It feels empty
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Should have just added both, what was the point of removing something that was already working?
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As Roblox changes from âMost Awesome Cyberpunk Thing and For Kidsâ to âWow We Can Make So Much Moneyâ; well, it changes.
Itâs not the same thing it was. The first changes were improvements. I liked them. Studio got better. Coding got better. Still tons of problems, but things were improving.
Now itâs clear what is happening.
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If your game is not profitable yet - you are using up server space and bandwidth.
If Roblox makes it hard for up and coming games to be seen, they funnel the same number of users to fewer games - saving on overhead but still selling the same amount of robux spent on only the highest earning games.
So by getting rid of the primary means of advertising for starting games, they cut down on moderation expenses for those ads, cut down on server space expense (including stuff like AC to cool the place, and workers to service it) and funnel their efforts to earning properties only.
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but waitâŚTHEREâS MORE !!!
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How do you suppose the old ad space will be used?
Do you think it will remain empty?
Or do you think off-site advertisers will be for paying it now?
How many âRobuxâ did that ad space generate before?..and how much is that in dollars?
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How many âUSD Dollarsâ do you think that ad space will generate now that it can be used by companies selling steel drinking bottles and Ear Buds. A LOT LOT LOT more money. And in USD. SoâŚ
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( Roblox currently has 70.2 million daily and over 216 million monthly active users . Whats that worth in ad revenue in those banner ads and skyscrapers?)
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You see where things are going.
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So I have a concern about this, I am a small developer and while I have never used the user ads feature in awhile, I have found it somewhat useful and did get a few more visits on one of my games that has since disappeared because of it. I normally do not get many players in my games that are activity playing and most of the time I still get zero players. I mainly rely on robux to pay for ads and I cannot pay real money. Im just wondering what the future of small devs like me are if user ads are permanently gone.
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I could imagine where Roblox would start banning people for using an adblockerâŚ
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Man I love seeing scams take away peoplesâ money! Itâs almost like Roblox isnât doing anything about this! 7 of the same game on the same page is crazy. W new advertising system Roblox!
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horrible update, i literally grew my games community off of this, hope they change their mind.
Edit: they are probably removing this because their moderators canât handle anything, nice job roblox, taking away a thing people love because you cant get your moderators to do work.
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Why on earth would you make changes that completely kill paid access games? Iâve been developing a paid access game for almost 3 years full-time, and now how am I supposed to release it? Itâs impossible for people to notice them without any advertising system! This is outrageous!
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sounds lawsuit worthy, like how unity changed their sales model and then got roasted
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When did this company get so greedy?
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Back again, to just show how mad I am, I am going to show a picture of where I got most of my playerbase for some games, 2000 clicks, they joined a discord community and still support me. Unfortunately, its gone.
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cant imagine actually using that in 2024, the crypto/nft meta is dead already (and it was dumb af in the first place)
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Itâs the end of times for small devs
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