'Blockbuster' Titles Could Save GameFi - ABGA Chairman

To attract more users and make blockchain gaming more mainstream, Kevin Shao says future titles should strike a "balance" between and adapt to different user tastes. .

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Kevin Shao, executive chairman of the Asia Blockchain Gaming Alliance (ABGA), said he's betting on several "triple-A" blockchain game titles that could help propel GameFi into the mainstream and save it of the bear market.

Speaking to Cointelegraph during Asia Crypto Week, Shao said a barrier preventing mainstream adoption is that current GameFi titles often focus on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and features of game to win (P2E) without worrying about "game performance" and users. ' pleasure.

In a P2E model, players typically purchase an NFT in order to play the game and can earn game tokens, which can then be converted into Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), fiat, or stablecoins.

While he acknowledges that these current GameFi titles appeal to a lot of people, Shao says future titles would have to strike a "balance" to accommodate the tastes of different users if they are to go mainstream.

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Executive Chairman of the Asia Blockchain Gaming Alliance Kevin Shao in Singapore

In his view, by moving away from the "existing project lineage", developers could start to take inspiration from the mainstream gaming industry and incorporate features for people who want to play "for fun" rather than profit.

During a presentation at a conference in Singapore, Shao highlighted several "triple-A" titles he believes...