PROBLEM

Even with such a huge market, the industry is only beginning to take action on some issues that plague it. One of these issues is the pay to play nature, where players are forced to shell out money to unlock advanced levels of the game or item with progress to the next map.

Other issues include:

• Players spend huge amounts of time getting items or money which have no monetary value.

• In-game assets remain the property of the developers and players are essentially paying for digital items that they can never truly own.

• Blockchain games that counter these issues are plagued with their own set of issues, such as slow throughput, high gas fees and an immature gaming environment.