Re:Roblox faces criticism for 'exploiting' young game develo...
by MrStonedOne on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:43PM
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from what i can tell, its 30% at transaction time, then 65% at withdrawal time.
That is not necessary.
Re:Roblox faces criticism for 'exploiting' young game develo...
by ShroudedNight on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:33PM
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Roblox taking a 151/200 AKA 75.5% total cut matches what I've heard from friends in the games industry.
The "it's just for fun!" argument does cut both ways - then why introduce real money into the ecosystem at all? - but has an obvious "because real money is needed to make the product and ecosystem exist" answer. Is taking this much real money necessary? That seems like a much harder question. You could say it's a bit like college sports - playing a game with your friends and there's some institution that's taking all the money, and then, yes, if Roblox is rolling in huge profits and distributing a penance, they deserve some pressure on that.