Yesterday I saw a guy sharing his earnings chart, he made 50,000 dollars in the game over three months. My first reaction was: has gaming become so competitive these days? Upon closer inspection, he wasn't playing some traditional online game, but was instead using the new gameplay from Yield Guild Games (YGG), which has turned gaming into a serious investment project.
Did you think it was just a gaming community? Wrong, this is essentially a 'virtual world money-making system.'
In simple terms, YGG has done something that subverts common sense: it has transformed gaming from a pure money-burning activity into a way to earn money. Think about it, in traditional games, you spend money on equipment, stay up late grinding dungeons, and in the end, you get nothing but numbers on the screen. But YGG has turned in-game assets — like rare weapon skins, virtual land, and game tokens — into digital assets that can be traded (that's NFTs). Every dungeon you run might drop equipment that can be sold; every game character you train might be able to be rented out for income next month.
How can ordinary people get on board? Don't worry, they have smashed the barriers to entry.
What's most remarkable is YGG's 'common prosperity' model. In the past, if you wanted to make money from gaming, you had to invest a lot of money to buy top accounts and rare equipment; you couldn't enter the market without a few tens of thousands to start. Now? YGG has created something like a 'gaming asset fund'—they call it Vaults. You can invest money into the vault, and professional players will use that funding to invest, farm gold, and complete tasks in games, sharing profits with everyone. It's like you don't know how to trade cryptocurrencies, but you give your money to a big player in the crypto world to manage.
What's more down-to-earth is their SubDAOs (sub-communities). For example, if you're a die-hard fan of a certain game but can't afford those expensive items, you can join the corresponding SubDAO, where the community shares a resource pool. You contribute gaming skills, others contribute funds, and profits are distributed based on contributions. Ever seen a gaming guild? It's like upgrading a gaming guild to a 'mini-investment cooperative.'
What exactly drives this thing?
YGG tokens: these are the lifeblood of the entire system. Holding them not only allows you to vote on community development (like which game to invest in next), but also serves as 'hard currency' in games. More practically, staking tokens can earn you various gaming benefits, equivalent to holding 'shares' in the entire gaming ecosystem.
NFT asset bank: YGG has hoarded a massive amount of game NFTs, from virtual land to rare characters. Regular players can rent these assets to earn money in games without having to sell everything to buy an entry ticket. What's smart about this operation? It's like wanting to drive for a ride-hailing service but not having the money to buy a car; now a company rents you a car, and you share a portion of your earnings.
Skill monetization network: the most disruptive aspect here is—your gaming skills can really be exchanged for money. Are you a strategy master? You can lead teams for profit sharing. Are you good at reselling items? The community provides you with funding as startup capital. Even if you teach beginners, you can open courses to earn training fees. This thoroughly formalizes and scales up the gaming circle's 'boosting' and 'companionship' services.
But to be honest, is there no risk involved? Of course, there is.
What if the game cools down? The virtual assets you invested in could be worth nothing overnight.
Token prices go on rollercoasters; what you earn today may be lost tomorrow.
Some games are just 'funding schemes dressed in game skins'; you need to keep your eyes open.
However, YGG is smart in creating a 'game investment portfolio'—they invest in dozens of games at the same time, where if one side doesn't shine, the other side does, spreading the risk. Moreover, they focus on games that are genuinely playable, not just scams.
Let's be realistic: whose cheese has this model moved?
Traditional game companies are definitely upset—previously, they made a fortune selling items, and now players can actually turn items into cash? But on the other hand, game developers have also found a new way out: partnering with YGG, they can secure funding and a player community even before the game launches, becoming a new form of 'venture capital' in the gaming industry.
I've talked to several real participants. One college student spends two hours a day in games completing tasks and earns over three thousand a month, covering his tuition and living expenses. Another full-time mother rents out her leveled-up game account and has a stable income of two thousand dollars a month. But this industry also follows the '80/20 rule'—top players can indeed earn millions a year, but many just make a little pocket money.
Where will the future lead? I think these three points are key.
From 'gold farming' to 'real game economy': in the future, we may see completely player-governed virtual cities, where shops, logistics, and services are all managed by players, forming a truly virtual economic society.
Skill certification system: the gaming achievements you accumulate in YGG may become a bonus point on your job application in the future—like 'top guild strategic commander in a certain game' proving your leadership and adaptability.
Virtual-real fusion experience: in the future, the assets you earn in games might be exchangeable for offline concert tickets, physical merchandise, or even become shares in a certain real brand.
Essentially, YGG is doing one thing: redefining the word 'game' from 'entertainment' to 'labor and creation in the digital world.' It may not be suitable for everyone—if you just want to relax while gaming, traditional games are more enjoyable. But if you have a business mind, are willing to study the rules, and enjoy pioneering in the virtual world, then this indeed opens the door to a new world.
At the end of the day, what makes YGG so fierce is not how advanced the technology is, but that it sees through the trend: the younger generation has long been living in a world where online and offline merge. When the time, emotions, and wisdom we invest in games can be quantified into value, why can't we confidently turn it into a career? This experiment has just begun, but some have already voted with real money: in the future world, fun and functionality may really be the same thing.
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