James Ferguson on Decentralized Gaming's Next Moves

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Growing up, CEO of Immutable James Ferguson's favorite game was Runescape.

After spending thousands of hours on game play he realized his new-found wealth couldn't be traded outside the game ecosystem.

This year, Immutable raised $15 million from investors including Naspers Ventures and Michael Novogratz's Galaxy Digital EOS VC Fund.Ferguson emailed his thoughts on what it's like running a decentralized game studio as well as the crypto industry in 2019.Why do you think investor interest sparked for crypto games and NFT this year?

There's a compelling argument that gaming will be the first vertical within the crypto industry which achieves mainstream adoption.

We're reaching a state where blockchain games like Gods Unchained are compelling for their gameplay alone, with expert teams from the games industry and veterans like Chris Clay, taking the games to new heights.

With more of these examples popping up, crypto gaming has begun to separate away from the noise and prove product-market fit.

There's a compelling argument that gaming will be the first vertical within the crypto industry.

What are the problems unique to developing decentralized games?

The stakes for designing and building out in-game economies is greater in decentralized games.

At the same time, they love the trading and benefits that blockchain gaming offers and understand the value of it once effectively explained.

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