Introduction
I'm a huge fan of Cities Skylines, a game found on the Steam entertainment platform. As I was playing today, I realized that it wouldn't be too hard to create a partnership between the Steem blockchain and Steam Entertainment Platform.
This is not a complete thought, I'm throwing this idea out there for YOU to criticize it. If we can come up with a complete flushed out ideas of a solid value proposition, then we can more easily approach Steam for business development.
Powering Game Funding and Content
Forget about having "in-game" currency, with STEEM we have something much more interesting to offer!
Step 1. Funding, Equity, and Rewards
What a game developer could do is to create an SMT and launch an ICO to raise funds. These funds would help to get their game developed. That token would then be a representation of the speculative value of a game. A part of the earnings could go towards buying back or burning token to increase it's value over time.
Step 2. Incentivize Content Production
Within Steam we have something very similar to Steemit.com. Within the game there are "Achievements", "Workshop", "Videos", "Artwork", "Guides", etc.
A thriving community is essential to a successful game. If Steam was integrated with Steem, each game would have a mechanism to create an incentive for people to create guides, answer questions, create artwork, videos, etc.
Step 3. Decentralize Exchange and Buying Games
Steam could have a "master" token (let's call it STEAM) in which people can invest in or buy games. All game tokens could be exchanged for that "Master" STEAM token. All games token could be bought with that master STEAM token. By Steam having a STEAM token under which all games can be purchased, it would create an instantaneous demand for it.
Conclusion - Help me clarify this idea
So, that's the rough idea and I'm sure that there are much more to be done to make this idea clearer. I do believe that Steam and Steem are a match made in heaven. Now let's get this idea flushed out and clarify and then present that idea officially to Steam.