Blockchain games will never reach mass adoption without Xbox and PlayStation, claims Moonray Studios CEO Rodrigo Etcheto.
“The majority of gamers are found on platforms such as Playstation, Xbox and Steam. To onboard gamers to Web3, you need to go where they are,” Etcheto tells Web3 Gamer.
Without these platforms and meeting players “on their terms”, blockchain games will never be able to reach “gamers at scale.”
Moonray Studios’ Ethereum-based multiplayer battle arena game Moonray has been available on PC through the Epic Games Store since last July. It’s headed to Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 later this year. The release dates aren’t locked in yet, but the porting process is already underway, and the team expects to start playtests in the second half of 2025.
Moonray is the second Web3 game to break into mainstream consoles, following the early-access launch of the first-person shooter Off The Grid on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 in October.
Multiplayer battle arena game Moonray is based in a surreal far-futureworld. Source: YouTube
Etcheto thinks Moonray has found the right balance between cross-play across platforms to reach as many gamers as possible, all while sticking to each platform’s terms and conditions.
It hasn’t been easy for crypto games to play within the rules of traditional platforms. In October 2021, Valve, the firm behind Steam, removed blockchain-based games from its platform and advised users not to publish content on crypto or NFTs.
Don’t use AI as a gimmick says ArenaX Labs CEO
AI won’t ruin gaming for hardcore players, but throwing it in as a pointless gimmick just might, says ArenaX Labs CEO Brandon Da Silva.
Source: NRN Agents
“The real risk isn’t AI scaring off gamers — it’s developers implementing AI in ways that feel cheap, predatory or uninspired,” Da Silva tells Web3 Gamer.
Da Silva explains that if game developers…
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