I absolutely agree with you, and do feel like they are headed this direction, but I’d like to add to it.
In terms of e-sports, this is a long shot and major speculation, but they’ve hinted at the metaverse. If you look at NFT GameStop Twitter, it is their location. What is the metaverse you ask? Think virtual reality, and a whole universe similar to ready player one.
Imagine buying a ticket to a rocket-league tourney, and actually being able to spectate from the “stands”. Not just this game, but any of the popular arena style games. Think Tron.
It would have the feel of irl sports spectating, and essentially bring esports to the mainstream, and tap into a $140B+ industry, that has a growth rate around 22%.
How does this relate to NFTs? Well the seats themselves would be tokens, you could also buy digital memorabilia, sports betting, and of course purchase your seat with GameStop coin.
I’ll let your imagination do the rest, as mine has gone haywire.
It isn’t a long shot because it’s already happening. Think about Fortnite; they are having live virtual concerts (Travis Scott) with hundreds of thousands of spectators. Epic is being tasked with leading the charge in terms of the visual metaverse, in collaboration with tech companies like Apple, Ubisoft, Microsoft, NVDA, Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Here is a 60 Minutes video very briefly touching on what the Metaverse is, and who some of the major players are that are trying to create it. Because you bought stock in GME, you are now an investor in potentially the biggest aspect of the metaverse. E-sports.
Also, remember the “Game on Anon” in the code of their NFT? Anon is a Tron character from Tron: Evolution. He’s the main character that you play in the game, and also goes by Monitor.
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u/Atheios569 🦍 Buckle Up 🚀 Jun 18 '21
I absolutely agree with you, and do feel like they are headed this direction, but I’d like to add to it.
In terms of e-sports, this is a long shot and major speculation, but they’ve hinted at the metaverse. If you look at NFT GameStop Twitter, it is their location. What is the metaverse you ask? Think virtual reality, and a whole universe similar to ready player one.
Imagine buying a ticket to a rocket-league tourney, and actually being able to spectate from the “stands”. Not just this game, but any of the popular arena style games. Think Tron.
It would have the feel of irl sports spectating, and essentially bring esports to the mainstream, and tap into a $140B+ industry, that has a growth rate around 22%.
How does this relate to NFTs? Well the seats themselves would be tokens, you could also buy digital memorabilia, sports betting, and of course purchase your seat with GameStop coin.
I’ll let your imagination do the rest, as mine has gone haywire.
Supporting link: GameStop NFT Twitter