What Are Play-to-Earn Games? A Guide To Your Future Side-Hustle
What Are Play-to-Earn Games? A Guide To Your Future Side-Hustle
What Are Play-to-Earn Games? A Guide To Your Future Side-Hustle
August 15, 2022
By Jex Exmundo and Rupendra Brahambhatt
Summary
What if things were different? This is where a new breed of games comes in: play-to-earn games.
With NFT-driven P2E games - also known simply as "Crypto games" - players now have the opportunity to take real ownership of their in-game assets, which P2E game developers mint as NFTs on the blockchain.
Another key distinction that P2E games have when compared to traditional videogames is their decentralized nature.
In the budding development of the P2E gaming scene, two types of games have shown great promise in successfully housing P2E mechanics: games centered on collection, and games centered on creation.
So how does this NFT card game implement P2E in its basic gameplay loop? For starters, like with IRL card-based games, certain cards in Gods Unchained are highly valuable, and can even be sold as NFTs. Via an in-game "Forge," players can opt to combine their non-NFT cards, creating a Meteorite NFT Card in the process.
In the third quarter of 2021 alone NFT games generated $2.32 billion in revenue.
The option is there for gamers looking for a way to turn their hobby into a side hustle.
Reference
Exmundo, J., & Brahambhatt, R. (2022, August 15). What are play-to-earn games? A guide to your future side-hustle. Retrieved August 22, 2022, from https://nftnow.com/guides/the-best-play-to-earn-games-for-nft-and-crypto-lovers/