With DeFi projects struggling to regain trust since LUNA's collapse, and the current bear market I think this was the perfect time for the play to earn gaming sector to explode, or at least to gain traction in the way Axie Infinity did in early 2021. Sadly just there aren't any exciting offerings right now that I can see... Illuvium and Star Atlas, two of the first "AAA" games in the space are still in development, and may be for another year or so. I heard Marvel was getting into the space with their own breed of games soon, but so far ... nothing, same goes for "Swords of Blood", another AAA game that is still in development.
I mean, it looks like 2024 will be a great year for crypto play to earn games when these games get released, but what do we have now, 2022 ? DeFi Kingdoms ? TownStar ? My Neighbour Alice ? Gods Unchained ? Yes we have those ( unless I'm mistaken ) and they kinddaaa look interesting but to be honest they can't possibly compete for users with the mainstream games currently out there, which will cost you money and won't earn you a penny. Let's face it, some of us older gamers here don't have many spare hours a day , maybe one hour, and if that hour will earn me $20 and looks kind of lame or childish, I rather spend that hour playing something that looks amazing or intricate or fun , even if it costs me money. So it's a long shot for Gaming studios like Gala Games or Vulcan Forged to try to lure new gamers into the space in 2022 -2023 with the current lineup of childish and lame games we have.
Bad Tokenomy is one of the reason why those games failed aside from being low tier graphic games. As we know, There are so so many low quality games that have been introduced to the market and most of them are brought by hype. Those games surely did acquired amazing marketcap but it didn't last long because of their unsustainable token model. Most of the people who entered to those games are just aiming for the profits and not because of the game. There are so many boring games that have acquired the spotlight like MyDefiPets, CryptoBlades and other that flop. I don't include axie infinity because I think they are successful in the market despite of the hate and the token value they have right now, They are still doing progress and it is the important thing to have in this early gameFi stage.