Post
The real reason Roblox is forcing strange updates: The shadow of its IPO and investorsRecent confusing updates on Roblox are causing user dissatisfaction. This is because after its IPO in 2021, the platform's priorities shifted from user experience to investor profits and stock prices. Roblox is now transforming from a gaming platform into a corporate product, focusing on realistic directions and the adoption of AI technology.
1. 📈 Roblox's Transformation Post-IPO: From User-Centric to Investor-Centric
· Roblox became a publicly traded company on March 10, 2021, and everything changed.
· Before the IPO, it focused on the platform and users, but after the IPO, it became beholden to investors.
· Investors are not interested in Roblox's classic faces, Rthro, Egg Hunts, or the platform itself; they only care about profit and stock prices.
· As a result, Roblox shifted its priorities to pursue greater profits rather than gaining a good reputation with users and the platform.
· From 2022, Roblox transformed from a game platform into a corporate product, which led to abandoning classic styles and pursuing realistic directions like dynamic heads.
· In the Roblox site description, mentions of 'games' have disappeared, with 'experiences' and 'virtual worlds' now emphasized.
· Before the IPO, it focused on the platform and users, but after the IPO, it became beholden to investors.
· Investors are not interested in Roblox's classic faces, Rthro, Egg Hunts, or the platform itself; they only care about profit and stock prices.
· As a result, Roblox shifted its priorities to pursue greater profits rather than gaining a good reputation with users and the platform.
· From 2022, Roblox transformed from a game platform into a corporate product, which led to abandoning classic styles and pursuing realistic directions like dynamic heads.
· In the Roblox site description, mentions of 'games' have disappeared, with 'experiences' and 'virtual worlds' now emphasized.
00:19 - 01:32
1. 📈 Roblox's Transformation Post-IPO: From User-Centric to Investor-Centric
· Roblox became a publicly traded company on March 10, 2021, and everything changed.
· Before the IPO, it focused on the platform and users, but after the IPO, it became beholden to investors.
· Investors are not interested in Roblox's classic faces, Rthro, Egg Hunts, or the platform itself; they only care about profit and stock prices.
· As a result, Roblox shifted its priorities to pursue greater profits rather than gaining a good reputation with users and the platform.
· From 2022, Roblox transformed from a game platform into a corporate product, which led to abandoning classic styles and pursuing realistic directions like dynamic heads.
· In the Roblox site description, mentions of 'games' have disappeared, with 'experiences' and 'virtual worlds' now emphasized.
· Before the IPO, it focused on the platform and users, but after the IPO, it became beholden to investors.
· Investors are not interested in Roblox's classic faces, Rthro, Egg Hunts, or the platform itself; they only care about profit and stock prices.
· As a result, Roblox shifted its priorities to pursue greater profits rather than gaining a good reputation with users and the platform.
· From 2022, Roblox transformed from a game platform into a corporate product, which led to abandoning classic styles and pursuing realistic directions like dynamic heads.
· In the Roblox site description, mentions of 'games' have disappeared, with 'experiences' and 'virtual worlds' now emphasized.
01:38 - 02:51
2. 🤖 Investor-Driven Updates: Pursuit of Realism and AI Obsession
· Roblox desires a realistic platform and no longer supports old features like 3D layered clothing, dynamic faces, and emotes, instead pursuing a new Roblox.
· Investors react positively to moving expressions, calling them 'realistic,' 'cutting-edge technology,' and 'future-oriented.'
· Subsequently, Roblox has pushed through 'showcase' updates solely to impress the metaverse and investors.
· Updates like forced dynamic faces offer little practical benefit to long-time Roblox users.
· Investors are not interested in why Roblox is loved or its history; they only see profit.
· Roblox's recent obsession with AI is also to impress investors.
· AI is currently one of the most overhyped technologies, as simply attaching the word 'AI' to anything can attract investor attention.
· Roblox's official YouTube channel videos related to AI only explain the advantages and completely omit the disadvantages.
· Investors react positively to moving expressions, calling them 'realistic,' 'cutting-edge technology,' and 'future-oriented.'
· Subsequently, Roblox has pushed through 'showcase' updates solely to impress the metaverse and investors.
· Updates like forced dynamic faces offer little practical benefit to long-time Roblox users.
· Investors are not interested in why Roblox is loved or its history; they only see profit.
· Roblox's recent obsession with AI is also to impress investors.
· AI is currently one of the most overhyped technologies, as simply attaching the word 'AI' to anything can attract investor attention.
· Roblox's official YouTube channel videos related to AI only explain the advantages and completely omit the disadvantages.
03:58 - 05:05
3. 💸 Disappearing User-Centric Events: The Decline of Egg Hunts
· Legendary events like the 2018 and 2017 Egg Hunts have largely disappeared since the IPO.
· Such events require many personnel and much time from builders, scripters, modelers, and designers, which means significant costs.
· Before the IPO, Roblox consistently provided these events, dedicating itself to users and the community.
· However, from an investor's perspective, these events are considered a severe 'waste of money' because they don't generate revenue or fundamentally change the platform.
· Investors prefer to invest in profitable avatar items and sponsored events.
· Consequently, recent Roblox events appear to lack the effort and care of the past, focusing more on advertising, brand promotion, and profit-seeking rather than the community.
· Such events require many personnel and much time from builders, scripters, modelers, and designers, which means significant costs.
· Before the IPO, Roblox consistently provided these events, dedicating itself to users and the community.
· However, from an investor's perspective, these events are considered a severe 'waste of money' because they don't generate revenue or fundamentally change the platform.
· Investors prefer to invest in profitable avatar items and sponsored events.
· Consequently, recent Roblox events appear to lack the effort and care of the past, focusing more on advertising, brand promotion, and profit-seeking rather than the community.
| Category | Pre-IPO (User-Centric) | Post-IPO (Investor-Centric) |
|---|---|---|
| Events | · Events with effort and care, like Egg Hunts · Dedication to users and the community | · Lack of effort and care · Focus on advertising, brand promotion, and profit-seeking |
| Investment Perspective | · Prioritized user satisfaction, accepting costs | · Considered 'waste of money' without profit · Preferred profitable investments like avatar items, sponsored events |
05:06 - 05:52
4. 🚫 Deprivation of User Choice and Roblox's Future
· Users say that if Roblox hadn't gone public, features like dynamic face toggles or Rthro support wouldn't have been discontinued.
· The very act of continuously removing player choice shows that they are listening more to investors than to users.
· It's not bad for a platform to evolve and update, but evolution doesn't mean erasing past elements.
· Elements like Rthro and classic faces, which made Roblox special, could have been made more unique without being deleted.
· However, in a Roblox that has cut off communication with its community, user requests are no longer meaningful.
· The very act of continuously removing player choice shows that they are listening more to investors than to users.
· It's not bad for a platform to evolve and update, but evolution doesn't mean erasing past elements.
· Elements like Rthro and classic faces, which made Roblox special, could have been made more unique without being deleted.
· However, in a Roblox that has cut off communication with its community, user requests are no longer meaningful.