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Roblox developer Roblox Corporation is rolling out a plan to let developers ship their games on external platforms, allowing the makers of titles like Steal an Egg, Scream and Run, and Welcome to Bloxburg to consider publishing on Steam, the App Store, Google Play as standalone titles.<\/p>\n
This was one of several announcements that came out of last weekend’s Roblox Developers Conference, an annual gathering of Roblox creators and game-makers to share knowledge and learn about major updates to the massively popular user-generated content platform.<\/p>\n
Developers who ship their games on their platforms will likely have questions concerning revenue share, as Roblox currently claims anywhere from 10 to 70 percent of fees on different in-game transactions. A Roblox spokesperson told Game Developer that the first set of creators selected to ship their games on other platforms will “benefit from the same revenue-share economics that the Roblox app offers, including a higher DevEx rate for 18+ age-verified users in the US.”<\/p>\n
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Roblox’s platform fees have been one of many policies that the company has faced scrutiny over in recent years (though it’s concerns over its child safety policies that have drawn the eye of the US Senate and several state attorneys general).<\/p>\n