Blockchain platform TRON introduced its plan of establishing $100 million fund known as “TRON Arcade.” The fund does not plan to lose its chance to unlock this dynamic industry as well as driving higher adoption of its platform.

TRON’s gaming endeavor is being launched from a platform that already counts on an established community along with a robust technological infrastructure. This factors could boost TRON’s ability to attract new communities to blockchain. TRON will have to prove its commitment to the challenge, and show that it can sign companies that will push the sector forward.

Leaving Footprints on Gaming Land

The gaming industry has become one of the fastest-growing sectors in tech, and though blockchain has followed the same trajectory, it has yet to crack the gaming puzzle. Blockchain’s technology, while revolutionary, has been unable to break free of the shackles its technical constraints place on it. Scalability, speed, and the cost of maintaining larger games on leading platforms like Ethereum’s have resulted in failed efforts, forcing companies to abandon blockchain initiatives in droves.

Aside from the technical barriers, blockchain has also failed to attract the number of developers truly needed to drive adoption toward critical mass. While some projects have experienced success, emboldened further by some significant partnerships announced across the sector, big wins for blockchain-based deliverables remain limited. TRON’s approach eschews the profit perspective, judging much more to be at stake. As Sun observes, “Gaming has been always the leading use case for any merging technology, as it was for mobile, and we think same applies to blockchain where we’ve already seen some proven business cases.”

Driving Developer Adoption

TRON is not the first to recognize the sector’s potential. Blockchain-based VR ecosystem Decentraland announced a similar fund earlier this year. The company pledged $5 million to support gaming projects built directly on its platform, offering a real incentive to start working full-time on blockchain gaming innovation. TRON Arcade overshadows the former’s efforts in terms of scale and scope but follows in the same spirit of disruption. The platform already hosts a working content distribution system and infrastructure capable of supporting the scores of transactions that accompany the modern gaming landscape. Moreover, TRON has announced that it already has agreements with 10 companies to kick off the project.

Banking on Gaming’s Potential

Much like the rest of blockchain, the rules on gaming have yet to be written. With the inception of the TRON Arcade fund, TRON is seeking to dominate the conversation by helping redefine the gaming market’s future. Even so, this is not the first time a major player has made a gamble on blockchain gaming, and it would not be the last time it proved unsuccessful.

It is still too early to determine which platform will ultimately be victorious in this pursuit, especially when considering several failed starts have repeatedly impeded blockchain gaming’s reach. Should TRON prove its model works as intended, it could very well present a more accessible on-ramp for greater mainstream blockchain adoption and eventually drive longer-term sustainability.