Roblox goes to PlayStation and unveils immersive 3D avatar and voice communication
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Roblox announced that it will head to the PlayStation at last in October. On top of that, Roblox is launching fully on the Meta Quest in September.
Those are some big events which should help the company grow beyond its current 65.5 million daily active users. They are online an average of 2.3 hours a day. In 2022, more than 15 million people visited learnin experiences, said Dave Baszucki, CEO of Roblox, in a keynote speech today at the Roblox Developer Conference at Fort Mason in San Francisco.
Thirteen and up is up 33% from a year ago. Brazil has 5.4 million daily active users. The goal is to reach a billion people, he said. There are 17.3 million new friendships a day. Ages 17 to 24 is the fastest-growing demographics on Roblox.
The average bookings for creators is $27 million per year. The top 100 developers are making nearly $1 million a year, up 2.2 times from a year ago. The No. 1,000 developer makes $60,000 a year. About 20,000 on Roblox are making more than $750 a year.
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“That’s an amazing stat,” Baszucki said.
In the first five days on the Meta Quest in beta form, Roblox saw more than one million downloads of the open beta. With Sony, Roblox will be on both PS4 and PS5.
“This gives our creators yet another platform for which people can
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