Roblox Corporation announced today that its popular game platform will be coming to PlayStation consoles next month.
At the 2023 Roblox Developers Conference (RDC), the company confirmed that both PS4 and PS5 versions of Roblox will be available starting in October. Roblox is already available on Xbox, in addition to PC, Mac, iOS, and Android, with a Meta Quest version receiving a broader launch sometime this month.
The press release from Roblox Corporation notes that PS4 and PS5 owners can anticipate access to "the full catalog of Roblox experiences," implying that users playing Roblox on another platform can log into their account and pick up where they left off.
Roblox was originally released in 2006 and has become a juggernaut in recent years. Most notably, the platform saw a drastic increase in users in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic - so much so that the company told me in 2020 that over half of U.S. kids and teens under 16 play Roblox. A post on the official Roblox account also says more than 65 million people are playing Roblox daily.
With Xbox and soon PlayStation getting console versions of Roblox, there has yet to be any plans for a Nintendo Switch release. Roblox Corporation spokesperson Roman Skuratovskiy told The Verge's Jat Peters that the company wants "Roblox to be on all devices, anywhere worldwide," but they "currently have no imminent plans to have Roblox available on the Nintendo Switch."
CEO Davee Baszuki, however, is not ruling it out entirely, as he mentioned during an earnings call last month that a Switch version may arrive at some point in the future.
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.
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More than 65 million people are on Roblox every day, enjoying immersive experiences and connecting with others all over the world. Soon, Roblox will be accessible to even more people to enjoy - on Meta Quest and PlayStation. pic.twitter.com/Tzvpa5UMFs
— Roblox (@Roblox) September 8, 2023
At the 2023 Roblox Developers Conference (RDC), the company confirmed that both PS4 and PS5 versions of Roblox will be available starting in October. Roblox is already available on Xbox, in addition to PC, Mac, iOS, and Android, with a Meta Quest version receiving a broader launch sometime this month.
The press release from Roblox Corporation notes that PS4 and PS5 owners can anticipate access to "the full catalog of Roblox experiences," implying that users playing Roblox on another platform can log into their account and pick up where they left off.
Roblox was originally released in 2006 and has become a juggernaut in recent years. Most notably, the platform saw a drastic increase in users in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic - so much so that the company told me in 2020 that over half of U.S. kids and teens under 16 play Roblox. A post on the official Roblox account also says more than 65 million people are playing Roblox daily.
With Xbox and soon PlayStation getting console versions of Roblox, there has yet to be any plans for a Nintendo Switch release. Roblox Corporation spokesperson Roman Skuratovskiy told The Verge's Jat Peters that the company wants "Roblox to be on all devices, anywhere worldwide," but they "currently have no imminent plans to have Roblox available on the Nintendo Switch."
CEO Davee Baszuki, however, is not ruling it out entirely, as he mentioned during an earnings call last month that a Switch version may arrive at some point in the future.
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.
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