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Everyone keeps asking: "What's wrong with web3 gaming?" Spoiler: It's not cold start problems. It's not player retention. It's not lack of narrative. Web3 gave a generation of non-game developers access to millions in funding. They thought: “Let’s launch a token, spin up a studio, and build the next... Fortnite… but with NFTs.” Reality: most had never built a real game before. So what happened? • Games got released way too early • Content was nonexistent • No real core loop, no polish • Empty lobbies from day one • And then they wondered: "Why aren’t players staying?" Because the games suck. The problem isn’t player liquidity or tooling. It’s that the people building these games had no business building games in the first place. They didn’t understand pacing, balance, content pipelines, or how to keep players engaged. A lot of Web3 games are just barely-playable prototypes disguised as live games. Why? Because these studios ran out of money before they were ready—or never scoped the game properly to begin with. And it’s not just the games. It’s the studios themselves. • No clear leadership. • No product vision. • No dev pipeline. • No publishing strategy. Just vibes, Discord mods, and Tokenomics spreadsheets. And you wonder why the token is going down only? Now enter AI. Cool tools. Great potential. But let’s be clear: AI doesn’t fix bad judgment. If you don’t know how to design and ship a good game, AI isn’t going to save you. It’ll just help you fail faster. The edge AI offers in this space is to the people who already know what they’re doing. A real game designer with AI is dangerous. AI can scale content, speed up dev time, automate workflows—yes. But none of that matters if the core game is still boring. If the team doesn’t understand games. If no one wants to play. TLDR: AI won't save Web3 gaming. But it might amplify the few studios that know what they’re doing. The rest? They'll just fail faster—with slightly smarter bots. I am still bullish on a select few web3 games, but the majority are going to die and for good reason. Rant overshow more

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Wesley, Very prescient and insightful. Very likely true, couldn't agree more. $CROWN

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We can't spill the beans about the release date of Maki: Paw of Fury, but make no mistake, things are happening! 🫘😎 We remind you that the game is coming to #NintendoSwitch and #PC #Steam and you can play the demo on PC, here ⤵️ >>> Have a great day!

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The man is not wrong.

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would love to talk with you about this, make we make some content about it. shoot me a follow so we can dm.

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Happy to chat and see if it makes sense

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More of this. We desperately need more of this.

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Truth...

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Still not a complete reasoning. The issue is that most games don't need to be web3, so you instead get web2.5 cash grabs. True onchain gaming requires stakes, fairness and immutability. The @LootRealms ecosystem is way ahead of the curve here. Pay attention to @RealmsEternum S1.

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Cold hard truths from Wesley today, appreciate you man, someone had to say it

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Hopefully we look back in a few years and are shocked by how much the games have improved

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Holy shit I’m glad someone finally said it out loud Good shit 💪

