Crypto gaming needs to be fun to be successful — money doesn't matter, do you agree?

Do you think that most cryptocurrency games today lack the mechanics to keep players interested for even a short period of time?

I read one interesting article about this and made me think why haven’t more top-tier games introduced real-world rewards into their games?

I'm referring to titles in which 99.9% of gamers are not professional esports athletes and receive no monetary compensation for thousands of hours spent playing their favorite games. The possibility of introducing monetary incentives has always been on the table. Why hasn't it been

Games need to avoid injecting monetary rewards into an experience that is designed to be intrinsically rewarding. The gameplay should be most important because that's the thing that keeps players attracted to the game and entertained. Have you seen how awesome WAM tournaments are? Well, that's the exact reason I'm captivated by that game, it's insane and we need more games that are fun and worth playing.

The fact is that nobody will invest hundreds of hours in an activity that isn't fun unless it pays a lot of money. And you can only pay out a large sum of money if a large number of users collaborate to create a significant amount of value. This quickly becomes a death spiral for nascent crypto games, as the games are unable to generate enough value to adequately reward players for spending hours inside an unrewarding game loop.

Instead of starting with economics or haphazardly adding crypto to a working game loop, developers should create games that people want to play. A play-to-earn mechanism could destroy the retention of even a fantastic game with high retention numbers.

What are your thoughts?