AAA

Scroogemcdickk

imagine what happens when he sees web3 games overtaking web2 gaming in popularity. I think its actually possible this cycle since the games are good and most of the AAA titles are using the same token as their in game currency (super)

Scroogemcdickk

superverse season. Every week a new AAA game announces they're using SUPER as their in game currency

Scroogemcdickk

Because you don't have enough conviction. You can reignite the flame by aping into shit that hasn't pumped yet, though. I would go with superverse since a handful of AAA games will use it as their in game currency in a few months.

Sjiznit

Which is every TCG tbh. That said there are plenty of 10 dollar decks who perform well at the highest rank. So it isnt that bad. Especially when comparing to a AAA game which will set you back 60 dollars and doesnt have much resell value. Cards you buy, you can also sell again when you stop

Thuffer

Duped again by a click bait title, I'm over here thinking a AAA game studio messed up. Glad it's the cheaters!

Boring-Test5522

Most of the coins are so overvalued There is a coin that list in Binance that is valued at 10 billion fdv. That value is comparable to a mid-size bank in US. There is a gamefi coin that is traded in dex that is valued 350M. They even dont have a game yet. This is surely surpassed most AAA games out there that conpanies spend years and millions to develop. Did the crypto traders lose their mind ?

thinkingperson

[https://www.gov.sg/article/the-singapore-government-has-no-net-debt-we-have-a-strong-balance-sheet-with-assets-in-excess-of-liabilities](https://www.gov.sg/article/the-singapore-government-has-no-net-debt-we-have-a-strong-balance-sheet-with-assets-in-excess-of-liabilities) **Some observers have pointed out that Singapore has a high level of debt as a percentage of our Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”). Some may wonder why this is so given that the Government runs a balanced budget, and whether it is fiscally sustainable. We explain why Singapore takes on such debt.** A country’s debt position is commonly measured by its gross debt-to-GDP ratio, which compares a country’s public debt to its economic output. While Singapore’s gross debt-to-GDP ratio may appear large on its own, it does not consider Singapore’s sizeable asset position. In fact, the Singapore Government has a strong balance sheet with no net debt. Our financial assets are well in excess of our debt. This net asset position is reflected in the net investment returns generated on our reserves, which is made available for Government spending via the Net Investment Returns Contribution. In addition, our strong balance sheet explains why Singapore receives the top credit rating of AAA from the three leading international credit-rating agencies (S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch). ... ...

Cryptoboy088

im really enough with memecoin. im thinking that $BLS bloodloop are going take over with their cool gameplay (UE 5 with AAA gaming studio)

digitalassetz4all

That would be Triple AAA, my friend

yyiiii

consolidate everything into super because all of the AAA titles are going to use it as their in game currency. This is a top 10 coin that is in the top 200 right now.

yyiiii

People that invest in projects really believe in them so when people are hopping in and out being short term traders, they don't really like that. The idea is to buy and hold for some months so that the ride to the top is as smooth as possible. Like superverse for example, its easily a top 10 project since multiple AAA games are using it as their in game currency, just hodl.

yyiiii

New highs, but i think ti will be very quick because im sure something will happen in the usa that will nuke the bull run prematurely. Feels like we are a ways a way from the bull run ending though. For example, these web3 games that look amazing and seem to be as quality as normal games haven't even caught fire yet. People don't even know that the AAA games are all using the same in game currency.

Scroogemcdickk

There are already 6 AAA web3 games that have announced they'll be using SUPER (ranked in the top 200) as their in game currency. I cant think of any other coins that are the equivalent of buying 6 shitcoin projects in one. Not to mention this creates a curated list of games for normies and its just 1 wallet and coin for every game. Lots of upside :).

lucdre

742,420 0xbfCdfCE92Ba3cE79AAA4cE4a601368e6723A1BD9

Chonk-de-chonk

People still hate web3 games, so at least for that sentiment still needs to change. Which hopefully it will once the first wave of AAA web 3 games exit beta

iworkisleep

AAA credit and oversized collateral

Original-Assistant-8

I tried uniswap with arbitrum, but it doesn't pull the token I enter. This is QANX 0xAAA9214F675316182Eaa21C85f0Ca99160CC3AAA So is there a process to get it added there? Would love to save the community some fees.

