Hay ho @good-karma :)
before I start: My comment may become a bit critical - So just to make sure: Your post itself is great!
Actually, I do not see any benefit from a user perspective provided by peerplays. Ye, it may be hip and cool because it uses blockchain technology, but where is the difference to other platforms? There are enough game and gambling sites where I can use Tokens, Fiat, Bitcoins,.. to play games, so what makes peerplays better? (It is a real question and not ironic - I don't get it :D )
It is not only showing possibility for Peerplays but for Steem as well
Thats the important point here for me. If I, as a Steem user, can directly use my Steem that I've earned in a game to buy ingame stuff without time consuming transactions, I have a real benefit :) And as Facebook shows there is a lot more cool stuff to integrate like inviting friends directly to the game.
Best regards! :)
Real difference I see is that it is dedicated blockchain! Of course other tokens can be integrated and utilized, but imagine if project manage to get game developers on board where they finally have way to build business around without too much difficulty. For example some games you see today have their internal tokens but they only sell it to users to unlock some features, now this process can be handled easier. I am not saying peerplays solves this or that problem that's yet to be seen, it is exciting to watch and try to be open minded about it.
And my original article was about Steem Games just like Facebook Games where you play with friend and earn something with Steem's monetary reward system or pay to unlock etc. so much to explore and to be tried on Steem.
Yes, you are absolutly right - I definitely see the benefit for developers and I guess I also understand the idea. I just wanted to point out that they may have a hard start as (from my point of view) there is no real benefit for the end user.
Right - Sorry for that :) Good to know that you have a vision that goes into the same direction <3
Best regards :)