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X Freeze

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Real loss. Real ownership. A foundation for players to build something lasting. Most Web3 games have tried to build charts. EVE Frontier is trying to build a society. A deep dive in partnership with Eve 👇 While others focused on short-term spikes - tokens, NFTs, airdrops. EVE Frontier is doing something different. It’s designing for a world where players can build systems, not just stats. Where the game isn’t extractive, but participatory. Where the goal isn’t daily active users - it’s long-term cultural depth. It’s still early, we know. But the structures they’re putting in place - decay-based economies, programmable contracts, player-led factions is the first real attempt we’ve seen at empowering a player base to build something that lasts. This isn’t a product trying to ride a meta. It’s a sandbox built for people who want to shape it. It isn’t devs stepping back. It’s devs empowering. Most games, especially in Web3, still revolve around a core assumption: Devs build the rails. Players ride them. Maybe profit. Maybe not. EVE Frontier takes a different stance. It’s not about stepping back and letting chaos reign. It’s about giving players systems they can actually own, and rules the developers themselves can’t override. That includes: • Onchain logic that governs decay, movement, and scarcity • Smart contracts powering missions and structures • No admin privileges to undo outcomes or patch over losses These mechanics don’t guarantee a good society, but they create the conditions for one to emerge. Ships decay. And that’s a good thing. One of the smartest, and boldest design decisions in EVE Frontier is this: ships decay unless they’re used or maintained. That might sound like a UX nightmare to the average gamer. But it’s actually one of the most important economic choices in any persistent virtual world. In his Substack essay “Land Value Tax in Online Games”, Lars Doucet breaks down how speculative, permanent assets like land often ruin virtual economies: • Whales hoard early and flip for profit • New players can’t access core systems • UGC drops because participation gets gated • Black markets emerge • And eventually, user growth slows to a crawl The same thing can happen with ships, which are essentially land with engines in EVE. They’re the core unit of value, movement, warfare, and trade. So what’s Frontier’s answer? Decay. Not as a punishment, but as a form of soft taxation. If you’re not using your assets, they degrade. This keeps ships circulating. It creates demand for production. And it ensures that value in the economy flows toward active players, not idle speculators. It also means: • No hoarding meta • Lower barrier to entry for new players • Real incentives to engage, repair, resupply, trade In other words: decay drives motion. Not just in the economy, but in the culture. Frontier isn’t play-to-earn. It’s play-to-matter. Most Web3 games still chase extractive loops. Frontier is one of the few trying to build something that’s sustainable and self-directed. The economy has sinks. The rules are transparent. And most importantly, the world can outlive its creators. Because the goal isn’t to farm tokens. It’s to be part of something that remembers you for how you played, what you built, and who you built with. EVE Frontier isn’t trying to replicate EVE Online. It’s trying to extend its promise into a world where the rules aren’t just mechanical, but enforceable. Where loss is serious. Where systems belong to the players. And where you can’t buy your way to legacy, you have to earn it. It’s early. There’s still a lot to prove. But for the first time in a long time, someone is designing a crypto game where ownership isn’t the reward. It’s the responsibility.

Real loss. Real ownership. A foundation for players to build something lasting. Most Web3 games have tried to build charts. EVE Frontier is trying to build a society. A deep dive in partnership with Eve 👇 While others focused on short-term spikes - tokens, NFTs, airdrops. EVE Frontier is doing something different. It’s designing for a world where players can build systems, not just stats. Where the game isn’t extractive, but participatory. Where the goal isn’t daily active users - it’s long-term cultural depth. It’s still early, we know. But the structures they’re putting in place - decay-based economies, programmable contracts, player-led factions is the first real attempt we’ve seen at empowering a player base to build something that lasts. This isn’t a product trying to ride a meta. It’s a sandbox built for people who want to shape it. It isn’t devs stepping back. It’s devs empowering. Most games, especially in Web3, still revolve around a core assumption: Devs build the rails. Players ride them. Maybe profit. Maybe not. EVE Frontier takes a different stance. It’s not about stepping back and letting chaos reign. It’s about giving players systems they can actually own, and rules the developers themselves can’t override. That includes: • Onchain logic that governs decay, movement, and scarcity • Smart contracts powering missions and structures • No admin privileges to undo outcomes or patch over losses These mechanics don’t guarantee a good society, but they create the conditions for one to emerge. Ships decay. And that’s a good thing. One of the smartest, and boldest design decisions in EVE Frontier is this: ships decay unless they’re used or maintained. That might sound like a UX nightmare to the average gamer. But it’s actually one of the most important economic choices in any persistent virtual world. In his Substack essay “Land Value Tax in Online Games”, Lars Doucet breaks down how speculative, permanent assets like land often ruin virtual economies: • Whales hoard early and flip for profit • New players can’t access core systems • UGC drops because participation gets gated • Black markets emerge • And eventually, user growth slows to a crawl The same thing can happen with ships, which are essentially land with engines in EVE. They’re the core unit of value, movement, warfare, and trade. So what’s Frontier’s answer? Decay. Not as a punishment, but as a form of soft taxation. If you’re not using your assets, they degrade. This keeps ships circulating. It creates demand for production. And it ensures that value in the economy flows toward active players, not idle speculators. It also means: • No hoarding meta • Lower barrier to entry for new players • Real incentives to engage, repair, resupply, trade In other words: decay drives motion. Not just in the economy, but in the culture. Frontier isn’t play-to-earn. It’s play-to-matter. Most Web3 games still chase extractive loops. Frontier is one of the few trying to build something that’s sustainable and self-directed. The economy has sinks. The rules are transparent. And most importantly, the world can outlive its creators. Because the goal isn’t to farm tokens. It’s to be part of something that remembers you for how you played, what you built, and who you built with. EVE Frontier isn’t trying to replicate EVE Online. It’s trying to extend its promise into a world where the rules aren’t just mechanical, but enforceable. Where loss is serious. Where systems belong to the players. And where you can’t buy your way to legacy, you have to earn it. It’s early. There’s still a lot to prove. But for the first time in a long time, someone is designing a crypto game where ownership isn’t the reward. It’s the responsibility.