Quixote0630

IMX is probably the safest bet. It'll likely lead the gaming narrative, but still has plenty of room to run. They have partnered with BEAM, also a decent bet, imo. On the topic of quality, check out games like Shrapnel (has a token) and Off The Grid. They're going for AAA quality. On the whole, I agree with what you said about the lack of quality, but I think it's inevitable that web3 gaming crosses that line into the mainstream. Probably during this cycle, at which point the entire narrative will run. FYI, I'm only holding IMX.

Sonthonax23

What *practical* problems does it solve, as opposed to purely theoretical? Also, it's not very sporting to drag zero and binary into this, like they're the human shields for your claims about Bitcoin. You might as well have said, "If you don't see why Franklin Pierce...or Franklin Delano Roosevelt...or Abraham Lincoln are the THREE greatest American presidents, I can't help you." It's like dumping toxic mortgages into a CDO and branding it AAA rated because there are strong mortgages in there also. Let your blockchain worship survive on its own merits. No need to lump it in with actually proven, applicable, valuable mathematical contributions.

sauceyNUGGETjr

Not much. I built up a large nft game collection because play to earn was a cause i believed in. After 75% loss to even to 20% loss and 3 yrs of sweat, the sentiment nature of the space and poor liquidity of nfts turned me off. The market just isn’t ready. Its cool i can play the same game investment banks do: lending, liquidity providing etc but the underlying is just to volatile to manage risk well. The games are too basic to compete with AAA and the user experience is just horrible for the uninitiated . Cool thing is i will be ready once it matures.

masterzergin

This is some AAA delusional hopium

aidanp66

superverse and Off The Grid linked up. The game will use SUPER as their in game token. Another AAA title called My Pet Hooligan also announced the same. Gamefi is going to go through Super

Sozerdote

To be fair, so far every single crypto game sucks ass. If you develop a game for the only purpose of making money, the game is gonna be garbage (just look at the vast majority of AAA companies and the games they're releasing). They pump because of the narrative and speculative value like the rest of the shitcoins that do nothing, not because they're good games.

GtaWelder9999

$122,151 for a zip of OG Kush anyone? It’s AAA

regis_psilocybin

How so? The GFC story goes as follows: 1. Mortgages are packaged into securities, but it's not clear which mortgages underly the MBS. 2. MBS are given high ratings AAA. 3. MBS are used as collateral in repo transactions and other liquidity transformation activities. 4. Housing market collapses as values were driven by loose underwriting standards - subprime NINJA loans. 5. No one has a clear understanding of what loans underly each MBS security. 6. Price of MBS collapse - step 3 counterparties issue collateral calls and demand immediate repayment. 7. Lehman Bros doesn't have available funds to meet collateral calls as MBS are trading at pennies on the dollars. 8. Lehman bros collapses and because it is interconnected to lots of other financial institutions it creates a cascade of stress and failures. By 2009 the RMBS market had recovered - the high rated (AAA to AA) tranches faced minimal actual losses despite trading for 10 cents on the dollar in 2007. The GFC was ultimately caused by a lack of information - the appeal of smart contracts in investments is that they create public ledger of the details. If investors had known which loans were backing the MBS and whether those loans were in deliquency there never would have been a GFC.

AvengerDr

I think you would need some AAA kind of game to really get the kind of adoption necessary to make it explode. Something of the caliber of a GTA or a new Cyberpunk / Elder Scrolls. Otherwise it will remain on the fringe of gaming.

Random5483

I have invested in crypto for 7 years. I have gamed for around 30 years (since the early 1990s). While I don't game as much today, I do play computer and video games regularly. I have tried several crypto games. None of them were great. That will likely change in time. But will a AAA game on the blockchain be popular? Who knows. Gamers from 20 years ago would have avoided it for pay to win concerns. Gamers today may embrace it. While I am not super excited about crypto gaming, I do have small positions in crypto gaming (total of all of them is under 1% of my total crypto portfolio). Most of these positions were related to getting access to try out various crypto projects and not due to my bullishness on the projects. I can see gaming on the blockchain working out great for pay to win games. It also makes selling game accounts and assets easier. But this would rub your traditional gamer the wrong way. Traditional gamers tend to dislike pay to win and/or pay for an advantage games. Perhaps this is changing with mobile gaming, and again, I could be out of touch. Even I am far less strict about playing pay for win type games. As one example, I play Star Citizen for 2-3 months every year (usually around big patches). This game is a pay to win game, or at the very least you can pay for a significant advantage. The 20 year old me would have avoided the game. The 40 year old version of me tolerates it given its funding model and my reduced competitiveness when I play games. Perhaps gamers are changing.

