Sony didn’t want ‘Roblox’ on PlayStation due to child safety concerns

A marketing image for Robox, featuring virtual children and teenagers dancing on a floor with a disco ball overhead.

Sony blocked Roblox from PlayStation consoles due to the fact that it was worried about improper material reaching children. The revelation comes from a 2022 file, initially reported by Axios, revealed in the FTC’s Microsoft trial. However, Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan stated at the time that the company’s stance was softening, leaving the door open up to an eventual PlayStation port for the viral user-generated platform.

Ryan explained the choice to keep Roblox to financiers early last year. He struck an optimistic tone for investors excited to see Roblox on Sony consoles. We have actually been conservative for too long, and now we are currently engaging with individuals at Roblox.

Despite making the remarks over a year earlier, Roblox still isn’t on PlayStation consoles. The cherished title, which lets users produce, share and play user-created content, is offered for Xbox, iOS, Android, Windows and macOS. Nintendo hasn’t talked about Roblox’s lack of schedule for Switch, but the console maker has likewise traditionally erred on the side of care in keeping improper content away from kids.

Roblox introduced a material score system in 2021 to assist moms and dads better control the user-created games their kids play. In addition, Roblox is working to hang onto its users as they grow, now enabling material for gamers 17 and older.

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