Play to earn economies as base layer protocols for games

So the question for crypto gaming is: how to create a game that is fun to play, rewards gamers for their hard work, and generates enough revenue to fund continued development? 

This might seem like a good idea on the surface, but it’s not a very sustainable dynamic. For one, it favors investors not gamers. Breeding isn’t a very fun game, but it’s where most of the revenue (and incentive) for Axie players comes from. For another, it builds the in-game economy on a very shaky foundation. Once the flow of new players stops, ... See more

Like the first question I ask myself on any token is, why would someone buy this? And it seems like such an obvious question, but in all the talk on play-to-earn, what you hear the most is some variant of, "Oh, it goes back to the Vitalik story, I wish I could have sold my sword in the game, I can't believe I didn't own my things." And that's all g... See more

While many will try to supplement knowledge gaps with crypto-native VCs/advisors who tout they can handle the tokenomics, in reality, the one-in-a-million game is going to be a result of crypto-natives working hand-in-hand with experienced game developers/economists to take a “player first” approach to solve difficult design problems.