The Death of Play-to-Earn: Addressing the Elephant(s) in the NFT Room.
In 2021, blockchain games have become the main attraction in the crypto space after Axie Infinity became a massive sensation. Its huge success was something that everyone – crypto supporter or otherwise – could not shrug off. Even Philip La, the product chief of global hit Pokémon GO, has later on become part of the Sky Mavis roster.
Fast forward to 2022, and the game is floundering – daily average users (DAU) has plummeted from almost 3 million to less than 600,000; the floor price of Axies is less than $4 when they were around at least $400 during the game’s peak; the price of AXS is now less than $20 from its all-time high (ATH) of $160. Then there is the issue of the $600 million hack….more
