暴雪“难民”何去何从?链游伸出了橄榄枝

蜂巢TechPubblicato 2023-02-06Pubblicato ultima volta 2023-02-06

Introduzione

Web2时代,用户的所有数据锁在不同中心化平台的服务器里,这成了Web3平台最利的矛,刺向对手的核心。一边是转身离场来不及说再见,一边是挥手示好频频露笑,游戏玩家能否在Web3世界中掌握自己的数字命运?

《流浪地球2》上映11天录得28.3 亿,票房只是热度的指标之一,这部Made in China科幻作品的余火烧到了Web3世界——元宇宙沙盒游戏The Sandbox 瞅准时机,将《流浪地球》小说中的物件变成了NFT。

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这不是The Sandbox第一次融合中国元素了,只是,今年更甚。春节期间,“农历新年”直接在The Sandbox上形成了系列活动,NFT的纪念品、“中国龙”盲盒、虚拟地产融合进各种游戏中,涵盖了麦兜、港铁、仙剑奇侠传、小霸王游戏机等中国人熟悉的元素。

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“全世界说中国话”的理想待实现,对全球开放的Web3游戏元宇宙The Sandbox有意“中国化”,这就和另一家传统游戏厂商暴雪形成了鲜明对比。与网易结束14年长跑“分手”后,暴雪反手一招,禁止中国玩家参与《炉石传说》赛事。两家游戏厂商的利益之争,最后只给国服“难民”们留下一个消耗他们多年青春炼成的“电子骨灰盒”。

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Web2时代,用户的所有数据锁在不同中心化平台的服务器里,这成了Web3平台最利的矛,刺向对手的核心。一边是转身离场来不及说再见,一边是挥手示好频频露笑,游戏玩家能否在Web3世界中掌握自己的数字命运?

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Web3元宇宙游戏频现中国元素

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今年1月19日也就是腊月二十八,“农历新年”活动赫然出现The Sandbox 官网中,直接展现了目的:为了庆祝兔年,位于中国香港、中国台湾和中国大陆的合作伙伴及工作室们,围绕热门 IP 打造了游戏、NFT展览、虚拟空间体验等等,这些IP包括麦兜、港铁、仙剑奇侠传等等。

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The Sandbox 是一款基于区块链的元宇宙沙盒类游戏,玩家可以在其中构建游戏,也可以玩其它人创建的游戏,该平台自2018年由香港风投公司Animoca Brands 收购后,进入Web3游戏生态系统,玩家可以在其中赚取、交易数字游戏资产、NFT等。

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大概是考虑到信息的滞后性及中国新年的节日周期,The Sandbox特别延长了“农历新年”活动时间至2月底,时间跨度连正月十五的“元宵节”和二月二的“龙抬头”都包含进去了。在系列活动中,官方提供了代币奖励、纪念品、NFT以及虚拟的 “中国龙”盲盒,Banner位上,“兔”年、红包、祥云、“福”字等中国元素满满。

别以为The Sandbox只关注了中国的传统文化,春节期间,它还预告将推出名为“重庆地下城”的场景体验,并在店铺中上架了科幻小说《流浪地球》的主题NFT系列“Chongqing Wandering”,创作者01a1 Studio将小说中的物件变成了NFT,比如行星发动机、地下城居住证等,还有“兔”年主题的“贵毛兔”等等。

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The Sandbox 在“农历新年”活动中直接表明,这些体验来自中国的创作者和知名品牌。这已经不是这个Web3游戏平台第一次向中国市场示好了,友好也得到了回应,中国的品牌、IP和开发者们也涌入The Sandbox创建Web3站点。

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今年1月,李嘉诚之子李泽楷旗下公司电讯盈科在The Sandbox 中推出元宇宙空间 PCCW-HKT Futurera,吸引游戏玩家的同时也招Web3 人才。

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去年9月,国内仙侠游戏代表《仙剑奇侠传》网游开发商软星购买了The Sandbox 中的虚拟地块,构建了Softstar MetaPark,《仙剑》系列的故事剧情及景点人物IP李逍遥、赵灵儿等将有望现身Web3虚拟空间。

