The Next Wave of Money Coming into the Metaverse - Gaming and Esports Opportunities

In this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, we dive into the world of gaming, both at amateur and elite level with Esports. We look at how this huge audience are set to enter the blockchain gaming space. The metaverse, crypto and gaming are about to collide. The gaming market is worth more than the film and music industry put together and is forecast to be worth about $200 billion by 2022. 

In a previous episode we looked at the runaway success of Axie Infinity as one of the first revolutionary blockchain play-to-earn games, but with the addition of Esports into the mix and some exciting new games on the horizon, it certainly looks like Axie Infinity is only the first of many. 

What opportunities can we spot early before a new wave of money enters the metaverse from the gaming space?

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In this episode we talk about  

- The continued unbelievable success of Axie Infinity

- Why gaming is so ingrained in human nature and how some of the first creations in the metaverse were in the Vegas District of Decentraland

- How companies use gamification to encourage certain behaviours and how successful gamification is the best marketing in the world

- Comparing the tiny (but ridiculously valuable) market share of Axie Infinity to the wider market against games like Candy Crush - there is a big audience waiting for blockchain games

- Esports and the phenomenal numbers from the latest industry report

- 888 The New World's partnership with Esports and what is next

- New and upcoming blockchain games including : a recap on Chicken Derby (and its upcoming drop), The Sandbox, Alien Worlds, Guild of Guardians (and their Esports partnership), Star Atlas and Illuviam

- How best to get exposure to this exploding space

Links to projects and references in the show :

Contagious by Jonah Berger - fascinating book on marketing, virality and gamification 

ESports Industry Review - https://newzoo.com/

888 The New World - https://888tnw.com/

Chicken Derby - https://twitter.com/bitlovincom

The Sandbox - discover.sandbox.game/#/en/

Alien Worlds - https://alienworlds.io/

Guild of Guardians - https://www.guildofguardians.com/

Star Atlas - https://staratlas.com/

Illuviam - https://www.illuvium.io/