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Why did the metaverse die? Because Silicon Valley doesn’t understand the concept of fun
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this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2023
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There doesn't need to be a value return - if it's fun. Unfortunately, it seems designed specifically to be brand safe for future advertising instead of appealing to real people.
This is fine, for a video game. But the metaverse isn't being marketed as a video game, it's being marketed as a social and utility platform.
Also if it is just a video game then there's nothing more compelling about it than any other video game... and also it's a crappy video game built around microtransactions. It's not fun, it's a dead mall.