​GTA 6 Could Trigger the Largest Onboarding Event in Web3 History.

This is hearsay.

Gossip.

A pipe-dream to be shared around the water cooler...

But if it's true - we might be about to see the largest onboarding events in Web3 history.

So what's the hot goss?

There're whispers that Rockstar Games might integrate blockchain technology into Grand Theft Auto 6, and allow players to collect/trade/sell in-game NFTs.

For example, the basic mechanics might look like this:

• Complete a mission → get an NFT item as a reward.
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• If you're the first person in the world to complete that mission, the NFT is a 1/1 gold edition item.
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• If players sell the NFT, they take the lion's share of profits, while Rockstar Games take a small royalty fee (you know the drill by now).

Ok, cool - we're all familiar with the concept - so how would this be different?

It's all in the numbers.

Since its launch in 2013, GTA 5 has sold 175M units, and boasts 90-150K daily active users (or ~2.5M per month) - solid numbers for a 10 year old game.

Let's assume they integrate with Ethereum.

Right now, there are 223.63M Ethereum wallets in existence, with ~440K daily active users (or ~12M per month).

Even if GTA 6 were to launch and only pull in the same amount of daily active users as its 10 year old predecessor - which it won't (GTA 6 is one of the most anticipated games of the decade)...

This would lead to a 20-35% increase in daily active use on Ethereum, and increase the overall user base by 20%.

All from a single game.

...and if Rockstar can prove the model, other game studios will no doubt want to follow - only compounding the adoption.

File this one under: 'HUGE if true.'