@KreekCraft Didn't they also raise a good amount of money to fund the development? Why do they also need to make it pay to play?
Free to play games still make really good money as long as people enjoy the games.
@Crypticinvest1 Had the same thing happen to me. Some guy pretended to be a wealthy investor looking to get into the Roblox Dev space and wanted to do a project with a large upfront payment. They wanted me to download the exact same game lol
Hot take:
If Roblox reinvested their billions in raising DevEx it would grow the platform way more than investing in this AI generative game slop that no one wants..
Morpheus AI is joining Roblox. This acquisition will dramatically cut the time and cost of building high-fidelity, interactive worlds and unlock new possibilities for creators everywhere.
https://t.co/HP3wDdrH6y
@ValraSwag Investors mostly care about growth of a company. AI may appease to investors in the short-term, but if this stunts their overall growth long-term, it's a huge waste of time and money.
@00Accident Higher DevEx would help smaller devs more to reach a point where they can make a living from the games.
No one will actually want to play a fully AI generated game so it doesn't help devs at all.
I feel like everyone is misunderstanding the 500 Highly Engaged Player requirement on Roblox games.
They don't have to be highly engaged in YOUR game, just 500 players join your game who are highly engaged on the platform in general. To prove they're not bots.
I have a game with 9 ccu that already hit the requirement lol, you can easily achieve this with a couple $ in an ad for one day.
@LasoorGaming I do agree this definitely overcomplicates things, but Roblox was kind of backed into a wall to bring out features like this as a sure-fire way for inappropriate games to not slip through the cracks for kids to play.
@MidnightMangl3r As long as 500 REAL players (not bots, hence highly engaged on the platform) join your game who are 16+ age verified, then you're good.
If a small dev spends 20-50$ on ads which they'd need to do anyways, they can easily hit that
@MrNameless_666 You've always had to pay to advertise your game if you wanted a chance to compete in the algorithm.
You can still choose to not pay anything and have the first 500 players come organically, but even before this update that was really hard without any form of marketing.
@programmedtony Maybe the stats are delayed by a day like the other analytics. Cause this game i showed averages 10ccu or less. Though its had that for a while now.