

Games that focus on entertainment over profit tend to be built around a free-to-play model. Every transaction is a risk on something as decentralized as cryptocurrency, so you may be gaining immeasurably one second and plummeting the next. The strategy is simple: invest in Axies, win games, earn Smooth Love Potions or SLPs, convert these to Ethereum, and sell for profit on the blockchain. Although it is entirely possible to earn back your investment in a few months, earnings will be exclusively hinged on how Ethereum performs in the market. The game's play-to-earn model remains volatile at best. READ: Axie Infinity and the concept of play-to-earn With this milestone conquered, Sky Mavis, the blockchain launchpad responsible for "Axie Infinity," is setting their sights on climbing up the free-to-play gaming ladder with “Axie Infinity: Origin.” With "Axie Infinity’s" rapid growth in the Philippines, generating a whopping $1.3 billion in revenue last year, it quickly became one of the top NFT games for crypto investors and gamers alike. They did earn back what they invested in and more, inevitably becoming play-to-earn gamers. To my surprise, despite them having no previous game sense, this seeming disadvantage didn’t deter them in the slightest. Checking crypto stats on Binance and Axie Discord groups became a daily part of their routines. They invested upwards of ₱45,000 on a starter team, amazed that they would get their return-on-investment (and then some) after a few short months. This all changed with the arrival of “Axie Infinity.”įriends I knew who have never played a video game in their lives were excitedly picking up the game and grinding consistently.

I came from the school of thought that video games needed to be separate from one’s capacity to earn.