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去年年初,元宇宙文化交流中心Mega City创立,除了有女明星舒淇加入外,参与者还包括香港文化企业家郑志刚、投资圈的新鸿基公司、咨询公司普华永道(香港)、区块链投资和资产管理公司 Times Capital 、演员冯德伦、音乐人 Dough-Boy、游戏 IP 《小斗士》以及本地插画家芝麻羔等等。

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从去年到今年,种种迹象表明,The Sandbox越来越亲近中国市场。

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The Sandbox与中国市场双向奔赴

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The Sandbox与中国市场的双向奔赴,刚好与最近和网易“分手”的Web2头部游戏厂商暴雪形成鲜明对比。禁止中国玩家参与《炉石传说》赛事的消息一出,国服玩家愤愤不平,“20年前的暴雪可不是这样的。”

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那时,暴雪副总裁比尔·罗帕访问中国,试图打开中国游戏市场。露面活动当天,他身穿一身黑色唐装,外绣红龙图案,手持对联 “我在中国,我爱中国”。20年弹指一挥,暴雪一与网易结束14年合作,将无数国服玩家痴迷的《魔兽世界》《炉石传说》《守望先锋》《暗黑破坏神 III》等游戏撤服,打击的不只是玩家情感,还“伤钱”。

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这种结果正是Web3游戏出现的原因之一。

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以The Sandbox为例,以公共区块链网络为底层的这个基因决定了它的包容性,地域上,它是面向全球的,中国市场当然是其中之一,更重要的是,游戏玩法和内容由玩家决定,平台仅负责打造工具、维护网络、完善运营,游戏内的资产也完全由玩家借由私钥掌握,自由支配,不再如《魔兽》等游戏一般,一旦停服就会让玩家的苦心经营化作一窜KB字节的代码。

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The Sandbox对中国市场展现出的青睐感,事实上是中文社区建设者、参与者的努力,他们提供了大量有中国元素的游戏和元宇宙体验场景,以文化的同根性将中国市场聚拢起来。在官方的社区聚集地Discord中,中文频道首先置于意大利、日本、土耳其等国家之上,其次在公告栏里,中文区里每天都会频繁更新活动信息。而在讨论区,几乎每一天里的每个小时段内都有国内玩家在讨论游戏与活动内容,也有对平台提出改进建议和带新教程等。

而在全球的加密资产市场中,中国用户群体的庞大、高活跃度,对以区块链和加密资产为核心竞争力的The Sandbox来说,形成了强大的流量吸引力。过去,这个群体叫“币圈”,当人们以为炒币人群因关闭虚拟货币矿场、清退交易所等政策整顿消失时,事实上,他们已经随着这些商业体一起“出海”了。

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在全球数字资产交易所排行中,前5名中有3个由华人创业者创建,币安(Binance)、欧易OKX、火必(Huobi)中仍然有大量的华语用户,这些用户与同为加密资产的NFT市场存在广泛重叠,也是The Sandbox、Decentraland的重度玩家。

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对于元宇宙赛道,随着数字经济的发展,中国正在释放政策利好。

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去年10月开始,中国香港对外释放了关于虚拟资产的开放态度,让相关创业者和投资者看到了希望。2022年10月31日,香港发表虚拟资产政策宣言,指出正研究数字港元等试验计划。随后两个月中,香港方面表示正草拟推出虚拟资产服务供应商牌照制度,以及两支区块链ETF。

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今年1月1日当天,全国首个国家级合规数字资产二级交易平台“中国数字资产交易平台”在北京启动,据悉,平台交易标的可能将包括“中国版的NFT”数字藏品。

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如此来看,Web3元宇宙平台对中国市场的重视也在情理之中。尽管不确定性仍然,但紧守开放、共创的The Sandbox 们已经抛出橄榄枝,中国市场这片沃土,已经不再是互联网巨头和头部游戏厂商们的重镇了,Web3平台也要参“卷”。

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