Comment Re:Roblox is a gaming platform, like Fortnite (Score 2) 64
Roblox is a game that abuses micro-transactions under the guise of "Robux" to get children addicted early to the mindset of micro-transactions being perfectly acceptable in life. Not to mention item artificial scarcity selling addicts on FOMO sales tactics.
But this should be pretty easy to prove your theory. Challenge yourself to go find a child who loves playing Roblox. A real seasoned vet of the game. Ask to use their profile, and then give all their items away and delete their account.
A "fun game", will NOT be what you're thinking about when dealing with the fucking meltdown happening in front of you. You will then know what addiction far too young, looks like.
This is a shitty argument. Individual games on Roblox associate save data to your account and is non-transferable. I used to play Roblox way more when I was a teen, but if someone deleted my whole account, then I'd be pretty pissed too. Not because I lost any valuable items or anything mind you (I don't have any). I'd be pissed because I have just lost hundreds if not thousands of hours worth of play time on many games.
If I went up to someone playing any game they enjoy (online or offline) and just wiped all their progress and achievements, they'd almost certainly be quite pissed at me. That argument of "It's clearly not a fun game if they get pissed at you" doesn't work, especially with games that are designed around gradually building up progress like Factorio or Cities: Skylines.
The micro-transaction and market place of items is a very valid point against Roblox and I agree its extremely predatory. I also think that children are not being regulated on screen time as well as they should be. There are so many other ways you could have elaborated on that point.