the latest in a string of schemes.

At the micro level, advertising is something that players have to put up with in order to play for free.

We have to articulate how this technology changes the player experience.

Incentives



Free-to-play games represent a shift in monetization.

You no longer have to pay $60 for a game - you can play it for free and pay what you want.

But it became a contentious issue: paying for content, tensions.



Incentives



First, let's agree that technology is valueless.

We can use the Internet (TCP/IP) for book clubs, and we can use it for cyberbullying.

Likewise, we can use blockchains and NFTs to create any incentive mechanism we like. content technology.



NFTs and blockchains are open technical standards.



Incentives



NFTs can be used to do many different things, and if you deny them, you will invite the mockery of history. Even if I am convinced that most current uses of NFTs are false, I would not dare to say that all possible uses are false.

Welcome_to_Nor's PlayIsFree explains it well: NFTs have a "halo" that digital copies don't.

Even if you right-click to save, the JPEG image on your phone is not the same as the uploaded image.

But NFT is a digital representation of a moment in time and space.

Incentives



So why should you care about this new way of doing things?



(1) Coordinate the incentive mechanism among developers, players, and investors

(2) More creative labor of love is funded than data-driven games

(3) Value can flow in multiple directions, not one-way

(4) Emphasize the importance of community in the game

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NFTs are a better business model for gaming.

Many players seem to be outraged at the game studio selling NFTs.

However, NFTs are also better for players.

Here are the reasons why I think blockchain gaming will be the dominant business model for gaming within a decade.



Coordinate Incentive Mechanisms


When the game is fun, players are happy.

This paradigm shift allows players to have more game worlds that better suit the time they want to spend.

When players are happy, developers and investors succeed. You can lock down the data granularity of the token to ensure this.