Roblox Has Been Down For Over 35 Hours And It’s Probably Not Chipotle’s Fault

4 responses to “Roblox Has Been Down For Over 35 Hours And It’s Probably Not Chipotle’s Fault”

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   Gamer Joker

   October 31, 2021 at 9:40 am

   “Plus, considering how shady and scummy Roblox is and how it uses children to help it create more games and become bigger, without paying them back fairly, I’m sure many others are happy if Roblox never comes back online.”

   I knew Kotaku hated fun, probably shouldn’t have been surprised when Zack linked to Wired and their’s hit-pieces on Roblox. Don’t tell Zack that videogames are advertised to children (shock horror!) to fuel their growth, or that Kotaku’s previous scummy owner Gawker Media Group publicly outed homosexuals and published revenge porn. Does Zack approve of it all, who knows, he was complicit in those actions by remaining silent and making fun of the subjects.

   “The way kids are lured into creating content for the site with promises of making money, the way they have almost zero chance of those games ever making a cent.”

   Being greedy is not the same thing as being ‘lured’. There are hundreds of thousands of games on the platform, with the majority of gamers concentrated in perhaps a few thousand of those. Most games will never be popular enough for a sufficient period of time to have a consistent playerbase.

   That is the inherent risk-reward that exists in the real world if you try to launch a new product or business, is Kotaku going to start whinging about how it’s ‘not fair’ some businesses are struggling whilst others see increased patronage?

   “…the way games that do make a few bucks still won’t pay a cent to their creators unless they make over $US1000 ($1,396), it all sucks!”

   Putting a minimum threshold and premium membership requirements before an account is eligible to cash out seems more in line with preventing financial crimes whilst also maintaining their desired system of paying developers. Should it just be lowered to ‘if you make 10 USD you can cash out’? That’s just leaving it rife for potential abuse. ‘Think of the children!!!!’ makes for a poor argument these days, especially with respect to videogames – unless you’re a politician.

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   1. 

      h2ogatesy

      October 31, 2021 at 11:23 am

      I hear people are saying bad things about loot boxes, better get ready to defend them!!

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   2. 

      andye

      October 31, 2021 at 1:09 pm

      You lost me with your response to the first one. You quote a comment about a specific business practice, but fail to counter it with an actual argument. Instead you go to some tenuous thing about the previous owners of this publication etc, and then personally attacking the author by making them culpable.

      “unless you’re a politician.”

      You are quite literally talking like a politician. Make some arguments or step off, but don’t insult the reader with this transparent bullshit.

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         namiwakiru

         October 31, 2021 at 8:29 pm

         Angry word salad!!

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