The beautiful thing about web 3 applications is that they offer users an opportunity to directly earn from usage. One of such developments in the space is blockchain games and unlike traditional gaming where players don't receive a part of the proceeds, these games carry players along.
For a long time, blockchain games have been lagging behind the traditional gaming scene. For what it is worth, it's not even a fair comparison to compare traditional platforms that have been around for a gazillion years before blockchain games even started existing.
For traditional games, emphasis is placed on ensuring the users are supremely entertained, this way you totally forget about the fact that you're paying for it. This is something that blockchain games tend to struggle with.
In recent times though, some blockchain games have been taking steps to break the borders. When you look at games like Splinterlands, Gods Unchained and Aie Infinity, for example, you see games with robust systems, dynamic gameplay features and regular updates that keep players/investors coming back for more.
In the coming years, there will also be games like Psyber X developed by Royal Reptile Studios, that while being blockchain games with the underlying play to earn mechanism, will also be going toe to toe with traditional platforms like HedgeHog studios and the likes.
Games like Psyber X will not only be blockchain games but will also thrive as products that normal gamers can easily get into.
Games like Psyber X will also offer an easy route for people like me in Nigeria to invest in the future of gaming.
When you think about the development and evolution of a game like Call of Duty, for example, it would have been impossible for me to invest in their shares or whatever they call it. Not sure if they're a publicly-traded company, but the point is that it would have been impossible to be an investor.
Blockchain games make it much easier to be both an investor and a player of the game. Through the tokenisation of their shares and assets within the game, people can simply participate in the system and become part owners in the process.
I like using Splinterlands as an example and if you haven't signed up yet, please use my referral link here. The game is thriving and while being a fun game, it has also turned into a movement of sorts.
Splinterlands has a thriving community with mutual interests that all want the success of the project. Each individual has part ownership of the game based on assets, and tokens that are distributed within the game.
This sort of ownership through token and asset distribution is only possible with blockchain technology. This particular feature also ensures that you can benefit from the revenue of the product wherever you are in the world.
Blockchain technology has empowered people across borders. It really doesn't matter where you're from, you can be a shareholder and this is the most endearing part for me.
I play video games on platforms that don't even have provisions for my country and the only thing I can think about while playing is how much better it would be if this were on a blockchain.
I have always felt that the gaming community will be the strongest frontier in the adoption of blockchain technology. Things are progressing nicely but we're still not there yet.
In the coming years, I can see blockchain technology absorbing a lot of the traditional gaming platforms. When these companies realise how much easier it is to onboard users and also how they'll be even more successful with a more distributed form of value, they'll be onchain in a flash.
