game news Contrary to all expectations, Sony is changing its policy and now wants to bring this video game phenomenon back to the PS5
Sony is looking to revise its policy on protecting younger gamers on Playstation consoles in order to bring one of the most popular games of recent years back to their platforms.
This is Roblox
Sony takes protecting younger gamers very seriously and has long had a zero-tolerance policy towards potentially problematic video games. In fact, many popular apps have no place in the Playstation catalog, most notably Roblox.
The massively multiplayer sandbox app is particularly popular with young viewers, but Sony refuses to release it on Playstation. A lot of different events have happened around Roblox over the past few years, and with good reason. Among other things, the monetization of the title has caused a lot of drama, while very young players have spent insane amounts. Additionally, due to the permissive nature of the title on Roblox, younger players may be faced with content not intended for them.
Therefore, it is difficult to fully control the gameplay, especially when you know that it has several million active players. Sony has therefore decided to circumvent the problem by refusing to publish the game in its catalog. However, if YOU had decided in the meantime to reconsider this decision.
An upcoming release on Playstation?
Accordingly axios, Sony would seriously consider backing down and releasing Roblox on the Playstation. This is what Jim Ryan would have told investors in 2022, information shared as part of the lawsuit between Microsoft and the FTC.
As we have had a large number of children playing on the Playstation in the past we have been careful not to expose them to anything that could exploit them. However, in the last two years we have revised this policy and become more flexible. We’ve been conservative for too long and now we’ve reached out to the folks at Roblox. We hope that the situation will change. -Jim Ryan.
Today, Roblox has over 66 million active players, more than half of whom are players under the age of 13. Additionally, and this is part of the problem for Sony, Roblox includes a virtual currency – Robux – that can be used to buy skins, but also new features that encourage consumers to buy.
Be that as it may, Sony and Jim Ryan obviously felt the deficit was too big to camp on such positions, especially when their direct competitors have already given up. Meanwhile, a year after its announcement, Roblox is still not available on Playstation. Therefore, something new could be announced during the year.
