Creator Store: Buy and Sell Plug-Ins with Real-World Currency

[2jammers (james)]

Which are all improving so your argument is not sufficient. The first point is not even a bad one

[TheNexusAvenger (Nexus)]

Finally! Now plugins can actually made with some degree of revenue. Ditching Robux was needed to make plugins remotely worth it. The race to the bottom we had of <500 Robux plugins made robust plugins really hard to justify making because there was literally no path to paying for the time over making a game.

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@pyxfluff

Edit: have checked out the store. A lot of the plugins are now super overpriced (thanks again for forcing $4.99 minimum!) and now the only thing i can say is “why didn’t i pick these up for cheap!”, not “this is so good, i can now spend real money instead of robux i earned from a game!”. It’s insane how different Roblox is now. I stopped being a player years ago when that was ruined, now they’re coming for developers? Time to learn unreal engine…

Cough

@TheNexusAvenger

Why do you want to price plugins that cheap? This is a 1-time purchase for a development tool to help make you money, not an avatar item. Plugins take days, weeks, or even months to make and exist to aid in development. We don’t need the same race to the bottom that UGC has gone through.

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@AborayStudios

Aaand poof! There goes all of your young developers! We didn’t need them anyway, right? We’re only here for the giant supercorporations and the gazillions of dollars!

Cough

@TheNexusAvenger

???

You don’t need paid plugins to create a game. In the past couple of months of working for Virtual Valley Games, a group that does pull in a decent amount of money with several games, I have used only 1 plugin: a simple weld plugin, which has been free for well over a decade. Premium plugins help with development, but they are in no way required.

[2jammers (james)]

That’s fine, I agree that ID verification is a bad method. Although complaining about plugin prices is just crazy at this point

[AborayStudios]

No. They aren’t improving. Fortnite, a game within a game engine, has already come out with another Roblox, and it’s doing better while having similar device support to Roblox. I want Roblox to quit making excuses and give developers some freedom for once.

[lol738236 (BEAR5)]

I have to completely agree. I live in Brazil and the value of USD is high to the point you almost see no Brazilian users paying for premium (unless you’re rich or a famous youtuber) due to the prices being not accessible for people who live here. I’m already not able to put UGC items in any group due to premium being expensive, now i have to worry about plugins also being expensive for me. I’m a bit disappointed about this change.

Although i can still get free plugins, i frequently use 2 important UI plugins that i paid with Robux, and now if anyone else wants to get them, they’d have to pay it in USD

[TheRealANDRO (ANDRO)]

@TheNexusAvenger

???

You don’t need paid plugins to create a game. In the past couple of months of working for Virtual Valley Games, a group that does pull in a decent amount of money with several games, I have used only 1 plugin: a simple weld plugin, which has been free for well over a decade. Premium plugins help with development, but they are in no way required.

That’s the point, you don’t need plugins to create a game. Then why are their value being set so high? For something that doesn’t hold too much of a value, why is it priced in the way it is? Your above statements would be true in a place like Unity/UE, but not here.

[Subcadet]

I don’t see how this is a good change for the platform…
Having Plugins cost USD locks many developers out of buying plugins which will make the sales of plugins plummet losing those creators more profit in the long run.

Launching this without other regions already supported as well seems like a bad move.
Overall, I think this update should be reverted as it wasn’t thought out and seems pretty rushed.

If this change isn’t reverted, I hope some groups step up and release free plugins for those developers who aren’t able to pay in USD.

[USADevForum1]

Nobody wants this change.

Make it optional.

[ImAvafe (Avafe)]

Great update! I’m looking forward to the growth of premium developer resources. Hope this comes to models soon! But as others have said, allowing full access for users -18 is crucial for many.

[2jammers (james)]

@TheRealANDRO

Then why are their value being set so high?

Because you are capable of making them yourself? If it’s not in your interest to do that then you will have to pay the price.

[Tomi1231 (Chilly28)]

@crayzdesi4

We’re excited about how this will allow creators to earn over 3X the revenue share per sale.

Per sale. I am expecting sales to go way down with this change…

[AborayStudios]

Well, that only proves my point in this case… Plugins are crucial to development for many developers, and this update cuts off smaller developer’s access to them.

[TheRealANDRO (ANDRO)]

@2jammers

Because you are capable of making them yourself? If it’s not in your interest to do that then you will have to pay the price.

That statement literally makes no sense. If I am able to do something, the value of that something goes down. If everyone can make diamonds, why shall you price diamonds like no one can buy them?

[2jammers (james)]

Terrible analogy because plugins aren’t worth diamonds.

[CrownedFigure]

I’m not a big fan of this change. Using Robux was better in my opinion because I could just buy plugins with the robux I’d earned. I mean, to be honest, I don’t know why y’all even thought this was a good idea. RIP robux 2007 - 2025

[TheRealANDRO (ANDRO)]

A simple example that shows the stupidity of your argument. You’re free to change it to something else in your head though.

[2jammers (james)]

There’s truly no need to get so defensive about a topic that does not matter.

[Vlalence (Cynthia Vlalence)]

Less benefits for all users? Why was this an update in the first place? This removes benefits from a very large audience of talented developers, neglecting them of being able to help fellow developers with community creations while themselves as well.

Paying how much Robux- I just- said Robux- … It was 10 Robux for Words of Encouragement, and now it’s real world money? I literally make 50 robux by visiting just one of my games, once in a blue moon via premium payouts.

This just keeps making me more angry the more I think about this update. Please figure out an alternative!

[TheRealANDRO (ANDRO)]

If you’re talking about plugins, don’t really think so. This is a topic that matters. This affects both sellers and customers.

[nezuo]

I’m trying to buy a plugin and stripe gives me this error:

Cannot create a destination charge for connected accounts in GB because funds would be settled on the platform and the connected account is outside the platform’s region. You may use the on_behalf_of parameter to have the charge settle in the connected account’s country. For more information on on_behalf_of, see Create destination charges | Stripe Documentation. If using capabilities (e.g. card_payments, transfers), note that they affect settlement as well. For more information on capabilities, see Account capabilities | Stripe Documentation. If you still need assistance, please contact us via Stripe: Help & Support.