WolvesCo

11,509 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Will the first solo founder to hit $100M ARR be an AI game creator?? Probably... @levelsio just built a flight sim in 3 hours that's now making $67K/month. using grok3, cursor and a cocktail of ai tools. History keeps compressing: 1) The web era gave us Million Dollar Homepage (1 guy, 1 month, $1M). 2) Mobile brought us Flappy Bird (1 guy, few days, $50K daily). 3) Now AI delivers Levels' flight sim (1 guy, 3 hours, $67K monthly and growing). The traditional game economics are brutal: AAA games cost $100M+, indie games need $100K+, and mobile hits demand teams of 10+ devs plus $250K to build and another $100K monthly in marketing. The barrier to entry was skill, capital, distribution, and time. No wonder 99% of them failed. Now, you just use Grok3, Cursor, Midjourney, Cling AI etc to build your games. And you just tweet it out when it's live. Don't need to get into BestBuy lol. "BuT PiEtEr'S GaMe iS so UglY and BugGy" Well, what if people prefer it that way? Like how amateur YouTube videos outperform polished productions, these games create genuine communities. Players suggest features and see them implemented in real-time. They're participants, not just consumers. Couldn't be more different than a Call of Duty and maybe thats what people are seeking. And what's cool is these AI game studios will operate at 80%+ margins whereas typical studios are in the 15-20% after costs. Sam Altman predicted the first billion-dollar solo founder. I'll go further: the first solo founder to hit $100M annual revenue will be an AI game creator who launches 50 concepts in the time it takes traditional studios to build one. The AI games gold rush has begun?

Will the first solo founder to hit $100M ARR be an AI game creator?? Probably... @levelsio just built a flight sim in 3 hours that's now making $67K/month. using grok3, cursor and a cocktail of ai tools. History keeps compressing: 1) The web era gave us Million Dollar Homepage (1 guy, 1 month, $1M). 2) Mobile brought us Flappy Bird (1 guy, few days, $50K daily). 3) Now AI delivers Levels' flight sim (1 guy, 3 hours, $67K monthly and growing). The traditional game economics are brutal: AAA games cost $100M+, indie games need $100K+, and mobile hits demand teams of 10+ devs plus $250K to build and another $100K monthly in marketing. The barrier to entry was skill, capital, distribution, and time. No wonder 99% of them failed. Now, you just use Grok3, Cursor, Midjourney, Cling AI etc to build your games. And you just tweet it out when it's live. Don't need to get into BestBuy lol. "BuT PiEtEr'S GaMe iS so UglY and BugGy" Well, what if people prefer it that way? Like how amateur YouTube videos outperform polished productions, these games create genuine communities. Players suggest features and see them implemented in real-time. They're participants, not just consumers. Couldn't be more different than a Call of Duty and maybe thats what people are seeking. And what's cool is these AI game studios will operate at 80%+ margins whereas typical studios are in the 15-20% after costs. Sam Altman predicted the first billion-dollar solo founder. I'll go further: the first solo founder to hit $100M annual revenue will be an AI game creator who launches 50 concepts in the time it takes traditional studios to build one. The AI games gold rush has begun?