Academic_Instance_22

Its not *yet* in AAA games. Wait for next cycle maybe

Chonk-de-chonk

There are games being developed where whales spending money benefits tons of other players, like bonuses affecting an entire kingdom (Blocklords). Also skin markets aren't pay-to-win. Some tokens act more like a premium currency that offer QOL bonuses. There are so many different ways crypto can be incorporated into these games, I'm positive devs are working on use cases most people couldn't even begin to think up. One AAA games called Illuvium is developing a while ecosystem where one game produces resources (tokens) that other games in their network use. Players then use them to tame and mint creatures. This system gives players ownership of the game's economy. It recognizes that players ultimately drive the success of a game, and rewards them for putting hundreds of hours into it. It helps make sure that rare items don't rot in your inventory. And on and on and on....

gr33ngiant

Yea because the majority of the first hit games coming out currently on web3 aren’t from any of the major AAA brands. They don’t want you to own anything. That’s why the gaming industry is where it is because those big companies have been in charge. Watch the paradigm shift as web3 gaming explodes and makes more money than the regular gaming industry.

PrestigiousDay9535

Gaming on blockchain means pay to win. No serious gamer will ever be interested in a gambling game where you can buy power through crypto and play games with extremely poor gameplay. Even AAA games with slight pay to win elements are heavily criticised. Now imagine a ZZZ boring game with pay to win. Not gonna happen.

imyolkedbruh

The real question is why is it not widespread in AAA games? Greed? Legal issues?

HavocMMA

great answer, to add: if they buy btc, they sell fiat: **btc value increases relative to fiat exponentially, price signals tell the world what is of real value, and thus we win**. by winning, we mean the **price of bitcoin rises so much that there is no question what is more valuable** even to the average humanoid buffoon the reason gold, the other great deflationary asset, hasn't done this even though [gold bugs keep calling for gold to 5k](https://investorplace.com/2023/10/gold-price-prediction-why-this-pro-thinks-well-see-5k/) but can't ever break this mythical 2k barrier, is because of a huge conspiracy fact: [a "trust" between governments and private banks](http://www.gata.org), where **governments pretend to have gold and sell it strategically to keep the price low and banks run these orders**, even as they sneakily buy it to hedge against their own inflationary practices (naked short selling) bitcoin cant have the same done to it because unlike gold, where we trust the government and the auditing firms that are supposed to check for these things, we can all audit whether you have bitcoin to sell. this is done by downloading the bitcoin blockchain: an unforgeable auditing tool essentially (see 2008 subprime meltdown, when these so called respectable auditing firms were all essentially [colluding ](https://www.ianfraser.org/auditors-blasted-for-pivotal-role-in-crisis/)with banks to sell crap as AAA rated securities) also, big companies and governments need to sell assets to pay for expenses, so if most their wealth is in btc, that is what needs to be sold, and the buyers are their civil servants\\employees as payroll is the largest expense to any business

Abundance144

A. They will probably last years. B. Globally available, easy to aquire, easy to replace. C. If you want to be able to disable the USB connection permenantly then how are you going to charge a battery? (Wireless? Expensive and requires a companion device). This may even be a security feature as plugging your cold card into a random computer for charging may cause some issues D. Plenty of new devices still use AAA batteries, they're still excellent in low power consumption electronics. Ultimately I wouldn't want something like my phone or laptop running off alkaline batteries, but devices like this are still a good choice.

koh_kun

Both the mechanics and story look mundane. And it's so strange how you say "from a crypto game." It's not as if crypto is some limiting factor like outdated hardware that makes it difficult for devs to make anything that'll make us wow. It's because investors are only interested in making a game that looks good enough to trick people into thinking it's an AAA-equivalent title. I think the issue with the typical NFT-based game is that the game depends on players to find value in the scarcity of the NFT itself. But I think most people who pay real money for rare items in traditional games do so because they either really like the game and/or an IP. You can't make them feel like that with a mediocre game and generic stock visuals.

