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Vazhox t1_j1z8bul wrote

Blockchain will be the future for video game companies to only sell digital games/assets and keep making money when someone else tries to the said digital thing.

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sirzoop t1_j1z8nli wrote

Why can't they just have their own micro transaction store and allow users to sell their items? That would accomplish the exact same thing and doesn't require the Blockchain at all....

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Revenant690 t1_j1zsica wrote

They can. Each can pay the associated development and maintenance costs... & Apple, Google, steam etc demand their very reasonable 30% cut of each transaction. Credit card companies can charge their 4%.

The devs can even force users to keep all of the proceeds in their proprietary market and issue what are basically digital credit notes instead of real currency. Users only own their digital property in name only and can have their accounts closed, for numerous reasons, causing them to lose access to their digital purchases.

Do you think that is the optimal situation for both developers and users? If you can't see any room for improvement then you're probably right..... The current set up doesn't need blockchain.

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OnlyTheDead t1_j1zerda wrote

It absolutely will not be a thing outside of a very small niche. The vast majority of gamers and developers want nothing to do with it and rightfully so.

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