GREG ISENBERG

781,594 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Recently I got some hands-on time with Crimson Desert and below are my first impressions as well as some of the gameplay I was able to capture. Crimson Desert is a good game, but it won’t be for everyone. I know the devs claim this isn’t an RPG, but I don’t know any other way to describe this game other than a HARDCORE action RPG. If you need the yellow paint to know where to climb this game isn’t for you. But if you love getting lost in a whimsical world with a boat load of content this game is going to be right up your alley. I think what impressed me most is the attention to detail. There’s so many little things the dev team took into consideration that I think people who enjoy being immersed into a world are going to appreciate. Even if you aren’t that person; on a basic level I think most will enjoy the game's combat. It’s fast, fluid and provides a ton of player expression with its deep skill tree. The world of Pywel is vibrant, large in scale and full of life. It’s easy to get lost off the main quest line as there’s always something to do and someone to speak to. An example being I was wandering through the open world and encountered a distressed woman seeking help. I agreed to follow her only to find out moments later she was with a gang and they were trying to back door me. That had me cracking up. I think if the open world is consistently full of fun, unique side content like that & the main quest line is fire this game has a lot of potential to impress. It’s just a shame that I didn’t get to spend more time with the main quests as I kept getting side tracked with cool stuff to do in the open world. So I can’t give you much insight into that. What I can say is after the opening section there’s NEXT TO NO tutorials in this game, the puzzles are hard & the default controls are a bit clunky. You will be getting lost and I can see that frustrating some people who aren’t interested in a challenge. That’s why I mentioned earlier that this is a hardcore RPG. It does not do a lot of hand holding. Because of that I predict you and your friends will be sharing tips and tricks similar to when Elden Ring first launched and nobody knew what they were doing. If you are a patient person and take the time to learn the game's systems I promise you will be able to put together some awesome combos that will make you feel like the main character. My biggest fear for this game is that I won't finish it. Not because it’s a bad game, but I can just tell from my brief time with it that it’s next level massive. As someone who's been gaming for 30+ years it’s very rare you’ll hear me say a game was overwhelming, but this game is. For people who lack a ton of free time I can see that being a turn off because once again the game doesn’t give much direction or tutorials outside the opening area. Not to mention this game could be big just for the sake of being big. I was curious to know how much of the content was engaging versus just open world bloat? Hard to tell because I only got a few hours with the game. I also fear that the Ai isn’t the best in this game. The Ai issues I encountered zapped all immersion away for those moments. I’m not sure if the final build will differ from the vertical slice we played, but what I can tell you is that on the build we played I wasn’t impressed by the Ai. Several times I attacked enemy camps and they never reacted to me attacking them. They just stood there and took it which made the world feel less alive. There were also times where enemies were looking dead at me just standing still as the battle music played threatening to beat me up, but they never did anything. It was 3 or 4 times I encountered this poor Ai which is a red flag for me because I only got two hours of hands on time with the game. Mind you in those two hours a good portion of it was just me working my way through the prologue and the early quests, so I didn't spend a ton of time in the open world. What I'm trying to get at is the janky ai was very noticeable. It wasn't something that took long to find. I will say when the game works it's great, but when I tell you the Ai was bad at times it was bad. It reminded me of the dumb NPC’s often found in Ubisoft open world games. I’m not looking for this to be a Souls game but I want some level of challenge in the combat. Hopefully that stuff gets patched out. That being said, I’m confident in saying this game is good. I just didn’t have enough time with it to determine if it’s good, or GREAT. Only time will tell when Crimson Desert drops on March 19th, 2026 for the PC, PS5 and Xbox Series. Pros —---------- - Combat makes you feel like demon - Deep Skill tree - Vibrant world - Solid voice acting - Fire OST - The little details (trust system, you can commit crimes ect.) - No Fall damage - Puzzles are creative & challenging - Game doesn’t hold you hand (some people will hate this) - You can swap in and out of 3rd and 1st person at will. Wasn’t able to explore much of how that changes the game, but it’s nice that it's an option. - EASILY over 100hrs of content (some will hate this though) Cons —---------- - Clunky controls (Default controls take some time adjusting too. I hope there’s other control schemes at launch) - Inconsistent Ai (Ubisoft bad at times. sometimes the enemies wouldn’t attack during combat or act like they never saw you) - Long load times (we were playing on PC’s, but idk the specs) - Your horse can faint & when they do traveling the large world wasn’t as fun (and I couldn’t figure out how to get him back - most likely a skill issue) - Early stamina management is OD. Early game it’s easy to drown & get tired running. I’d imagine it gets better late game, but early game it’s frustrating trying to explore. - Camera takes some getting used to in combat. Sometimes its too close and others too far. - Early arrows have no impact. Felt useless. Hoping later upgrades fix that