Derpcrawler

For real. These people seem to never seen even AA game in last 20 years, let alone AAA titles. All the crypto games look like shit, busy work with daily grind, devoid of fun, and only there to push people into a new shitcoin. I am using crypto daily, as a Russian to send my family some money back in Russia which is only possible now through crypto, but LMAO, copium and mental gymnastics of some people on here is insane. This guy had me until Crypto games mention.

TheVasa999

You cannot stress enough, that there will never be a single AAA crypto game, that will be actually even considered a good game. Game dev takes a lot of time and money.

koh_kun

I just looked. Thanks for the suggestion but it's just more generic garbage with high-res ish texture. If you look at the environment, it hardly reacts to the player (so much shrubbery but nothing moves and no water rippling from players stepping in it). The animation of the person climbing... wtf? People need to understand that pretty still photos of games don't make AAA games. Hi res textures, high polygon count, smooth animation, realism, and GOOD GAME MECHANICS and STORY make AAA games.

Grunblau

I prefer my AAA portfolio…. AVAX, ATOM, ALGO

squaredk2

Ok, i agree. Didnt mean to make them parallel. My point i guess is more that crypto could do for gaming what the internet did for it, but in a financial matter. Hered one simple example. People get paid by sponsors to stream, right? What if they earned money right in the game? Money coming from you and me - not the AAA or sponsor

rebelwill

I think it might get only worse with crypto, but adding it to AAA gaming will take a long time, perhaps gamers won't accept it at all, and I can get that.

Superman246o1

>This is not true, the dollar's value comes from governments issuing a centralized currency and backing it (in the case of the US, at this point it is backed by military power) *That* is not true. The dollar's value is derived from the global market. It is backed by nothing other than the full faith and credit of the United States. And that faith and credit, which was once sacrosanct, continues to develop more cracks in its foundation every time the U.S. threatens to default on its payments. The U.S. lost its AAA status for a reason. The dollar has lost most of its value since the creation of the Federal Reserve. Even with the most powerful military that has ever existed in all of human history, the U.S. dollar will continue to lose its value if it is printed into oblivion. No one, not even the most powerful country in history, is immune to the market. Scarcity equals value. The converse also holds true.

dhamp87

There are a lot of great looking shooting games this cycle. Shooting games are popular period. Shrapnel, Metastrike, Off The Grid. Metaverse games like Walker World. I know last cycle had weak games. There are AAA and AA games now.

SemiStoked

Narratives drive the industry forward. The challenge is to identify which narratives will match hype with technically-ready solutions. Here are a few where we’re seeing development: Supply Chain Logistics — Role of Web3 in Supply Chains and Logistics - LeewayHertz https://www.leewayhertz.com/web3-in-supply-chain-logistics/ AAA Gaming — AAA studio Ubisoft to develop Web3 gaming experience with Immutable https://cointelegraph.com/news/ubisoft-to-build-web3-games-with-immutable RWA/Asset Tokenization — Real World Assets (RWAs) & Tokenization Explained | Chainlink https://blog.chain.link/real-world-assets-rwas-explained/

VisualDifficulty_

Oh I have no doubt there will be a handful of games that leverage crypto, and when people are done getting burned on them that will be that. What won’t happen is an industry shift like was predicted here. Where everyone’s assets are NFTs and skins and items can be swapped between games. Or where players get to auction rare items as nfts. Or sell their used games. None of that’s ever happening. I think there already are a few crypto based games out there ripping people off. But that’s very different than a AAA studio going all in.

VisualDifficulty_

So again, what’s in this for a AAA studio? We’re not in the market of helping players turn our content into gambling.. Additionally our tech is already capable of most of this stuff. If we wanted to we could support sales on a secondary market and transfer the entitlement. We choose not to, rather than the player get money for a used game sale we’d prefer to sell a new copy to the buyer at a discount. Moving our inventory and other systems up to the block chain transfers a lot of control over to a 3rd party. That’s not good for us. Most of these block chains couldnt handle inventory transactions for our titles, our cash inventory system does more transactions in a day that bitcoin or eth have done in total. There’s just zero upside for us to participate in this. In every case we the studio are better off just using our own tech and not crypto.

