Gaming industry is moving to bitcoin, Wargames the first

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Quote from: Amph on February 04, 2016, 06:38:25 AM

so since this place is becoming a war of ignoring button and deleting comment, i'm creating my own thread on this, without the self moderated crap, because this news actually interest me

this is the news https://blog.bitpay.com/bitcoin-comes-to-online-multiplayer-gaming-giant-wargaming/, they have also acquired the total annihilation IP, which means that TA 2 is on the way with Chris taylor

As far as i know g2a also accepts bitcoin as a payment method to buy games there, if i'm wrong correct me someone.

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Quote from: DimensionZ on February 04, 2016, 03:14:12 PM

Quote from: franky1 on February 04, 2016, 02:58:10 PM

Quote from: DimensionZ on February 04, 2016, 02:51:25 PM

Valve won't let Steam have bitcoin purchases because their policy for returning money back will make them incur losses dealing with fees and payment processing companies. The Arkham Knight debacle called for so many refunds that I am not sure Steam could handle bitcoins refunds like ever lol.

well if they didnt use bitcoin for pre-orders and game deliveries (where issues could occur) but instead for ingame 'fancies' like gold, bullets, vehicles.. where once they are bought the customer has to keep. there would be no issue

This could work but I think the easiest solution to this is just allowing people to buy Steam gift cards with bitcoins to do whatever they want so in case of unsatisfied customers Steam will just return the amount to their Steam wallet no issues there.

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Seems to be the best way to sprout the next wave with steady movement moving through the chain.
Porn never took off like expected and gambling seems to be luke warm to adapting at best.
If we could get sites like chess.com and other game based sites to come over we could push things farther down the road.

Should be on these app builders to take bitcoin more as well,the more we pressure the more they feel a void needs to be filled.

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of course it is. the online gambling industry desperatly needs digital currency to be able to act freely all around the world Wink

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These are great news. This may decide me to finally play to World of Tanks if some bonuses are proposed cheaply to people wiling to pay in bitcoins.

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I think it will.... G2A accept Bitcoin now

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No surprise here.
We all know how bitcoin is the ultimate tool for online gambling and gaming.

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Quote from: franky1 on February 04, 2016, 02:58:10 PM

Quote from: DimensionZ on February 04, 2016, 02:51:25 PM

Valve won't let Steam have bitcoin purchases because their policy for returning money back will make them incur losses dealing with fees and payment processing companies. The Arkham Knight debacle called for so many refunds that I am not sure Steam could handle bitcoins refunds like ever lol.

well if they didnt use bitcoin for pre-orders and game deliveries (where issues could occur) but instead for ingame 'fancies' like gold, bullets, vehicles.. where once they are bought the customer has to keep. there would be no issue

This could work but I think the easiest solution to this is just allowing people to buy Steam gift cards with bitcoins to do whatever they want so in case of unsatisfied customers Steam will just return the amount to their Steam wallet no issues there.

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Awesome news, I really think Bitcoin would work really well within the games industry with micro transactions etc...

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this is very good news

glad that a big game with a big player base took the step. and the gaming crowed seems like the perfect market for new adopters of bitcoins.

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Quote from: DimensionZ on February 04, 2016, 02:51:25 PM

Valve won't let Steam have bitcoin purchases because their policy for returning money back will make them incur losses dealing with fees and payment processing companies. The Arkham Knight debacle called for so many refunds that I am not sure Steam could handle bitcoins refunds like ever lol.

well if they didnt use bitcoin for pre-orders and game deliveries (where issues could occur) but instead for ingame 'fancies' like gold, bullets, vehicles.. where once they are bought the customer has to keep. there would be no issue

DimensionZ

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Shit, did I leave the stove on?

Valve won't let Steam have bitcoin purchases because their policy for returning money back will make them incur losses dealing with fees and payment processing companies. The Arkham Knight debacle called for so many refunds that I am not sure Steam could handle bitcoins refunds like ever lol.

