{"id":134676,"date":"2022-01-25T23:42:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T07:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/innovation-will-drive-the-success-of-nft-gaming-not-profit-or-hype"},"modified":"2022-01-25T23:42:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T07:42:34","slug":"innovation-will-drive-the-success-of-nft-gaming-not-profit-or-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/innovation-will-drive-the-success-of-nft-gaming-not-profit-or-hype","title":{"rendered":"Innovation will drive the success of NFT gaming, not profit or hype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/innovation-will-drive-the-success-of-nft-gaming-not-profit-or-hype2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No matter how big that number sounds, it isn\u2019t much compared to standalone blockchain-based games. Axie Infinity, an NFT-focused video game developed on the Ethereum network, surpassed $1 billion in total trade volume in August 2021, perhaps the most prominent 30-day period in the history of NFTs.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2021\/12\/06\/chainalysis-after-26-9b-in-trading-are-nfts-poised-for-a-boom-or-crash\/\">so much interest in NFTs<\/a>, it\u2019s only natural that developers have begun to develop the infrastructure necessary to handle what will undoubtedly become a massive secondary market for these assets. In addition, holders want real tangible benefits to holding NFTs, and in a crowded gaming market, new entrants need to differentiate to survive.<\/p>\n<p>2022 is likely the year NFT games become more mainstream, especially now that many crypto investors own these assets. And real innovation, not just in NFTs but in gameplay and mechanics themselves, will be the driving force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter how big that number sounds, it isn\u2019t much compared to standalone blockchain-based games. Axie Infinity, an NFT-focused video game developed on the Ethereum network, surpassed $1 billion in total trade volume in August 2021, perhaps the most prominent 30-day period in the history of NFTs. With so much interest in NFTs, it\u2019s only [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3818,1761,1509],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blockchains","category-cryptocurrencies","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}