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Does anyone know why the game for kids switched from Minecraft to Roblox? I remember both of them being around when I was younger, yet everyone chose Minecraft.

Does anyone know why the game for kids switched from Minecraft to Roblox? I remember both of them being around when I was younger, yet everyone chose Minecraft. Today, it’s the opposite.

foobarian 6y ago
The multiplayer piece is night and day compared to Minecraft. Doing any kind of social gaming in Minecraft requires a sysadmin setting up servers and upgrading Java plugins. It's a double benefit because game creators don't have to reinvent the multiplayer wheel. I think it's a brilliant setup and why my kid prefers to play Roblox with her friends instead of other socially fragmented games. Edit: and don't even get me started on the Bedrock/Java Edition schism!
watwut 6y ago
Multiplayer for free. You don't have to run server. Plus, it is many different games, not just one that is not for everyone. Minecraft was popular, but there were many kids that found it boring. Yet plus, all kids that I know who play minecraft had it explained by someone. It could be other kid, but basically, game is not self explanatory and is difficult to figure out at first.
- asdff 6y ago
  Minecraft experienced severe feature creep over the years. It started as a very simple game: place or break different colored blocks which all have the same properties on a finite sized map, and in a few years got to the point where people were making CPUs in game with redstone. It got too big and overwhelming for people new to the franchise who haven't been dripped these updates over the years, imo.
  - watwut 6y ago
    The issue is not many features. It is surviving first night, knowing how to set creative so that you dont have to be surviving and creating all elements from first principles. Kids need to be told how to move around, how to select blocks, etc.
jaaron 6y ago
I'm not sure "switched" is the right word. Minecraft is still massively popular. Anecdotally, the elementary school crowd my son plays games with play both with regularity.

Does anyone know why the game for kids switched from Minecraft to Roblox? I remember both of them being around when I was younger, yet everyone chose Minecraft. Today, it’s the opposite.

foobarian 6y ago

The multiplayer piece is night and day compared to Minecraft. Doing any kind of social gaming in Minecraft requires a sysadmin setting up servers and upgrading Java plugins. It's a double benefit because game creators don't have to reinvent the multiplayer wheel. I think it's a brilliant setup and why my kid prefers to play Roblox with her friends instead of other socially fragmented games. Edit: and don't even get me started on the Bedrock/Java Edition schism!

watwut 6y ago

Multiplayer for free. You don't have to run server. Plus, it is many different games, not just one that is not for everyone. Minecraft was popular, but there were many kids that found it boring. Yet plus, all kids that I know who play minecraft had it explained by someone. It could be other kid, but basically, game is not self explanatory and is difficult to figure out at first.

asdff 6y ago
Minecraft experienced severe feature creep over the years. It started as a very simple game: place or break different colored blocks which all have the same properties on a finite sized map, and in a few years got to the point where people were making CPUs in game with redstone. It got too big and overwhelming for people new to the franchise who haven't been dripped these updates over the years, imo.
- watwut 6y ago
  The issue is not many features. It is surviving first night, knowing how to set creative so that you dont have to be surviving and creating all elements from first principles. Kids need to be told how to move around, how to select blocks, etc.

jaaron 6y ago

I'm not sure "switched" is the right word. Minecraft is still massively popular. Anecdotally, the elementary school crowd my son plays games with play both with regularity.