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Quote from: Amph on February 04, 2016, 02:43:50 PM

steam has over 125M users, probably some are clone, but many are genuine i believe, and i still think that only a small portion know about bitcoin

thinking about it, the gaming industry alone could make bitcoin skyrocket, seen that go well together

yep, i done some PR stuff in 2013 and got some businesses onboard. but i backed off for a while as i thought i done my part. i was gonna get back into it again recently but bitcoin really needs to expand to have a buffer to cope with new people wanting to use bitcoin, without ofcourse the corporate background manipulative crap

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Quote from: franky1 on February 04, 2016, 02:39:25 PM

Quote from: Amph on February 04, 2016, 02:36:34 PM

Quote from: franky1 on February 04, 2016, 02:21:52 PM

lauda is ulta sensitive on his version of the same topic. so i posted it here

i have created this thread for this reason, to show how pointless self moderated is, it's only promote more post for nothing

yep and thanks. its strange how the blockstreamers want to hide differing opinions.

but anyways.
70million people now asking "whats this 'pay with bitcoin' about?" can only be good even if only 1% actually decide to use bitcoin

steam has over 125M users, probably some are clone, but many are genuine i believe, and i still think that only a small portion know about bitcoin

thinking about it, the gaming industry alone could make bitcoin skyrocket, seen that go well together

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Quote from: Amph on February 04, 2016, 02:36:34 PM

Quote from: franky1 on February 04, 2016, 02:21:52 PM

lauda is ulta sensitive on his version of the same topic. so i posted it here

i have created this thread for this reason, to show how pointless self moderated is, it's only promote more post for nothing

yep and thanks. its strange how the blockstreamers want to hide differing opinions.

but anyways.
70million people now asking "whats this 'pay with bitcoin' about?" can only be good even if only 1% actually decide to use bitcoin

Amph

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Quote from: tangleNinja on February 04, 2016, 02:26:34 PM

Quote from: franky1 on February 04, 2016, 02:21:52 PM

.. wait. a community of 70million gamers just becoming bitcoin friendly.. isnt that extra need.. SOON

And if 10% of them start sending one transaction per week bitcoin is fucked.

maybe this is the reason why major company are not embracing bitcoin...

i mean the dev behind those games are intelligent enough to understand easily what bitcoin is and how it work

DimensionZ

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Shit, did I leave the stove on?

I have been playing World of Tanks Blitz on my Android tablet and I would love to buy some stuff for it with bitcoins instead of buying Playstore cards with bitcoins.

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Quote from: franky1 on February 04, 2016, 02:21:52 PM

lauda is ulta sensitive on his version of the same topic. so i posted it here

i have created this thread for this reason, to show how pointless self moderated is, it's only promote more post for nothing

Quote from: franky1 on February 04, 2016, 02:30:09 PM

Quote from: tangleNinja on February 04, 2016, 02:26:34 PM

Quote from: franky1 on February 04, 2016, 02:21:52 PM

.. wait. a community of 70million gamers just becoming bitcoin friendly.. isnt that extra need.. SOON

And if 10% of them start sending one transaction per week bitcoin is fucked.

yep, bitcoin needs 2mb+segwit to allow alot of buffer to expand. not 1mbsegwit plus bait ans switch to altcoins.

after all coinbase quotes having 2million customers. so 2mb+segwit would comfortably handle 8million people.
though i think the WoT crowd would be more like a 5% max projection, which is even more comfort for 2mb+segwit.

like i've said in another thread of the matter, i think that segwit is somethign that you add in the last step of the capacity increase, not as initial resort

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It is a very good news that now gaming industry is also taking bitcoin as payment to their industry, first the gambling industry has tried and i think most of the sites are in huge success after accepting bitcoin as their payment industry, like this same gaming industry will also boom with that Bitcoin will also get some more mass users acceptance. Now any one dont will have problem in playing or purchasing games from online.

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Quote from: tangleNinja on February 04, 2016, 02:26:34 PM

Quote from: franky1 on February 04, 2016, 02:21:52 PM

.. wait. a community of 70million gamers just becoming bitcoin friendly.. isnt that extra need.. SOON

And if 10% of them start sending one transaction per week bitcoin is fucked.

yep, bitcoin needs 2mb+segwit to allow alot of buffer to expand. not 1mbsegwit plus bait and switch to altcoins.

after all coinbase quotes having 2million customers. so 2mb+segwit would comfortably handle 8million people.
though i think the WoT crowd would be more like a 5% max projection, which is even more comfort for 2mb+segwit.

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