Roblox October Outage Postmortem

Re:Roblox October Outage Postmortem by brimble on Thursday January 20, 2022 @05:30PM (#30016186)

> The 24.5% cut is fine, you have to consider the 30% app store fees for a majority mobile playerbase, all hosting is free, moderation is a major expense, and engine and platform development.

You have successfully made the case for a 45% fee and being considered approximately normal, or a 60% fee and being considered pretty high still. 75+% is crazy.

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Re:Roblox October Outage Postmortem by Qualadore on Thursday January 20, 2022 @05:56PM (#30016538)

I can't think of any other platform with comparable expenses. Traditional game engines have the R&D component, but not moderation, developer services, or subsidizing games that don't succeed.

It helps that seriously marketing a Roblox game costs < $1k USD always, usually < $200 USD. It's not easy to generate a loss, even when including production costs. That's the tradeoff.

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Re:Roblox October Outage Postmortem by RussianCow on Thursday January 20, 2022 @07:30PM (#30017547)

Crazy compared to what? Nobody else is offering what Roblox offers, and building it yourself is a non-starter for almost everyone.

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