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      16 days ago

      SuiPlay0X1 runs Playtron’s device-agnostic gaming operating system, enabling gamers to play both Web3 and Web2 games across PC and mobile.

      GamesBeat have some more details, noting it will have "native Sui blockchain integration via zkLogin and Sui Kiosk SDKs, enabling asset ownership directly connected to a device’s account system for the first time in the gaming industry

      What is a web3 game? Something that allows you to grind for NFTs?

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        TF2 hats but on a block chain instead of an inventory system.

        Pros:

        • In theory you can still sell the item as a collectible even if the game dies (I doubt in practice though)
        • In theory it makes it possible for other games to use the same items to make stuff in their games (I doubt this in practice)

        Cons:

        • it’s a fucking block chain
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          In theory it makes it possible for other games to use the same items to make stuff in their games (I doubt this in practice)

          I’ve heard this before, but there’s literally nothing preventing games from setting up some shared items on their own without NFTs. Nobody does it because companies want to keep their IP, and worrying about external items would be a nightmare to balance.

          NFTs solve like 1% of the problem of sharing items. So much more goes into making them actually work. For example: NFT id 5551337 is owned by the player: now what? How do you figure out what 3d model to render? What actions can you perform? How does it integrate with other systems? All of that is going to have to be custom for every game involved on a per-item basis.

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            Yes, like all things block chains do there are obviously alternatives to accomplish the same thing.

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        To me, the term “Web3 games” sounds like they’re trying to make a knockoff of Cookie Clicker with NFTs.

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        Web 3 games are simply ponzi schemes hidden behind a super grindy game. As far as I know, none of these games actually produce anything of value from the labor put into them, so the payouts must come from new money entering the scheme.

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          Yep, they literally cannot work any other way than as a ponzi scheme. Because the people “earning” want to take more money out of the system than they put in, and the company is taking money out as well just to keep the game running and the employees paid, as well as to make a profit. So you need substantially more suckers buying into the system than the money that is being paid out.

          Eventually, somebody is gonna be left holding an empty bag.

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          Then please, enlighten us!

          What is a game that brands itself as a web3 game (not a game that just uses blockchain tech but specifically calls itself web3) that isn’t also play to earn.

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      The devs have said in the discord that ceypto features will be totally optional, theyre only there so they could have a partnership with sui

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        Totally optional features that come set up by default are not really optional unless they’re opt-in from the start. Most users are not savvy enough to figure out how to disable that kind of stuff.

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      It looks like the picture in that article is upside down judging by the devices logo on the screen. Are the analog sticks above the d pad and buttons?

      Everything about that device confuses me.