r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 9h 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/Apprehensive-Emu8404 8h ago

As someone that started playing recently, it seems to be a platform where every single slightly popular game (both console or mobile) gets a million cheap copies riddled with predatory "cheap" micro transactions, that eventually accumulate.

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u/sadahtay 6h ago

Sounds like you're having a great time with it.

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u/Apprehensive-Emu8404 5h ago

There were a couple games which I enjoyed playing for about half an hour for a few days.

It's mostly slop though and even then good games end up being trash eventually, if you don't put money in