I've been thinking about why I'm stepping back from Web3 gaming, and honestly, I think it's pretty simple. Web3 gaming failed to give gamers a reason to choose it. And I think the industry completely misunderstood what gaming actually is. I keep seeing people say: "It's entertainment." Bro. If gaming is just entertainment, that's a movie. You pay for it, you're entertained for a couple of hours, and you leave. But gaming became one of the biggest industries in the world for a reason. I've watched it grow for more than 20 years. Gaming isn't just something you consume. You build. You compete. You develop your character. You develop your skills. You create. You explore. You make friends. You build communities. You spend thousands of hours mastering something. Maybe you're building a character. Maybe you're building a guild. Maybe you're competing at the highest level. Maybe you're creating content. Maybe you're just trying to become the best player you can be. There is something to build, something to master, or something to prove. That's what gaming became. So when I see Web3 gaming reduce gaming to either entertainment or an economic system, honestly, I find it ridiculous. You're talking about gamers like they're either consumers or wallets. And that's the exact opposite of what made gaming so powerful in the first place. I thought Web3 was supposed to change that. Ownership. Protection of effort. Player-driven economies. Communities that actually matter. A way for players to have more control over the worlds they've spent years building their lives around. But the gamer stopped being the point. And that's a massive problem. Because if I'm putting hundreds or thousands of hours into a game, I don't just want to be entertained. I want to build something. The problem is, I can't build on what I put into these games. I can spend hundreds of hours building a character. I can spend years building a community. I can create content. I can bring players into a game. I can become part of its identity. And then what? What can I actually build from all of that? What can I take forward? What can the next player build on? What does the community get to build? Too often, nothing. And that's where Web3 missed one of its biggest opportunities.