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by Blackthorn 1429 days ago
> The problem I have with all these Web3 games is they are incredibly expensive to participate in.

That's certainly one problem. I think a bigger one, if the price ever becomes a non issue, is that the games just kind of suck.

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Exactly. They totally suck, and the tokens don't add value. The "metaverse" in the context of crypto is bullshit and I believe it will ultimately be a market fail. Those promoting this crap are only interested in selling the tokens, they don't care about building the world.

I like cryptocurrency. An NFT can be a nice way to hold a position in a liquidity pool or some type of debt.

A game designed for entertainment purposes is different. If you're making a game, and you want to sell items, just sell them for dollars, cryptocurrency, gold coins or whatever money you want to accept. The value is in the game engine and running the server hosting the world, not in some tokens. The tokens mean nothing outside of the game engine, so why bother.

It is very similar to how most MLM products are of really awful quality.

The "product" is actually the investors themselves. That is how the people at the top of the pyramid make money