Wyatt: Blockchain games will serve a significant audience, but not all games
Ryan Wyatt · The Future of Gaming | Ryan Wyatt, Polygon Studios · Mar 31, 2022 · at 1:01:50
Ryan Wyatt, CEO of Polygon Studios and former head of YouTube Gaming, discusses the realistic scope and limits of Web3 adoption across the broader gaming industry.
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“Blockchain games is going to serve a significant size of the total gaming audience, but not all of it, right? And nor, I would say, a lot of games have no business being a blockchain-based game. No interest. Doesn't do anything for it. Not helpful. Not productive.”
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