She believes there will be 10 million wallets interfacing with blockchain games by the end of the year.
Oasys, the gaming-focused proof of stake blockchain, claims that it was designed to encourage mainstream play-to earn (P2E).
Oasys PTE is a Singapore-based company. LTD, the company behind the new chain, touts its scalability and eco-friendly PoS blockchain. It also boasts “zero gas fees experience” and the transferability of digital assets among different projects that use the blockchain. These are key benefits for users and developers.
A host of top gaming and crypto companies have joined the founding team, including Bandai Namco Research President and CEO Hajime Nagani, Sega Corporation CEO Shuji Utsumi and Hironobu Ueno, CEO of Sega Corporation, and Thirdverse CEO Hironao Kunimitsu, and Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games.
Officially launched by Oasys on February 7, 2019, the blockchain has partnered with 21 gaming and tech companies to act initially as validators. Dizon’s crypto gaming guild YGG was one of the first to sign on to Oasys.
Sega Corporation’s Utsumi spoke out at the launch of blockchain gaming last week. He stressed the importance of creating a scalable ecosystem for blockchain gaming that recognizes the “need to have an ecofriendly platform that takes into consideration important cultural and societal considerations.”
Many in the traditional gaming community have been vocal about the controversial environmental effects of proof-of-work blockchains. They have pushed back against many firms that have made moves to the NFT industry.
Cointelegraph spoke with Dizon, co-founder of YGG. He said that Utsumi was a strong environmentalist when he said that:
Developers will always have to make trade-offs when choosing which blockchain to use. Each one is focused on different problems and optimizing specific features. Oasys focuses on improving the user experience of gamers by increasing scalability and reducing environmental impact.
Dizon was not forthcoming with any announcements or partnerships. However, the YGG cofounder said that Oasys’s ties to Japan through its founders would help to create “a gateway into the blockchain for major Japanese IP.”
He stated that Japan has been a leader in gaming for many years and that its cultural influence had an enormous impact on shaping the industry today.
Dizon bullishly predicted, speaking about the blockchain gaming industry in general that the market would see more than 7X growth on the 1.4 Million active wallets that interacted daily using blockchain gaming apps by late 2021.
He stated that “Gaming is one of the most important use cases for blockchain” and that he believes we will see 10,000,000 wallets interact with blockchain games by the end this year.
Kokushi Hattori, Oasys’ head of marketing, stated that many mainstream gaming companies will launch P2E games by 2022. The gaming blockchain was designed to lead the sector’s “explosive growth”.
Oasys realized that prediction and decided to lead instead of follow, optimizing itself and its architecture in support of mainstream adoption. This includes gamers as well as consumers.
He said, “In the immediate short term, we will be focusing on attracting game developers, content creators, and gamers to begin building early adoption among gamers so they can connect, create, and play within the Metaverse.”
