This is the reality, take it from a builder

Just because it's ~onchain~ doesn't mean people want to micro-piss money away all of a sudden on silly games

Remember that most people still won't even pay $0.99 to download an app

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What about paying a certain amount to play a game? Not to play to earn but to just play the game? That's the current model I have with my pinball arcade mini app where people pay a small amount to play a single game of pinball.

It's tough because no one wants to piss away money abd just want to have fun, but a lot of app builders like me do want to turn something of a profit from what they build. I'm personally hoping I can turn it into a side gig that sustains me. How do you balance that?

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So basically "Keep It Simple Stupid" when it comes to payments, make it intuitive.

I'm surprised no one has made a F2P multi-player game with an in game economy, where people can buy/sell/trade items for real money. It's simple, intuitive, and there's a lot of web2 games that do this quite effectively (team fortress 2 is a great example). 

Why hasn't something like that been built with miniapps yet? It's a golden opportunity.

I think that if you build a fun and addicting game then people will pay to play it, unlock things, etc. just as with popular games on the App Store today

I think the crypto timeline tends to overindex on thinking people are down to pay for more stuff just because micropayments are a thing