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Web3 gaming is fast, chaotic and full of adrenaline: healing victories, viral mints and memes battles. Prospera in the bomb cycles that come and go in an instant. But once the emotion fades, what is left? If all web3 games have to offer are short -term emotions, it is executed in a time borrowed.
It is time to return to the basics. Web3 Gaming is not just about blockchain layers and crypt the games. In essence, the games are fun: the emotion of persecution and the experiences that keep the players compromised long after the initial exaggeration fades. And what combines that lasting commitment? The strength of your intellectual propertyor IP.
Some can see the IP as simply a relevant monetization strategy only for editors and studies. However, after two decades of working in multiple game titles, it is evident that IP is much more than that. It is what makes players return, invest their time and form lasting memories. While perfecting that experience is not an easy task, it is not impossible, and it is the key to the future of Blockchain Gaming.
IP is more than just aesthetics
For years, IP conversations have revolved around the characters and the construction of the world. Iconic franchises such as Marvel are instantly identifiable due to their convincing stories and memorable heroes. However, the games follow a different plan. Unlike movies or comics, games are interactive, with mechanics, progression and economies in the game that shape the commitment of the players. In games, IP is not just about images; These are the central elements that make a game really immersive and rewarding for your audience.
In order for a game to have a long -term value, either on web2 or web3, developers must first recognize what distinguishes it. What keeps players committed to time? What aspects of experience have the greatest value for them? This is where Value creation begins. The strongest IP are based on the unique experiences in the game that keep the players committed.
Consider Gran Turismo. Although the IP of the cars that appear in the game belong to their respective manufacturers, the identity of Gran Tourism is based on mechanics and precision driving realism. Similarly, Counter-Strike has remained dominant for decades, not because of the deep tradition, but because of its high-risk skill-based competition. Players do not return to history; They return for the challenge of improving, competing and mastering the game.
If the true value of a game lies in its competitive depth, progression or economy of elements, then its strategy and mass adoption experience should improve those elements. Once the developers identify what makes their game really convincing, the following question is: How can Blockchain raise that experience?
Achieve true utility
Web3 Gaming has often followed a predictable cycle: tokens launches, nft drops, speculative pumps and sudden blocks. But Blockchain should not replace the good game design. Instead, it should reinforce the central strengths of a game: its IP, economy and players systems.
For games where the collection and progression of articles are central, Blockchain can help preserve the value of the article, enforce shortage and prevent inflation. If a game has an active economy driven by the player, Blockchain can introduce property mechanics, real world asset integration and open market negotiation. The key is to apply blockchain so that it improves what already works instead of forcing new monetization models only for the good of web3 integration.
Some of the longest -lasting games in history, such as Maplestory, have progression loops based on elements in their nucleus. Players grind for better weapons, armor and teams, elements that represent skill, effort and dedication. By tokenize the elements of the game, Blockchain presents a new layer of value and interoperability. The elements are no longer static, blocked on a single server or vulnerable to the developer's reset. Instead, they become persistent and negotiable assets that retain value throughout the ecosystem.
Similarly, by enforcing limited supply models with custom game protocols, Blockchain can avoid inflation without control in games economies. Instead that the elements become obsolete with each update, their value grows together with the game and the ecosystem, which makes each routine a trip that is worthwhile for the players. Game protocols can boost the economies promoted by players, where the demand for articles, shortage and updates are dictated by real market interactions instead of a single entity.
This model has been working for Maplestory Universe (MSU), a MaplesTory web adaptation. According Helika's candle dataMSU has seen more than 17 million Ochain transactions, that is, the commerce of elements in the game and the coin, during their recent user tests, with one in five (25,685) users who play the game for more than 5 hours every day. The players coined 85,957 elements during this period, demonstrating that when an IP is well defined and aligns with the player's commitment, Players are even committed without participation in cryptocurrency driving. When we take advantage of Blockchain's true power in games, the industry can move away from extractive monetization towards sustainability ecosystems, where value creation is linked to real commitment and effort, not speculative pumps.
Blockchain Gaming at your crossroads
To unlock the Blockchain Gaming potential, we must return to the basics: build game IP that create lasting experiences while taking advantage of Blockchain's transforming power.
Cryptography is often associated with earning money, but its true power lies in the transformation of complete systems. Financial systems have been decentralized and game ecosystems are as follows. We need more than pushing fleeting. Blockchain games must be built on a base where each routine, each transaction and each expansion strengthen the ecosystem.
That is what will separate the next generation of web games from the hub cycles of the past. Not only speculative assets but a prosperous economy and driven by players that rewards the skill, effort and strategy. A game in which players are not only consumers, but active participants in an ecosystem that grows with them.
Because, in the end, the hype fades. But a strong hard ip.