Gaming has been about making money for a long time. The amount of YouTube’s videos on reviews and walkthroughs is staggering. That is just the tip of the iceberg.
When the reward from the “game” is steem the game for most is not for fun.
I am not a fan of “pay to play” (PTP) games. Monster cards and Drug wars are PTP games. And can not be compared with the over the counter games out there for consoles (PS4, Xbox). PTP games are by nature unfair because they depend on the amount of investment (steem) you have put into it to gain an advantage over those who did not or not as much.
my son play that fortnite game and spends a fortune on new shit that helps him do more. PTP is getting more and more popular, look at all the game apps in google play. there are tycoon games just like drugwars that are rather high gross earners and there are no rewards attached to them
What is his expectation of a reward for spending a fortune on fortnite. ?
The differance is in the reward IMO. The expectation of steem as a reward makes all the differance.
level ups, more power, better weapons that sort of stuff. The difference is steem can be converted back to cash
That makes all the differance.
game modules allows buy ins to improve ones ability, but non of them allow the ability to cash out.
This creates the expectation of making money and puts the game in a position that the only way it can survive , making its payouts, is for new people to buy in providing the currency for the game to pay out.
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