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by xienze 2044 days ago
> Games look boring AF to me, but tweens seem to love em.

I saw my nephew spend _hours_ in Roblox manning a virtual restaurant cash register for some incredibly minuscule amount of Roblox bucks (like, pennies worth). That’s when I knew this was going the be the biggest thing ever.
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elliekelly 2043 days ago
Can you explain what this means for someone who is too old to “get” Roblox? Was he earning a minuscule amount of robux or was he spending a minuscule amount of robux? If he was earning them, how does that work? Where does that money come from? Are there ads? Or some sort of time-limiting mechanism?
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raunakdag 2043 days ago
Earning, I’m assuming paid by either the game itself or the virtual “owners” of the restaurant, ads are there, but “paid” for by USERS, for their in game services.

What do you mean by time-limiting mechanism? Parental controls?

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