We Somehow Missed One of the Biggest Developments in Web3 Gaming (To Date)

TL;DR

• In Dec ‘23, Epic Video games quietly up to date their phrases to permit gamers age 18+ to entry web3 video games by way of its retailer — and since then, 20+ web3 video games have been launched.

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Think about you got here up with a god-level app concept…

You exit to VCs. You present them a demo. They lap it up.

They’re making ready to throw truck a great deal of money at you, however earlier than they signal the examine — they ask:

“The place’re you launching first? iOS, Android, or each?”

You inform them: “Neither. I’m launching my very own telephone, working system, and app retailer.”

These fats checks would go straight into the shredder.

Why? As a result of distribution is essential — and Apple (iOS) and Google (Android) personal the worldwide cell distribution channels. Making an attempt to outcompete them at this level is a fools errand.

(It sucks, however it’s true).

These are the struggles nearly each web3 app, platform, and power faces proper now — there are some superior merchandise on the market, however entry to distribution channels is tight.

Which is why we’re getting a bit giddy over one thing we simply found.

We had been studying up on how the web3 recreation ‘Forgotten Runiverse’ is integrating with the Ethereum-based Ronin blockchain earlier than its launch on the Epic Video games retailer.

Epic Video games retailer…did we miss one thing??

Seems we did.

Over the vacation season of 2023, Epic Video games quietly up to date their phrases of service to permit gamers over the age of 18 to entry web3 video games by way of its retailer.

Since then, 20+ web3 video games have launched on the platform.

For context:

The attain of the 2 largest web3 wallets, MetaMask and Phantom, have a mixed month-to-month lively consumer base of 37M.

(Customers who principally use the platforms for sending/buying and selling crypto, not gaming).

Epic Video games (the seventh largest gaming firm on this planet), has 270M gaming-focused customers (75M month-to-month lively) worldwide — who at the moment are being uncovered to a rising library of web3 video games.

We like to see it!