Game to launch branded Roblox game for Black Friday

[Jan]

Game "dips toes" in metaverse — giving away R70,000 in vouchers

Game has announced that it is the first retailer in South Africa to join “the metaverse” by launching a branded Roblox game.

Game explained that Roblox is one of the world’s biggest online gaming platforms and most popular metaverse destinations, with a global audience of over 200 million monthly users — primarily among tweens and teens.

 

[PaulMurkin]

Game making a game... should have sticked to selling inflatable balls instead.

 

[SilverCode]

Game explained that Roblox is one of the world’s biggest online gaming platforms and most popular metaverse destinations, with a global audience of over 200 million monthly users — primarily among tweens and teens.
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...players must be at least 13 years old...

Wow, did they think this through?

Also, having never paid much attention to Roblox, can it be considered part of the "metaverse"? I normally associate that stupid term with VR. Are Game just so out of touch that they don't understand what they are saying/doing? Or am I the one who is out of touch and don't know what I am saying?

 

[Solitude]

"Players will use potholes as portals"

Haha really is South African.

They should make all the lights and stuff go out every now and then for loadshedding.

 

[Fulcrum29]

An Easter Egg hunt. I won't be surprised that some days will have the same winners amongst the top three. I have seen how people game these games. They better have admins/moderators.

 

[Senor]

Bought an item online recently, they canceled my order and refunded me after a few days, with zero communication. Then after a few days I got a survey asking how was my experience.

They will fail in every and any universe

 

[kolakidd]

Wow, did they think this through?

Also, having never paid much attention to Roblox, can it be considered part of the "metaverse"? I normally associate that stupid term with VR. Are Game just so out of touch that they don't understand what they are saying/doing? Or am I the one who is out of touch and don't know what I am saying?

Despite Games tricky current situation, it's actually surprisingly smart for a couple of reasons:
1. Great age and mechanism for brand building.
2. They actually may be the first SA company to actually use the closest thing we have to a Metaverse right now outside of AR (not a silly emulation of Second Life like Ubuntuland.)
3. They're actually leveraging gaming and the large local gaming audience we have, which is something a lot of local marketers ignore, or think they are getting with disruptive in game video ads.

 

[LCBXX]

Roblox is "the metaverse" as well now?

What's getting the label next? IRC?

 

[kolakidd]

Roblox is "the metaverse" as well now?

What's getting the label next? IRC?

Roblox, and massive online gaming in general is the closest thing to the Metaverse (as Meta perceives it right now). What do you think they based their whole strategy on?

 

[Fulcrum29]

So... when will they actually launch their game world and what will it be named?

 

[LCBXX]

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Roblox, and massive online gaming in general is the closest thing to the Metaverse (as Meta perceives it right now). What do you think they based their whole strategy on?

I guess I have to start getting with the times.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Well, this might explain some things,

 

[_TrXtR_]

Game making a game... should have sticked to selling inflatable balls instead.

Hehe. Maybe you should sell the inflatable balls?
Programming in text with a black console is for old timers. That stuff is going to dissappear.

 

[Kosmik]

Spot the naughty developer

Spoiler: *hint*

e-trolls

 

[SilverCode]

Roblox is "the metaverse" as well now?

What's getting the label next? IRC?

Join the Metaverse now! Dial in to my BBS on 021-2891823! With 10 lines so you can truly feel like you are living in a populated virtual world

 

[mpdjhb]

Totally out of touch with reality - please tell me what portion of their core market even knows the meta verse exists?
Outside of a few nerdy geeks and investor types its a non-entity. And even those that know about it probably have no idea what it is and how to get onto it.

 

[SkillBeatsAll]

Anyone thinking of cheating in this? Super easy to cheat in Roblox with scripts and whatnot!

 

[rvZA]

Wakeup! The internet is the metaverse. If you have a WP website, you have a metaverse parking lot.