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It is hard to call a market with 2.7 billion participants and annual spend of over $150B underrated. But despite its scale, the gaming market has only recently “graduated” from a mass market social norm perspective beyond something kids do when they should be studying or playing sports.

To bring this back to Axie Infinity, it’s a decent game and, honestly, better than most blockchain products I’ve played around with, but my overall verdict is that all of this would be better without cryptocurrencies involved at all.

Existing matchmaking solutions and social tools embedded in most platforms today are inadequate, and much of Fortnite and Minecraft’s success can be attributed to their ability to become social metaverses that could act as a concert venue or graduation ceremony, bringing people together in unique ways that would otherwise not be possible.

There's been a major breakthrough in gaming due to the free-to-play games like League of Legends and Fortnite which act more like platforms, instead of $60/piece one time purchases. Low computational needs – you don’t need a gaming PC to play them.

Games are the next social network. Fortnite looks more like FB than it does a traditional shooter game. For many, the battle royale has become secondary to the party: ex: 11M people attended Fortnite’s live, in-game Marshmello concert earlier this year.

What is perhaps most debilitating for Iger, however, is the simple fact that the rules of the game have changed, and the ambitions have diminished. The glory days of growth and conquest that defined his first tenure have given way to a brutal battle for survival, one in which Iger may be forced to deconstruct the very empire he helped build,... See more

Dope Wars, Briq, Loots, The Realms, The Ninth, and Influence, to name a few, belong to this category.In this article, we would like to explore the strengths and weaknesses of each macro-category.