VisualDifficulty_

As an employee of a AAA this is never going to happen. I’ve been here over 10 years and the only talk about crypto is when people make jokes about it. The studio it self has no interest in this, there’s no upside if we do this. If anything it limits our audience… I remember a few years ago when crypto was going to take over gaming as the GameStop morons claimed and here we are are, even further away. Besides you really don’t want this, all this ends up being is one big pay for play scam..

LisHere321

Convert a triple AAA web2 into a real web3 crypto game. It's that "simple", but crypto game devs only develop the crypto part of the game and not the gameplay part of the game

memolokalypse

God's unchained is my daily. Although it needs lots of polish, it's fun nonetheless, there's a boom of crypto games coming soon! I'm particularly excited for Illuvium, a Pokemon-like auto battle-world exploring -card collecting-AAA like graphics interoperable game! I think it's a really exciting project! Also, Mirandus and upcoming MMORPG from Gala Games sounds exciting. And for daily-fun resources management mobile game I recently got into Homeland.

Random5483

I invest in crypto. I play games though nowhere near as much as I did 10 or more years ago. I do not play any crypto games regularly though I have messed around with a few. There are no AAA quality hit games in the crypto space. That could change. But until it does, crypto gaming will remain relatively niche. Crypto gaming would have been a dead on arrival concept 20 years ago. But with how games have been monetized over the years (skins/cosmetics, powerups/pay-to-win, and more), the blockchain could be an effective way to monetize these things. I can't speak for whether crypto gaming will be successful. I have no idea. But in its current state, it is not particularly successful. But all it takes are a few hits to change that.

TheSocialIQ

Where can I play this AAA game?

TheSocialIQ

I would want to gamble with crypto on AAA game titles. How come there isn’t a place that allows for this?

Then-Signature2528

It's considered a AAA blockchain game

DazingF1

They do not have multiple AAA studios working on games for their platform, they have a few partners that have employees/founders who worked for AAA studios. Big difference.

Thirstywhale17

Really? Or devs that have worked for AAA studios in the past? I'm not in the loop but that sounds potentially promising

BBBandPeds

There’s only one AAA title that’s out and actually worth a damn, BigTime. Many have anticipated releases or have released only to flop. Shrapnel might be cool if it ever releases, but Big Time has grown substantially and has improved a lot since its first version release. While it’s still in pre alpha, the air drops have been great, gameplay is great and economy is booming. Excited to see what the beta release does

Then-Signature2528

Gala games have multiple AAA studios working on games in their platform

afallingape

Definitely. I have high hopes for crypto gaming, but it will probably take a big paradigm shift and a AAA developer to make it happen. It's just too complicated. If I'm an average person, I need to get an account on coin base to buy ether, get a meta mask wallet, transfer my ether to my Meta Mask wallet. Transfer the ether down a layer. Then I can finally buy cards and play the game. Oh, and I have to pay fees at every single step. Why on earth would I do that when I can just type my CC info into Hearthstone and play at my leisure? GU has a lot of potential, but in the same breath, I don't think crypto games can ever be mainstream until it's all integrated and simplified.

RolandDeschain222

CornucopiasGame AAA Unreal Engine 5 game. https://youtu.be/8Orgi1wl9HA?si=zkkWdKWCjt-9dO3y

oldrufo

You pretty much said exactly what i think as well. I’ve always been a gamer and i’ve researched (and unfortunately also tried) many crypto games and they were either terrible, full-on scams, “gotta mint something” kinda of approach (99%ppl dont even log in with those) or all of the above. I’d love to change my mind…maybe shrapnel…maybe…but i’ve touched too much shit to just “believe”. Gotta see a good game now. And you’re absolutely right, i dont ask for AAA, i only need something that gives you the impression they cared to make a game, not sell a token

PokeJem7

It doesn't necessarily have to take that long, they don't have to be AAA in scale. A good small Dev team can put together a small game in a couple of years. I don't want massive, grand, decade-definining game, I just expect 'good'. I want to be able to play it for an hour and go "That was a good game. I enjoyed my time", not "That was good for a crypto game" or "Yeah, cool that was fine I guess, I'm never going to touch it again". I'm tired of Crypto being "The next big thing". At this point you've got to be putting out a POLISHED playable demo (or at least accurate gameplay trailers), or people won't care. A proof of concept with janky graphics, interface and bugs won't cut it. I'll check out Shrapnel and Off the Grid, maybe they'll change my opinion, but the industry and community seems to rely on "Trust me bro, it's coming" mentality lol.

