Really, in F2P games, the player is given a choice:

These games would always have a monetization model, and the most successful of them is monetizing the player’s time. In ‘Free to Play (or F2P), anyone can start playing a game without any initial investment. Ronnie Tan, managing director of gumi Asia explained in 2018 that by 2007, the game industry which was once dominated by arcades and consoles were disrupted by smartphones, which gave rise to the ‘Free to Play’ model. (aka 99.999% of all the games right now.)īefore expanding into the concept of ‘Play to Earn’, it’s important to understand the current trend in the video game industry.

Part 2 is the actual “How To” earn from blockchain games. This is part 1 of our article series that introduces ‘Play to Earn’ and why such a concept exists. They can sell it, earn from it, or use it, compared to 99% of the games today where digital items you purchased in-game can’t be sold anywhere else without running into some terms of service violations. In ‘Play to Earn’ games, the players fully own their in-game characters or items, and they can do what they want with it. Recently, games built on the blockchain are giving rise to a new type of gameplay called ‘Play to Earn’ where players are rewarded with the time they invested playing these games.

How to earn money playing games