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Totally ignorant perspective with perhaps no basis: Seems like Roblox must be successful despite its games, not because. I'm sure there are gems as there are wi

Totally ignorant perspective with perhaps no basis: Seems like Roblox must be successful despite its games, not because. I'm sure there are gems as there are with any user-generated platform, but surely most of the 18 million games are about what you used to get on Xbox Live Indie Games: sloppy little experiments made by, well, kids.

ceejayoz 6y ago
> little experiments made by, well, kids I think that's spectacular.
- foobarian 6y ago
  Not only can a kid go from download to having a playable game created from a template in probably less than 30 minutes, but that game has world class multiplayer support and is available on the Roblox platform for anyone to join and explore. And there is no fragmentation like with Minecraft Bedrock/JE.
jayd16 6y ago
And Myspace was often hideous but that didn't matter. It seems like a solid platform for young creators. They never played the classics anyway, so the million clones is probably not an issue.
deelowe 6y ago
When I watched my kids play Roblox, I realized it is a social media platform that happens to use games as the medium. Roblox shouldn't be compared to Games Platforms any more so than early YouTube should be compared to Television.
- tootie 6y ago
  Roblox (and Minecraft) have fulfilled the dream of products like Second Life.
- twic 6y ago
  A colleague's kids use Fortnite this way. It's a place to hang out where you can also do stuff.
CharlesW 6y ago
> Totally ignorant perspective with perhaps no basis: Seems like Roblox must be successful despite its games, not because. As a parent with two kids who play Roblox a lot (and have played some myself), the quality varies widely but there are many good games. Part of the fun is talking with friends and watching YouTube to find the best ones.