In the past year, the most popular words are not "meta-universe", "decentralized finance" (DeFI), "non-fungilbe token" (NFT), the United States technology giants represented by Meta (Facebook), Amazon, Apple, Google, microsoft have long been involved in the meta-universe industry.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the normal life, study, work and entertainment activities of human beings, accelerated the digital transformation of the whole society, and the internet upgrade is producing a new economic development model. The meta-universe economy is still in its infancy, but the competition between technology giants is as fierce as the hot scene of popular games.
Today, we are at a stage where almost all existing industries are being stirred up by blockchain, and gaming is no exception. With the rise of blockchain-based gaming and NFTs, a new game mode has emerged that has once again changed the rules of the game. 2021 has already seen the emergence of the P2E (Play while Earning) game mode. It also provides players with a source of ownership and income.
Documentary under the Philippines, and Axie
Last summer, a documentary called PLAY-TO-EARN: NFT Gaming in the Philippines made the blockchain game Axie Infinity famous and YouTubers learned about the small Southeast Asian country of the Philippines.
This Pokémon-inspired game has a simple setting: players buy three small pets (Axie, A crab) through virtual currency, use them to breed new pets to fight, and then sell their excess pets to others for profit.
Today, the game's official website has introduced 2.8 million daily active users. When Filipinos were able to earn $3,000 a month during the pandemic (which is far more than they could earn from their work), "playing and earning" became a huge hit, and Axie Infinity also needed a higher threshold to start playing.
Marble hero Marbleheroes
After careful study and analysis of the market, it has been found that many blockchain games, especially the NFT+gamefi type of the so-called metaversic concept, have failed due to lack of logic and lack of innovation. In the representative works of strong storage capacity and market development, they are in line with the direction and ideas we are good at. After repeated deduction and creation by the team, a set of innovative gameplay has been sorted out, which is not only play to earn, but also integrates the war chess style and a perfect economic model in addition to the basic characteristics of card games, and finally shapes it with a fairytale creative imagination - Marble Heroes.
Pinball Hero's vision is to create a virtual world where players can create, own and monetize their gaming experience with "Pinball Heroes" tokens. It is hoped to disrupt existing game production by providing creators with true ownership of their creations (i.e., NFTs) and removing centralized ownership, control, and censorship of household content. Pinball Heroes focuses on creating a deeply immersive world, and we plan to create a suitable environment for talents around the world to create more wealth and realize their potential in the metaverse of "Pinball Heroes".
The road ahead is wide
Today, it is estimated that more than 3 billion people around the world are playing some form of video game. The industry is worth more than $330 billion and aims to break the $5 trillion mark by 2028.
According to deloitte's 2022 Technology, Media & Telecom Industry Forecast, the vast majority of 14-24-year-olds in the U.S. rank games as their favorite form of entertainment. I'm afraid this is true among young people around the world, and almost all people in the industry believe that games are closest to the metaverse and may become the future of the content industry.