The evolution of gaming profit schemes

• This page is a draft and pretty much a work in progress. Expect things to change a lot.

• Free to play

  • Games started out as very simple computer programs. To enjoy them, you would need to type the entire source code on your computer before running them.

  • Most of these machines had no persistence, so you had to type the source code every time you wanted to play the game.

• Buy to play (plus shareware)

• Monthly subscription

• Microtransactions

• NFTs and blockchain based currency (also called Play to Earn)