Research and Consulting DAO focused on on-chain game governance, economics, monetization and distribution
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Jul 12, 2022 • 29 tweets • 6 min read
1/ One of the core beliefs we have at MetaPortal is that to come up with new solutions to problems you have to study history. This piece highlights key milestones in the history of game monetization. In Part II, we will explore crypto-native methods.
metaportal.substack.com/p/game-monetiz…2/ A crucial thing to note is the cross-section between how monetization, game design, technology, and distribution medium can affect each other. If there is one takeaway from this article, it would be this principle.
Jun 14, 2022 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Following our research on value accrual in crypto gaming economies, we dug a bit deeper into @AxieInfinity and looked at value accrual to treasury vs. value extraction (or incentives paid) to players in SLP. Read on for some interesting lessons👇
We looked at value accrual to the Treasury, net SLP mint rate and DAUs. We calculated value accrued vs extracted in $ terms, as a ratio and also on a per player basis.
Mar 3, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Yesterday, we released the MetaPortal Gaming Index - $GAME making it easy to invest in crypto gaming. The gaming market as a whole is projected to be worth $269bn by 2025. And we think crypto gaming will capture a growing share of that! Quick thread👇
metaportal.substack.com/p/introducing-…2/ In 2021, the global gaming market was worth $175bn, with roughly 3.1 billion gamers globally. Some estimates are even larger with @BitkraftVC and @naavik_co report suggesting that the gaming industry is nearly twice as large as reported, at $336B.
1/ Today, we are announcing a couple of things. First is a slight change to the objective of the Metaverse Index, $MVI, and second is the introduction of MetaPortal token categories, including their impact on inclusions in MVI.
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2/ The understanding of the Metaverse and the narrative around it has continued to evolve since we launched MVI in April 2021. Things are starting to click.