<story><title>Roblox pays 26% of its revenue to Apple/Google for payment processing</title><url>https://twitter.com/eric_ruleman/status/1332595028384952320</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bemmu</author><text>I make games on Roblox. When a user spends $1 in your game, you get to keep about $0.25 of it ($0.70 if you spend the funds to buy other stuff on Roblox).&lt;p&gt;Basically 1&amp;#x2F;4 is the Apple&amp;#x2F;Google cut, 1&amp;#x2F;4 is Roblox profit, 1&amp;#x2F;4 is what they say is used to run servers etc.&lt;p&gt;This is not a complaint. I’m a big fan of the platform and think they provide huge value to developers. Just thought some might find the economics of it interesting.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>anonymoushn</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;developer.roblox.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;developer-economics&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;developer.roblox.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;developer-econom...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wow, that&amp;#x27;s crazy.&lt;p&gt;If I understand correctly, someone can buy 10,000 Robux for $99.99 and spend it all in your game. You&amp;#x27;ll get 7,000 Robux and you can cash them out for $24.50</text></comment>
<story><title>Roblox pays 26% of its revenue to Apple/Google for payment processing</title><url>https://twitter.com/eric_ruleman/status/1332595028384952320</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bemmu</author><text>I make games on Roblox. When a user spends $1 in your game, you get to keep about $0.25 of it ($0.70 if you spend the funds to buy other stuff on Roblox).&lt;p&gt;Basically 1&amp;#x2F;4 is the Apple&amp;#x2F;Google cut, 1&amp;#x2F;4 is Roblox profit, 1&amp;#x2F;4 is what they say is used to run servers etc.&lt;p&gt;This is not a complaint. I’m a big fan of the platform and think they provide huge value to developers. Just thought some might find the economics of it interesting.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>crispyporkbites</author><text>How much are your games making? How hard are they to create vs a web app? Are most of the games made by professionals or just kids looking for more robux?</text></comment>