Recently I got some hands-on time with Crimson Desert and below are my first impressions as well as some of the gameplay I was able to capture. Crimson Desert is a good game, but it won’t be for everyone. I know the devs claim this isn’t an RPG, but I don’t know any other way to describe this game other than a HARDCORE action RPG. If you need the yellow paint to know where to climb this game isn’t for you. But if you love getting lost in a whimsical world with a boat load of content this game is going to be right up your alley. I think what impressed me most is the attention to detail. There’s so many little things the dev team took into consideration that I think people who enjoy being immersed into a world are going to appreciate. Even if you aren’t that person; on a basic level I think most will enjoy the game's combat. It’s fast, fluid and provides a ton of player expression with its deep skill tree. The world of Pywel is vibrant, large in scale and full of life. It’s easy to get lost off the main quest line as there’s always something to do and someone to speak to. An example being I was wandering through the open world and encountered a distressed woman seeking help. I agreed to follow her only to find out moments later she was with a gang and they were trying to back door me. That had me cracking up. I think if the open world is consistently full of fun, unique side content like that & the main quest line is fire this game has a lot of potential to impress. It’s just a shame that I didn’t get to spend more time with the main quests as I kept getting side tracked with cool stuff to do in the open world. So I can’t give you much insight into that. What I can say is after the opening section there’s NEXT TO NO tutorials in this game, the puzzles are hard & the default controls are a bit clunky. You will be getting lost and I can see that frustrating some people who aren’t interested in a challenge. That’s why I mentioned earlier that this is a hardcore RPG. It does not do a lot of hand holding. Because of that I predict you and your friends will be sharing tips and tricks similar to when Elden Ring first launched and nobody knew what they were doing. If you are a patient person and take the time to learn the game's systems I promise you will be able to put together some awesome combos that will make you feel like the main character. My biggest fear for this game is that I won't finish it. Not because it’s a bad game, but I can just tell from my brief time with it that it’s next level massive. As someone who's been gaming for 30+ years it’s very rare you’ll hear me say a game was overwhelming, but this game is. For people who lack a ton of free time I can see that being a turn off because once again the game doesn’t give much direction or tutorials outside the opening area. Not to mention this game could be big just for the sake of being big. I was curious to know how much of the content was engaging versus just open world bloat? Hard to tell because I only got a few hours with the game. I also fear that the Ai isn’t the best in this game. The Ai issues I encountered zapped all immersion away for those moments. I’m not sure if the final build will differ from the vertical slice we played, but what I can tell you is that on the build we played I wasn’t impressed by the Ai. Several times I attacked enemy camps and they never reacted to me attacking them. They just stood there and took it which made the world feel less alive. There were also times where enemies were looking dead at me just standing still as the battle music played threatening to beat me up, but they never did anything. It was 3 or 4 times I encountered this poor Ai which is a red flag for me because I only got two hours of hands on time with the game. Mind you in those two hours a good portion of it was just me working my way through the prologue and the early quests, so I didn't spend a ton of time in the open world. What I'm trying to get at is the janky ai was very noticeable. It wasn't something that took long to find. I will say when the game works it's great, but when I tell you the Ai was bad at times it was bad. It reminded me of the dumb NPC’s often found in Ubisoft open world games. I’m not looking for this to be a Souls game but I want some level of challenge in the combat. Hopefully that stuff gets patched out. That being said, I’m confident in saying this game is good. I just didn’t have enough time with it to determine if it’s good, or GREAT. Only time will tell when Crimson Desert drops on March 19th, 2026 for the PC, PS5 and Xbox Series. Pros —---------- - Combat makes you feel like demon - Deep Skill tree - Vibrant world - Solid voice acting - Fire OST - The little details (trust system, you can commit crimes ect.) - No Fall damage - Puzzles are creative & challenging - Game doesn’t hold you hand (some people will hate this) - You can swap in and out of 3rd and 1st person at will. Wasn’t able to explore much of how that changes the game, but it’s nice that it's an option. - EASILY over 100hrs of content (some will hate this though) Cons —---------- - Clunky controls (Default controls take some time adjusting too. I hope there’s other control schemes at launch) - Inconsistent Ai (Ubisoft bad at times. sometimes the enemies wouldn’t attack during combat or act like they never saw you) - Long load times (we were playing on PC’s, but idk the specs) - Your horse can faint & when they do traveling the large world wasn’t as fun (and I couldn’t figure out how to get him back - most likely a skill issue) - Early stamina management is OD. Early game it’s easy to drown & get tired running. I’d imagine it gets better late game, but early game it’s frustrating trying to explore. - Camera takes some getting used to in combat. Sometimes its too close and others too far. - Early arrows have no impact. Felt useless. Hoping later upgrades fix that

