They ask those responsible for the video game, highly successful among young people, to be more unforgiving with these users.
A few weeks ago we reported in 3DJuegos that Roblox already had more than 100 million active players , a figure that allowed it to look from you to you to other great successes in the industry such as Minecraft.
Unfortunately, this enormous number of users has served as a hook for the infiltration of racist white supremacist belief groups , something that has begun to cause great concern in the United States, given the recent and regrettable events of domestic terrorism in the American country and the largely young profile of the video game community.
My son plays Roblox. Did you know that he has members on his site who promote the #WhitePowerExtremist #DomesticTerrorism groups? Said a Twitter user alerting those responsible for the game, as echoed in an NBC News report.
American television did not want to stay there and after digging into the multiplayer platform, it managed to find up to a hundred profiles that featured extremist and racist content, such as neo-Nazi expressions, Jews on gas!, Or supremacists WhiteRaceBestRace (The white race is the best race). The media also found more graphic references to both extremist ideologies.
The concern is not only to give visibility to these movements, but also that Roblox rbxnow is being used as a tool to attract these radical groups. Teresa Brewer, vice president of communications for Roblox Corporation, wanted to indicate to NBC News that from her company they strive to do everything possible to prevent and detect behaviors that violate their terms of service adding that they will take immediate measures to eliminate all these users.
The free game Roblox is already a phenomenon that looks from you to you to Minecraft
He currently has 100 million active players every month, for just over 90 for the Mojang game.
The friendly Roblox video game has already become a phenomenon, and it has reached hundreds of millions of active users every month. It is a multiplayer video game and, in addition, it is free, which is finding a place among young audiences on PC, Xbox One and mobile. It was launched in 2006, but is gaining more and more popularity more than a decade after its premiere.
Roblox is free and Minecraft is not, so the parallels are only indicativeIn fact, if we compare it with the latest numbers we have of Minecraft , back in March of this year, Roblox has already surpassed it.
The Mojang video game currently has close to 90 million active players, although the figure does not lend itself to too many parallels than the merely indicative ones since the first is a free game, and the other is not. If we want a guide to the phenomenon that is Minecraft, in fact, it is enough to remember that it has sold to date more than 170 million video games.
We started with Roblox over a decade ago with the vision of bringing people from all corners of the world together through its gameplay, says David Baszucki, CEO and founder of Roblox Corporation , the studio responsible for the game.
Roblox started with just over a hundred gamers and a handful of creators who started to get inspired by each other, and to unlock more and more things through creativity, collaboration and imagination.
Roblox grows in quarantine: the spending of gamers exceeds USD 1.5 billion on cell phones
Roblox players have spent more than $ 1.5 billion in recent months on the mobile version of the game, according to Sensor Tower data. Thus, the title surpasses its own milestones, since 7 months ago the online multiplayer title reached USD 1 billion in player expenses.May was the most successful month, with revenues of more than USD 100 million.
Over 75% of Roblox's total cellular revenue, $ 1.2 billion, was generated through iOS, while Android gamers spent just over $ 389 million. In the United States a total spending of USD 1 billion is concentrated and this represents 66.3% of Roblox's income. In the United Kingdom, it only represents 8.4% with USD 132.8 million.
May was the third consecutive month with the most significant earnings for Roblox this year,largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and measures of social isolation. March experienced a 28% increase from February, and spending increased to $ 69.8 million. In April, it increased 34% to USD 93.2 million.Roblox has been downloaded 383 million times on iOS and Android so far since its launch on mobile devices. The average revenue per download is $ 4.10.
The game has been developed by Roblox Corporation , whose founders are David Bazucki and Erick Cassel.It is a platform that provides a wide variety of tools for its users to build their own playable experiences. It is a free-to-play title, that is, it has free access to the gaming platform (like Fortnite for example), including microtransactions for those players who want to have all the items.
In-game, 3D worlds can be found, with various games including exploration, crafting items, collecting resources, mini-games, and combat. Players can customize their virtual characters with various elements and can create their own clothing.
The game allows programming (in Lua language) and even animating characters.With Roblox Studio it is possible to make games within the platform. The great attraction of the title is the almost endless list of free games created by users.In this sense, there are games inspired by existing ones such as Pokémon, Call of Duty and also, there are other original games that became popular within the game, such as Work at a Pizza Place (by a player called Dued1)
Another attraction is the variety of games within Roblox: there are racing, shooting, role-playing, multiplayer and other genres. This is one of the reasons that Roblox attracts very diverse gamers from all over the world, not just offering merely games, but animations and movies.
The game was officially launched in 2006 and was gradually gaining popularity. In 2018, it obtained a total of 60 million registered users, without stopping growing year after year. A relevant fact in the Roblox universe is that the game rewards the creators of the community.
The currency within the title is called Rubux and can be obtained with real money, as well as can be withdrawn from an account.The developers of the more than 100 million games that can be found on Roblox can earn money either from their experiences, cosmetic items created by them, or even new tools that they have developed.
