Golden Bros vs Thetan Arena: 
Golden Bros is an upcoming play to earn game that just had a pre-sale of their NFTs last week. They describe themselves as a "Real-time 3 vs 3 combat shooter powered by blockchain technology."
Looking at some of the gameplay footage in my overview video, you'll notice that there are a lot of similarities to Thetan Arena. They are both play to earn MOBA shooters that can be played on PC or mobile devices.
Until Golden Bros is released we can't compare gameplay aspects yet, but I thought it would be fun to look at some comparisons between these two games of what we know so far.
You may notice there are quite a few similarities between these games. However let's pick a part the differences and theorize if Golden Bros can be successful by learning from the mistakes of Thetan Arena.
Golden Bros doesn't have enough information about burning their in-game token but they are making the move the limit the amount of NFTs to 300K. The only way more NFTs will be added to the game is future governance proposals. This can help maintain the value of their NFTS and limit the amount of people earning in-game tokens. However it also makes it harder for new players to potentially buy NFTs if they become too overpriced on secondary markets.
NFT Utility
Another distinction between these two games is the number of battles you are allowed to play and earn with your NFTs. Thetan Arena has a cap depending on the rarity of your hero. Once you've run out of battles you can still play your hero but won't earn THC. If you don't win enough battles you will be potentially in the red.
In Golden Bros the NFTs are skins called costumes. They also have an unknown amount of battles you can earn but the nice thing is you can recharge the costume to start earning again. If the recharge cost is linked to token prices instead of a dollar peg amount, it should always be worth it to use the tokens you've earned to recharge your NFT. Implemented correctly, you shouldn't have to worry about your investment losing it's ability to play and earn.
Governance Tokens
Earning a governance token in a game is far more valuable than holding onto a in-game currency that is designed to constantly inflate.
In Thetan Arena you have the option from time to time to convert your THC to the governance token THG. Owning this token is like owning a share of stocks in Thetan Arena.
For Golden Bros you will have opportunities to put your earnings into ITAM Cube. ITAM Cube was bought up by the company Netmarble who is making Golden Bros. Netmarble also plans on making other games within the eco-system. This governance token has more potential as it's not linked to one game but an entire companies gaming ecosystem. If other games thrive from Netmarble, that means your earnings in Golden Bros could also increase. Of course the inverse of that is also true...
Free To Play
Both games have free to play and free to earn models.
Thetan Arena rewards players with THC for ranking up through winning battles. It is possible to earn tokens and withdraw them once you have achieved Bronze 1 ranking. However that is easier said than done. Many players, including myself do not posses the skill, time to grind, or upgraded heroes to make it to Bronze 1. Only having three heroes to work with that are free to play make it hard to compete against players who have epic or legendary heroes. It also makes the game repetitive and boring after a while unless you buy or rent new heroes.
Golden Bros plans on having all 9 heroes at the start be available to everyone, including those who don't have NFT costumes. It is unclear if new heroes to be released in the future will also be free to play but for now there will be no advantages to winning between NFT holders and free players. There will also be a way to earn in the game for free but the company has stated that it will be a very small amount.
Both games will have small free to earn models. This makes sense as a game can't hand out massive free rewards to everyone and have a sustainable economy.
Conclusion
While it may seem like I far prefer Golden Bros economy model based on this article, any project can look good on paper. Thetan Arena has already released and dealing with the real world problems of trying to create a sustainable gaming economy. Golden Bros could easily have similar woes ahead. Only time will tell which game and economy will be superior.
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