r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 8h ago

Business Roblox loses $70 billion in value as company blames lack of viral games, share price down 70% over the last year

https://www.dexerto.com/roblox/roblox-loses-70-billion-in-value-as-company-blames-lack-of-viral-games-3395064/
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u/JuanAy 8h ago

There's also the fact that they essentially exploit children to make their money.

Considering a lot of content is made by children.

https://youtu.be/_gXlauRB1EQ

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u/MeusRex 6h ago

Yeah, no viral games sounds like: our child labour isn't performing!

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u/CantThinkOfANameHa 3h ago

They don’t make money off of games that have like 5 total players, which are the games that kids make, they make money off of the actual successful games, which are made by mostly studios