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Roblox, a popular gaming software and platform, has been down since Friday night, and while there was initial suspicion that the outage was caused by an external assault, the business has stated that the outage is due to an internal issue and that it is working to restore service. On Friday night, the business acknowledged the downtime on Twitter, and early on Saturday, the company stated that the interruption was unrelated to any specific experiences or collaborations on the site.
Some gamers began to suspect that the downtime had anything to do with a collaboration that Roblox had formed with the popular American fast-food restaurant Chipotle, prompting Roblox to issue this statement through Twitter. The restaurant chain is giving out $1 million in free burritos on Roblox as part of a Halloween event that began just before the game's downtime. Roblox was still down on Sunday, but the firm said it had figured out what was causing it and was attempting to solve it as soon as possible.
"We're doing the required engineering and maintenance work to get Roblox back up and running as soon as possible," Roblox tweeted. The service is still experiencing disruption due to a "Major Player Drop," according to Roblox's status page, despite the fact that the most recent update claims to have discovered the issue. Roblox is a big global platform (Statista estimates 43.2 million Roblox users in Q2 2021), however majority of these players are youngsters and teens. Despite being a big platform that almost everyone under the age of 18 is likely aware with, it often goes unnoticed in comparison to more high-profile titles like Fortnite or PUBG Mobile.
According to a recent Sensor Tower survey, Roblox was the fifth most popular app on the App Store worldwide. Roblox is more of a platform than a game, allowing players to build their own games as well as play those created by others. That means Roblox's content is always evolving. Users are constantly generating new experiences, which may be monetized using the Robux in-game money. Developers may make full games and monetize them using Robux, which can then be exchanged for real money (as long as they have over 100,000 Roux in their account). As a consequence, Roblox has a robust ecosystem, with anything from developers developing extremely intricate experiences to youngsters throwing a party for their pals.
