Roblox’s CEO predicts “thousands” of adults will meet in Roblox dating experiences

echodot , 9 months ago

“adults”

I’ve never met anyone over the age of 20 without kids who even knows what Roblox is.

sugar_in_your_tea , 9 months ago

I didn’t think I needed another reason to never let my kids play Roblox, but here we are.

LeylaLove , 9 months ago

I’d be more critical if Roblox didn’t require ID verification for 18+ accounts. Think it’s fucking hilarious that Roblox dating would already be doing more than most dating apps lol.

AlpineSteakHouse , 9 months ago

I kinda want to get into Roblox dating now just so I can say my Dark Ninja Cat and Katana helped me get laid irl.

miss_brainfart , 9 months ago

I didn’t think I needed Roblox Dating on my 2023 internet bingo card, but here we are

HipsterTenZero , 9 months ago

I struggle to recall a more ill-conceived idea, holy hell

authed , 9 months ago

Wow… Thousands

WarmSoda , 9 months ago

Isn’t this a kids game? Why are adults hooking up through it… and why is the company promoting it?
That’s creepy af

InfiniWheel , 9 months ago

They are aiming to become the metaverse

all-knight-party , 9 months ago

Its not necessarily a kid's game, but that is their primary demographic and player base out of some fusion of being easy to run, simple games being easier to create, the art style, the accessibility and short term gratification of easily jumping between experiences.

soulfirethewolf , 9 months ago

Roblox has been trying to move away from being a game for kids, and more towards all ages.

Specifically, by verifying with their third party service and your ID (kind of creepy, but probably the only real way to still remain coppa compliant), you can access more mature experiences and use voice chat. And they’re predicting that online daters will proceed to evolve into getting actual real life relationships.

sugar_in_your_tea , 9 months ago

Why not just make a new game specifically targeted at adults? Keep Roblox for kids, and make something new.

PuppyOSAndCoffee , 9 months ago

Dozens I tell you.

dingus , 9 months ago

When the corporate promise is to make things worse, you know they’ll keep that promise.

autotldr Bot , 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

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Roblox really wants to move beyond being an app for kids, and that includes making it a place where adults actually meet and date.

As he closed out Friday’s Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) 2023 keynote, CEO David Baszucki predicted that “thousands” of adults will meet and form “real-life relationships” in dating experiences on the platform over the next five years.

It’s a wild idea, but Roblox is now in a place where this prediction could feasibly come true.

The forecast was one of 10 five-year predictions Baszucki made onstage to cap off a jam-packed show.

Here are the rest of the predictions, one of which hints at a future update that will let creators sell physical merchandise on the platform:

“The difficult thing about doing this live with all of you: these are etched in stone,” Baszucki said onstage.

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