Last fall we revamped our monthly subscription service and renamed it Premium. “The launch of Premium Payouts this spring provided another big lift for developers. We have 50 million more monthly active users than we did a year ago, which is a significant jump in users on the platform as a whole,” Craig Donato, the chief business officer of Roblox, said in an email to GamesBeat. On top of that, this spring Roblox introduced a way for developers to make money based on how much time premium subscribers spend in a game. When those users spend virtual currency, dubbed Robux, in a game that one of its user-developers has made, Roblox shares some of the proceeds (70%) with them. The San Mateo, California-based Roblox has more than 150 million monthly active users.

(GamesBeat is going to host an online conference on the Metaverse on October 20 and October 21 this fall.) One of the requirements for that is to build a robust economy that benefits both developers and players alike, and Roblox believes user-generated content (UGC) is the answer. CEO David Baszucki wants the company and its users to collectively build the Metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such as Snow Crash and Ready Player One. The company made the announcement at RDC, its sixth annual developer conference, which was a virtual event over the weekend.īy sharing its proceeds with its developers, Roblox can grow its platform and move ahead on its big goals. The blocky and cartoon-style virtual world Roblox expects to pay $250 million to its mostly young-adult developers this year. We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Summit Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of 'Playing the Edge.' Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here.

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