Reasons why play to earn games die

  • They don’t have a sustainable way to keep paying players.

    • Money must come from somewhere

      • New players

      • Membership

      • Play to win

        • Giving rich players unfair advantages

      • Advertisement

  • The games aren’t fun when you take away the ‘earn‘ part.

    • Would you pay Axie Infinity money to play game?

    • Traditional games are fun! People pay those companies millions of dollars to play them - and they expect no monetary return.

    • A ton of play-to-earn games are basically just financial ideas, where the marketers have tried to add a game aspect to attract users, i.e. customers.

  • Human motivation is volatile when paired with fluctuation rewards.

    • External rewards reduce internal motivation.

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  • Many games don’t need blockchain technology.

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