gneuni

Top games require many years in development and funding. Therefore, there were no good ones last cycle. It may change this cycle with AAA shooters such as Shrapnel or Off the Grid. OP is right with these names

gneuni

Solo titles: Shrapnel. I agree with you. Real AAA title and my number 1 holding among all gaming titles. Should surpass ILV in market cap. Ecosystems: - Medium market cap: MYRIA - Low market cap: LITT - Very low market cap: ELDA Other hyped gaming projects which I don't personally hold for different reasons but which are liked by others: GFAL, Gala, PZP, 3ULL, SIDUS, BEAM. And there is CREO which I hold but which looks a bit overvalued currently

PepeDeCorozal

The US lost its AAA rating years ago, dude. It keeps getting downgraded.

Clean-Independent883

The world trusted us to use debt to create growth; the gdp/debt ratio indicates that trust is ill founded. When the US loses its AAA credit rating, investment in the country will slow. Less investment means even less growth with the same amount of debt. Instead of the prosperity brought by trust and growth, we will see destruction brought by doubt and debt.

Yo_ipitythefool

Check your mailbox ... you will be receiving a BTC bumper sticker, beer coozy and AAA membership ...

PM_Me_Ur_Clues

The end of everything is inevitable. It doesn't mean it will happen immediately or very soon. FTX went down because the people in charge of securing assets were defrauding their customers. If a major Gold reserve was doing this it would be pandemonium. Fraud in securities can entire industries. That's what happened in 2008. Bad debt folded into AAA rates bonds brought the global economy to its knees. For about a year after that stocks all over the place we're on sale at insane prices. I made 10x my investment on Playboy and 5x on Marvel comics when it was bought by Disney. I knew someone would buy it because the catalogue was just too big and too attractive for entertainment companies.

Disappointless

They're looking long term. Not everybody is gonna pump millions of dollars in an ETF the day it launched. It's not some alpha launch of a shitty AAA videogame everyone wants to pre-order.

idk_wtf_im_hodling

🤡 sure sure you are def right. Just look at shrapnel and off the grid by gunzilla games and you will realize how dumb your statement is. AAA or near AAA titles are being built right now.

limpingdba

I'll be more direct - none of them are close to AAA. Have a goodn.

BIobspace

Illuvium looks pretty AAA to me. IIRC it had an over $50m budget. The reason you don't see AAA games right now is because they take years to make. There are at least a few promising one's near the end of their pipeline now.

limpingdba

AAA? Cmon man

01technowichi

Good games do not cost hundreds of millions to develop. Maybe 1% of games are AAA titles with such ludicrous price tags. Most games are indy games made by small studios for comparative pennies on the dollar.

MaximumStudent1839

Not only that, they claim “crypto AAA” games are building on their subnets, lol. With so much demand, why are they desperate to provide exit liquidity to degens?

idk_wtf_im_hodling

And now its basically here. AAA or near that quality coming in 2024.

Quixote0630

Almost guaranteed. I think there has been a lot of projects up until now that were concerned with being first-to-market than actually creating a decent product. But the quality will get better and adoption will increase. Mobile gaming is probably the obvious place to start, but when you look at games like Off the Grid and Shrapnel, there are clearly companies out there targeting that AAA-quality space. Like with anything, I think the space just needs time to work out what people want.

Self_Blumpkin

I see a huge future for NFTs and gaming. Someone with some solid gaming and business acumen needs to come along with a project that is extensible across gaming IPs and the IPs need to be STRONG. You get a game like World of Warcraft with a token-based Auction House and things like very low quantity, high utility items that don’t TOTALLY break the game for others and that would take off. You would need the ability play balance of a CCG like MtG with the brilliance of an AAA gaming title. It would be great. Or it could start with a CCG. Every game, every action written to the blockchain. Could do neat things like tournament replays. We’ve had attempts at all this but they were half-assed and more of a PoC for the tokens.

