The study found that compared to NFTs, five times more respondents are interested in earning Bitcoin while playing games.
While some gamers are against nonfungible token (NFT) integration for games, a large portion are willing to play if they're given opportunities to earn cryptocurrency, in keeping with a recent survey.
In an announcement, fintech firm Zeebedee revealed the results of a study that surveyed gamers primarily based within the us to live their exposure to crypto and their sentiments toward blockchain gaming.
The researchers found that 67 of the respondents are additional likely to play free games if the games offered crypto rewards. Out of the survey participants, 45th believe that there are edges in having the ability to trade game characters and things with other gamers, whereas 23rd said that it may have a negative impact. The remaining 32nd didn't comment.
Apart from these, the study also found 27th of respondents are interested in earning Bitcoin $17,832 in games, whereas only 5-hitter are interested in earning NFTs. this means that additional gamers have an interest in obtaining BTC in play-to-earn (P2E) games than simply obtaining NFTs.
According to ben Cousens, the chief strategy officer of Zeebedee, one in every of the highlights of the survey was that the majority gamers have a positive or neutral opinion on crypto rewards. excluding this, the executive noted that interest in Bitcoin was also high. Cousens explained that:
“Despite the bulk of industry attention being focused on NFTs, we found that Bitcoin stands out as the most popular decentralized asset amongst gamers when compared against other cryptocurrencies, including NFTs.”
Of the respondents that hold cryptocurrencies, the researchers found that 55th don’t hold cryptocurrencies. the rest holds either Bitcoin, Ether $1,323 or Dogecoin $0.09.
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Meanwhile, another survey published on July 15 revealed that one out of 3 gamers is interested in using crypto within the metaverse. The survey additionally highlighted that the concept of P2E play is well-received, with 400th of gamers wanting to play and earn within the etaverse.
(EZRA REGUERRA, Cointelegraph, 2022)