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Review on GameCredits by Giles Andrews
Great Concept, not without Roadblocks
The idea of game currencies and wallets is not new. Many gamers have been users of the Steam wallet for example for a long time. It's convenient, it links directly with our games and it's backed by steam, with fast support and trustworthy 'size'.
What GameCredits is trying to do is to decentralize your game wallet to encompass all platforms and games. I can definitely see the appeal in this, after all between Steam, Epic, Google Play, Origen, Activision and more it can be a pain keeping track of where everything is in launchers, platofrms, wallets etc. Also tying it to the blockchain provides a variety of benefits, most notably the security of you funds.
However even with the current emerging market of blockchain and crypto it's not the public that GameCredits will need to convince, it's the developers. A lack of support will kill this crypto in it's tracks as I understand it. I'm also not clear on how it plans to maintain a value, but that's probably on my end.
As an idea, this is great, and has application beyond just buying games and in game content in my opinion. Peer to peer transfer within games, interest on your money not currently spent within a game and obviously de-linking yourself from a specific platform. I hope this tech continues to see work and growth, but I worry the gaming giants, MS, PS, Steam etc will do what they can to prevent it's adoption.
Pros
- Solid Concept
Cons
- Convince users to turn away from current offerings