Zarkanthrex

I think they mean to buy actual AAA games and Indie games that aren't related to crypto. Then just buy the actual stuff vs shit coins.

iBurnStuff_

Imo Btc is just a savings account. Still gotta play the market so you can get more btc. The future isn't going to run on btc, but it's value will be held in it. Btc is digital gold and expecting it to be the only crypto/chain in the future is nonsense at best. Even with ordinals and brc 20's btc will never be able to compete with the chains focused on web 3 and AAA gaming. It's gonna find itself as something that businesses hold on their balance sheets and not much more. I do appreciate your insight about a lot of the pump and dumps just being a way to support people that should be considered criminals. That is a great consideration point when picking projects to invest in and should be used by more people.

fridolin2509

Guys let everyone hype up Sol as long as they want. At one point the tables will turn. AAA and all that money will flow into other coins cause people are greedy for the next Sol...

Esco1980

There are plenty of chains with real fun games , just this sub never mentions them , for example i was part of a game that had the highest sale of a game nft ever but no media or anything was saying it , trust me venture away from eth and there are plenty , even have bigger budgets than some AAA games

Effective_Young3069

I like polkadot/ kusama and a ton of projects in the ecosystem. Peaq / krest network, phala / khala, crust / crust shadow I'm sure there are others but I think these are all pretty cool. I also personally think some of the AAA game tokens can go crazy on Solana but I don't own any Solana or any of the games.

eckstuhc

It all comes back to fiduciary duty (risk and responsibility). Things like pensions need to be able to pay out consistently as employees retire. It’s not like a hedge fund or other investment group, pensions have a very strict allowance on what they can invest in. The punishment for breaking this fiduciary duty is also more severe for a pension than a private fund manager (jail time vs civil suit) It varies by institution, but they have a requirement like 50% AAA bonds, 25% real estate, 15% large cap US, 9% international, 1% risk - as super simple example. This is outlined in policy by the pension and provided in quarterly benchmarks usually. The point is they are very limited. For example MSTR may be classified under “1% slush” in addition to whatever else they would like to play in. If/when an ETF gets approved the perceived risk / rating will be better. They’ll be able to allocate more. That’s basically the main point. And pensions are huge, so even a 1-2% we’re looking at a massive growth to market cap (if the ETF is true settlement and maintains a real balance of BTC, not a like-product balance like cash, but that’s a whole different discussion…..)

branajgka

Web3 games have so far evolved beyond just rewards which is quite commendable. AAA games take a lot of time to build but are surely intriguing. A couple of exciting partnerships in gamefi to look forward to the results include Illuvium's partnership with Liquid, Funtoken's partnership with iMe and Astra Nova will go a long way to drive mainstream adoption for web3 gaming

PenisSlipper

I think the main thing is for the benefit of the people to be able to have some control of the industry. Rn all the cards are in the big publishers hands and as a result they are sacrificing quality for profit and that just isnt working anymore. People are paying too much for too little. Blockchain gives indie developers a better financial platform and gives the consumers a better quality product for less cost. Its just the natural way if you ask me. It wouldnt be like this is AAA publishers werent captured by the wallstreet greed machine. Blockchain is a tool to fight that in any sector

joshiakun

Yea if GameFi wants to see some action, we’re gonna need more AAA studios making games. Although sometimes cool most indie games don’t do well . I have played Illuvium, the beta dropped on the 28th. Pretty cool, I’ll see how that goes

osckr

Well AAA game studios suck so that isn’t a surprise really

Morning_Star_Ritual

Finally. We do have the inverse this sub meme but it’s weird that the same community who shit all over nfts…until Reddit gave them an airdrop….seem to love to grave dance on gaming. Many fun games fail, and most of the popular games (check Steam Charts) are some form of competitive PVP) only last for 4-5 years. And PVE games pop, then drop off when the players beat the game or get bored. We don’t know how AI Tools integrated into game engines will shorten dev time (nor how massive mmorpgs will be when NPCs are autonomous agents) but it takes 4-7 years to develop a AAA game. Web3 gaming is new. Let’s check back in in 2025 and see how things are going. Another issue is the majority of web3 games are PC Games. You need a rig to play. This means the largest sectors of gaming (mobile and console) can not participate. Eventually this will change.

