Playing games and making money, is it possible?

Greetings

Good day everyone.
My name is Shuichi Kawamura.
I look forward to working with you today.

Is it possible to make money by playing games?

The theme of this month's interview is "Is it possible to make money by playing games? is "Is it possible to make money by playing games?

When I say "earn money by playing games," I do not mean becoming a professional gamer.
It is a way to earn money by playing games on your smartphone or PC and cashing in the tokens (points) you earn from playing games.

In the crypto asset industry, "PLAY TO EARN," a style of earning by playing this game, has been booming since last year.
Games that claim to be games where you can earn money are still being created one after another.

However, many games require the purchase of a character to participate.
The price of the character is so high that it is common to pay over 100,000 yen or even 200,000 yen for a character.

Naturally, the more expensive the character is, the stronger it is and the more tokens it earns.
You can also resell the characters you no longer need.
If you do well, you can sell them at a higher price than the purchase price.

Although the high price of characters is a bottleneck, the mechanism of earning money by playing the game itself actually exists.

So, can anyone make enough money to recoup the purchase price (investment) of a character?

Conclusion

Conclusion.
Only a few people can make money.

Those few are
(1) Those who have been working on the game before it became a boom.
(2) Those who were able to take advantage of the timing of the game's boom.
(3) Those who are among the world's top players of the game.

For those who do not fit any of these three patterns, there is a high possibility that they will not be able to recover their original investment, or even if they could, it would take many years to recover it.

You should not jump into the game easily.

Axie infinity

I had a painful experience with Axie infinity, a game that was a precursor to "PLAY TO EARN".

In addition to Axie infinity, I also played GALA, and to be honest, I regret that I didn't try it.

From the next article, I will tell you how it happened, focusing on Axie infinity.

Today's summary

There is a possibility to make money by playing games if you can catch the boom.
However, it is very difficult to predict which games will boom and when.

It is dangerous to jump into a game that is talked about as a good way to make money.
The price of the tokens will peak when you start the game, and after that, the price may drop significantly and you may not be able to recover your original investment.

It is better to play the game you like and be lucky if you can make money.

Thank you for reading to the end.

P.S

I used msy's illustrations today as well.

Thank you msy for drawing a wonderful illustration.
Please continue to create fun illustrations.