Ability to change VIP server prices without unsubscribing players

[FrightenedLight]

@hunterk1241

I assume that this is new (as in that it’s newer and not that it’s completely brand new) as I never got a notification. I guess that the prices of any private servers I own haven’t changed since they started notifying you

This is the reason why this feature is necessary.
Nobody changed their private server prices anymore because its too big of a risk.

[FrightenedLight]

@hunterk1241

This is something I am fully aware of and don’t have an issue with as long as it protects the consumer. There will be people to resubscribe as soon as possible if they think a private server in your game is worth it. Having their server cancelled essentially is a notification on whether they want to keep the private server or not. The dip in revenue is better than losing reputation as you can get revenue back easier than the reputation you build. Being forced into price changes is worse than a minor inconvenience of resubscribing to a higher price if you (the consumer) think it is worth it

Doing a massive price change is totally going to ruin the reputation but the thing here is even if you want to make a minor acceptable increase of 10-20 robux, its not possible as of now.

[FrightenedLight]

The thing here is that you lose your income when you do so.

Imagine if you have a game that sells no gamepasses and only earns revenue from vip servers, you lose all of your income by changing the price for a really long time as it takes time to get players to re-subscribe to your vip servers.

Imagine if live suddenly gets worse and your bills increase, you have to somehow make up for that and a way to do that is by changing the vip server prices.

[Varonex_0 (Varonex)]

I got that, I’m pretty sure this would imply ROBLOX has to deal with refund requests more seriously, as genuine accidents can still occur. Even though they may want to not deal with those refund requests, I’m pretty sure they don’t want to take the risk of getting punished for it in any jurisdiction that may cover this. They already have subscriptions to deal with

[Kostiskat (kostis)]

It should take up to a month. Cause on one hand, someone who is actively using your VIP servers should be playing on them at least once a month to justify the expense. On the other hand, people who “forgot” they were subscribed will be protected by your elevated charges.

[Izuk_ii (Izuki)]

tbh it should be implemented similar to how subscriptions work

a developer can choose to let old subscribers keep their subscription while newer ones pay the newer rate

[hunterk1241 (HunterDaFloofer)]

@FrightenedLight

This is the reason why this feature is necessary.
Nobody changed their private server prices anymore because its too big of a risk.

That is not related to what I responded to. I responded to the notification of the server being cancelled being new and that the prices of private servers I own haven’t changed as they don’t have a reason to change them

@FrightenedLight

Doing a massive price change is totally going to ruin the reputation but the thing here is even if you want to make a minor acceptable increase of 10-20 robux, its not possible as of now.

But you have to look at the bigger picture. A minor increase may be fine as long as the old price is not already low. Bad people will try to exploit this feature for people who do not check notifications or emails. Not everyone plays nice on Roblox and this feature will just make it worse

@Izuk_ii

tbh it should be implemented similar to how subscriptions work

a developer can choose to let old subscribers keep their subscription while newer ones pay the newer rate

I’d be fine with this approach. If people choose to renew, then they will renew if you allow them to keep their old subscription price. It should always be a choice by the consumer if they want to renew and not the choice of the developer. Developers aren’t the ones who are paying