branajgka

ILV is building something exciting with AAA and FUN is doing same with RPG. Asides gamefi, AI, RWA, SocialFi and other narratives are worth exploring

branajgka

>I grabbed a couple ILV when they were still sub $50 in the hopes they return to like $1000 or whatever they were last bull. Probably can’t due to tokenomics but that doesn’t stop a man from buying Totally on board with the gamefi. The gamefi space is ripe for a breakout, Funtoken and Illuvium, with its immersive RPG elements, could be the catalyst. The ecosystem's potential, especially if they keep integrating AAA gaming experiences, is massive. We might see an evolution in gamefi where these types of games aren't just about earning but also offer a depth of gameplay that rivals traditional gaming. There are broader interest in RPGs and AAA games though the latter takes a lot of time to build, we could witness a new era in blockchain gaming, blending entertainment with earning potential. Funtoken's recent partnership with Astra Nova has piqued interest from many gamers also

Leading_River_9148

Thus far - yes. This cycle we have a CHANCE of seeing not some small arcade games but actual AAA titles put on blockchain. Illuvium, Shrapnel or Off the grid, to name a few. I think the Investment thesis here is like this: 1. Crypto gaming paving the way to mass adoption providing financial incentives to those already spending their time playing games 2. Crypto gaming creating secondary market for tokenized in-game assets (like rare skins, upgrades, add-ons) for people to trade. It’s all big IF, but imho, average Joe doesnt use blockchain for distributed computing or 2500 transactions per second. He doesnt even care about it (and he’s right, btw). But Joe understands playing games and Joe loves his counter strike skins and lootboxes and if the gameplay is good, the thrill of winning a rare skin is there, and you own your assets and can sell them… That’s what’s appealing and thats whats extending the product’s lifecycle. On the side note, crypto gaming, from investors perspective doesnt need to mean actual gaming titles. You can structure your portfolio around marketplaces like that GMEE (CEO is ex-Google superstar) or some gaming blockchains or some infrastructure projects like gaming SDKs. I personally keep eyes on Altura (ALU) for their discovery of smart NFTs. IF im right it should not matter which crypto game will win the race as long as they use Altura’s IP. Smart NFTs enable in-game lootboxes and merges of two or more assets into an upgrades item (like crafting in tomb rider or TLOU). Does it make sense?

Liquefy8275

anyone into SHRAP? pumping pretty nicely and seems to be a AAA shooter. probably better thtan COD which isn't hard atm 😂

iworkisleep

Easier than most AAA games tutorial

LiveDirtyEatClean

It’s because these ratings companies are nonsense. They rated junk mortgages from 08 as AAA

EnvironmentalWar7945

They’re only shit coins because they have no utility. Imagine when the game they operate in is AAA standard and the economy is stable or growing.

AnonymousLurkster

Sounds like you did years of investing with zero actual research. Honestly, check out FLOW. No it's not some random side coin, it's one of the biggest players in crypto that no-one wants to talk about. Fully scalable, zero to near zero fees, fast, future proof, and it's chief architect is Dete Shirley, the guy that penned the ERC-721 standard. (I.e. he invented the NFT) The chain was created in response to CryptoKitties tanking Ethereum, as a platform that could actually handle large projects and mass adoption. It also inherently handles all the stuff that ETH requires L2s and L3s for, out of the box, and does it better, all in an L1. The number of AAA IPs building on FLOW is insane too, unmatched. And the language, Cadence, blows Solidity out of the water re: security, features and ease of use. It's more akin to Sui's move, but did it years earlier. If there's one thing Flow sucks at, it's blowing their own horn.

Bongressman

This isn't a big issue, that's why. US dollar is still the reserve currency and will be for the foreseeable future... as everyone is in worse shape than the US is. A downgrade just doesn't matter, and the AAA rating wasn't changed. It's just Moody's registering its slight "disapproval". Which is laughable, since it is agencies like them that helped get us all to where we are today.

BuffaloBrain884

It's not that big of a deal. Moody's still has a AAA rating for the US. The economy isn't going to crash overnight, that's just doomer talk.

Yung-Split

AAA*

jerkin-your-gherkin

Do yourself a favour and read their whitepaper Nearly all revenue goes back to staked token holders and the game looks AAA quality. Must have if you think web3 gaming will take off.