• AProfessional@lemmy.world
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      Really? It runs everywhere (browser, mobile), it targets young children (a huge and passionate group), it is absolutely full of content (made for free/cheap by other children).

      It is the most obviously successful formula I could imagine.

      • Navigate@partizle.com
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        Nowadays I don’t think the games are made by fellow children as much. There’s whole teams of adults making money off of Roblox games

        • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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          There’s whole teams of adults making money scraping peanuts off of Roblox games

          ftfy

          Unless you meant the gray/black markets, those give off more real money than Roblox does to its content creators

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        Good points. I guess I was thinking about it from the stereotypical “adult gamer with disposable income” perspective. Not those gamer’s kids.

    • Leyla :)@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      It’s essentially Unreal Engine for kids, Roblox and Minecraft were both huge in how much freedom they provided the player.