Roblox expands gaming categories to include players 17 years and older

To ensure that children younger than 17 years cannot participate in these games, whether as creators or as players, Roblox plans to ask for a selfie and a photo of their government-issued ID as verification.

Although the company has relaxed its rules on what you can feature in video games, it still emphasizes that games should not depict drugs, such as tobacco and heroin. It also maintains that games developed and published on the platform should be devoid of sexual content or nudity.

We think the decision to expand the platform's accessibility is a welcome development for the company and its users. On the one hand, Roblox's audience will grow even faster as more and more people that are 17 or older will flock there, knowing there is something for them.

This will drive more revenue for the company and, more importantly, provide more job opportunities for developers who ply their trade on the platform. At the same time, the new development guidelines mean the company can still control how people that are 17 and older experience the platform.

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