A thought on #P2E and #GameFi

Consider two types of gamers:
1. The Consumer: players who play for the love of the game.
2. The Farmer: players who play to earn.
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As with any business, the goal of games and their devs is to maximize profit.

For a game to do well in the long-run, you need Consumers spending > Farmers earning.

Anything else is unsustainable since the deficit is paid for out of the coffers of a Game's finite treasury.
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Good games convert many players into Consumers.

Consumers become net spenders when they get >$1 of value out of the game for every $1 they spend in the game.

The challenge is to create >$1 (non-financial) value for Consumers.
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Some common elements in games that make money:

- Entertainment (often from P2P interaction)

- Sense of achievement/fulfillment from winning, perhaps from reaching a new level or beating other players

(What else is there?)
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This framework of thinking about GameFi works for some games only ofc.

If you disagree with any of my thoughts above, feel free to reply or dm me.

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