The Black Hokage

1,175,183 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

Patrick Beverley says if the free throws are even between SGA and LeBron the series can be very interesting: “What I mean very interesting, I mean can go game 6 or game 7. And if you go game 6 or game 7 hopefully you look for Luka to come back, you know, you go game 6 or game 7 this series can go either way. But the Lakers are going to lose by 20 one of the first two games. They just got to revamp real quickly, they can’t panic, you feel me, can’t go to the media and can’t believe we played like this and JJ Redick, no. Y’all going to lose by 20 in one of these first two games, but if they can even the free throws out between King James and the future in SGA this becomes a very, very interesting series.” (Via Patrick Beverley)

Patrick Beverley says if the free throws are even between SGA and LeBron the series can be very interesting: “What I mean very interesting, I mean can go game 6 or game 7. And if you go game 6 or game 7 hopefully you look for Luka to come back, you know, you go game 6 or game 7 this series can go either way. But the Lakers are going to lose by 20 one of the first two games. They just got to revamp real quickly, they can’t panic, you feel me, can’t go to the media and can’t believe we played like this and JJ Redick, no. Y’all going to lose by 20 in one of these first two games, but if they can even the free throws out between King James and the future in SGA this becomes a very, very interesting series.” (Via Patrick Beverley)

NBA Courtside

230,588 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

I’m fully with Demis Hassabis on this. STEM still matters deeply, not because humans will outcode AI, but because we need to understand, steer, and define problems at a high level. At the same time, AI is blowing the doors open for creativity. When technical barriers fall, taste, judgment, and vision become the real edge. The future belongs to people who know what to build and why, not just how. Do you think schools are preparing kids for that reality or are they still training them for a world that’s already gone?

I’m fully with Demis Hassabis on this. STEM still matters deeply, not because humans will outcode AI, but because we need to understand, steer, and define problems at a high level. At the same time, AI is blowing the doors open for creativity. When technical barriers fall, taste, judgment, and vision become the real edge. The future belongs to people who know what to build and why, not just how. Do you think schools are preparing kids for that reality or are they still training them for a world that’s already gone?

VraserX e/acc

58,360 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten