Play to Earn

what is the basic non-galaxy-brain math for how a play-to-earn business model can work? How can a company give away the product, pay people to play it, and still make money?

We spoke to 50+ Web 3 metaverse companies in the past year. My takeaways, summarized.

Crypto gaming and play-to-earn is a misnomer. “True” gameplay is expenditure of time by the player for sacred entertainment value, not secular economic value. That sacred value can later be monetized, but by being financially motivated first, the atomic value swap (1/4)