Online games: you probably use them daily in one form or another, because it’s difficult to imagine contemporary life without them. However, we don’t often think about the technology behind them.
Web games, invented since the early 1990s, have undergone many changes. Often we don’t notice them as they happen in stages. Now it looks like another dramatic development is coming, only this time it’s worth starting to realize what’s happening.
After all, if everything goes as the experts anticipate, this time you may even be able to capitalize on it.
We’re talking about the transition from Web2 games to Web3 games. This will be a form of Web where the Internet will be much more decentralized and users will control and own it.
But what is Web3? And what’s Web2 in the first place? What are the differences? And why do we need to get involved? Read about all this and more in our article!
What is Web2?
Web2 is the name of the Internet as we know it today.
It is the network we use, dominated by technology giants such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft, and we in turn can apply the web interactively. In the Web2 era, the internet has become part of everyday life and a way to keep in touch with friends and family.
However, Web2 also has features that some people are not so keen on. You probably know the saying: “There’s no such thing as a free lunch”. The fact is that the sites we use in Web2 collect personal data, which is then sold for advertising space.
Consequently, with the advent of Web2, privacy has been greatly diminished and the power is in the hands of big companies like Google and Facebook.
These features are often the subject of negative publicity, such as the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which used the data collected from millions of users for profit.
As a result, a new form of Internet is emerging in which our data is no longer for sale, and power is in the hands of users rather than big players. We are talking about Web3. If enthusiasts are to be believed, this form of Internet will completely change our lives. But how? What is Web3?
What is Web3?
With the development of Web3, we will all become, if we can put it this way, masters of the Web. By “all of us” in this case we mean users. The power over the Internet will not be in the hands of a few large companies, but in the hands of ordinary people.
Instead of centralized control as in Web2 (centralized in the sense of big companies in power), Web3 will be much more decentralized.
Cryptocurrencies and blockchain fit perfectly into this picture. After all, blockchain is also decentralized and is also a kind of ledger in which data can be stored.
With the advent of Web3, the Internet will become much smarter with respect to the data at its disposal. In addition, everyone could contribute to its development!
So what’s the issue?
Currently, most apps and games on the Internet can be categorized as Web2, but increasingly we are seeing the emergence of Web3-format applications and games.
Web2 and Web3 can theoretically co-exist, but various experts believe that we will increasingly move to Web3 in the coming years.
However, Web3 games, blockchain and NFT have completely failed to resonate with Web2 users. Even at the highest level, a decision was made to remove everything related to Web3 from Steam and from well-known games like Minecraft and GTA V.
The matter, among other things, in the different formats of the World Wide Web. Let’s look at two main differences between Web2 and Web3, namely the way of data distribution and web ownership.
Data distribution
The first major difference between the two forms of Web is the way data is distributed. As mentioned repeatedly, in Web2, data is owned by a few large platforms. These include Google, Facebook, and Amazon.
Because you use these platforms, they know a lot about you: your name and age, and what you are interested in. This data can be sold to advertisers. At a minimum, you’ve encountered texting scams, spam, and other “pests”.
In Web3 it works differently. It uses a blockchain rather than a platform to create social networks, but instead of using a conventional Facebook, you use an app built on its backbone. As a result, no party has control over your data because it is completely decentralized — distributed in a big data chain — in the blockchain.
Web ownership
The decentralized social network example not only provides decentralized data distribution, but also ensures that you decide what you want to see. In addition to this, you will also be able to collaboratively manage networks.
You can realize this through a DAO.
DAO stands for Decentralized Autonomous Organization, and it is essentially just a form of business where a company can act independently and the future of the company is determined by its users.
There are significant advantages to this form of governance. After Instagram was acquired by Facebook, data was used to sell advertising. If Instagram had been a DAO, Instagram users could have voted against this development, and then it might simply not have happened.
This begs the question: is it possible to create a successful company if ordinary users are deciding its fate? After all, without those very ads, Instagram would likely never have become so profitable. The difference is that DAO users are actually interested in the development of the company itself. This is because the native (proprietary) tokens or digital assets required to participate in a decentralized project or ecosystem have value and can be sold.
When a company grows, the value of these assets also increases as more people want to buy them. Hence, users can capitalize on the growth of a Web3 project while benefiting from the product itself, such as a game or service.
The future of the web
Web3 is currently still in its infancy. Partly because Web3’s component is often crypto transactions, it is still quite inaccessible, i.e. it is still extremely difficult for ordinary Internet users.
However, when this threshold is lowered, there is a chance that the experts will be right, and Web3 will get a powerful boost to development. So it’s safe to say that Web3 has serious advantages for the user over Web2.
Unfortunately, so far these advantages in most cases remain “on paper”. There are too few real-world use cases and solid Web3 projects to be able to say with certainty that Web3 will be as successful as its predecessor. And even Web3 games are still a relatively new idea, so it’s hard to say when this sector will catch up with traditional games.
Time will tell.
However, some of the most impressive Web3 games are already in development. Let’s take a look at how Web3 projects can win the hearts of Web2 users using the example of the new blockchain game, Search for Animera.
What can help Web3 games gain popularity following the prime example of Search for Animera
The Search for Animera team, with 35 years of game creation experience, is working hard to provide a seamless gaming experience for both Web2 gamers and members of the Web3 community.
By the end of 2023, the Web2 games market is projected to be worth nearly $200 billion, 10 times the current Web3 games market. Web3 games are still a relatively new idea, so it is difficult to say when this sector will catch up with traditional games.
To preserve the decentralization, earning potential, and player ownership of NFT assets that cryptocurrency provides, the development team designed the game in a way that addresses the limitations that Web3 projects often face.
Game makers and gamers alike will benefit if Web3 games are released on game consoles such as PlayStation and Xbox. Since they already have a significant user base, this will expand the game’s audience and increase recognition.
The consoles’ controllers and hardware provide a more immersive gaming experience, which is ideal for Web3 games. By Q4 2025, the Search for Animera team plans to release their product on game consoles.
Web3 games can launch specialized campaigns on Twitch and YouTube with well-known game broadcasters, and participate in and support various gaming conferences to attract Web2 audiences. It is also advisable to collaborate with well-known gaming guilds and DAOs to increase the number of users. You can even hold gaming competitions on streaming services such as Twitch and Youtube.
The project’s advertising campaigns will include, but not limited to, Web2 partners (brand partnerships, paid advertising, etc.) as well as brand and merchandising. This truly is a fresh and shining example for other Web3 gaming initiatives.
There are many similarities between Web2 and Web3, but even more differences. The main differences manifest themselves in the way data is distributed and the definition of what happens on the Web. It’s also likely that cryptocurrency and blockchain will start to play an important role in Web3.
How exactly all of this will work, we can’t know yet. In any case, these are very interesting developments that we will definitely keep an eye on. So we will continue to keep you updated on them in the future!
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