די אַדווענט פון NFT games has transformed the video gaming landscape overnight, adding an economic component to gaming. With games now incorporating scarce virtual items as NFTs, it’s possible to offer players rewards that have real-world value.
That’s created a new class of player—the play-to-earn gamer, who’s able to monetize their time in-game. It’s even enabled gamers in some countries to earn a living by playing titles such as Axie Infinity—which became the most-traded NFT collection ever אין שפּעט קסנומקס.
Now, the play-to-earn space is becoming professionalized, as guilds and scholarship programs spring up, creating profit-sharing models און העלפּינג צו onboard new players to play-to-earn platforms (which frequently have a high barrier to entry because of the initial capital outlay required to get started).
By helping new players obtain NFT assets that might be priced out of their reach, guilds “give them the opportunity for them to earn those rewards and make an income for themselves,” explained Play It Forward DAO co-founder Alfonso ‘Cholo’ Maputol in a לעצטע AMA.
אַז ס ווו Play It Forward DAO comes in. The decentralized autonomous organization (דאַו) is aiming to make play-to-earn work for the players, opening the space up to a broader audience of people who stand to benefit from it.