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Fortnite and Roblox are dueling for the future of user-built games
- What differentiates Roblox from Fortnite, however, is that Roblox is not a single game, but rather a paradigm shift in the form of “human co-experiences”, all created by its community of players. Think of Roblox as a Shopify versus Fortnite’s Amazon. Roblox is a vibrant and expanding universe of creator-built content, with over 18 million experienc... See more
from Roblox is at the Nexus of Digital Currencies & the Creator Economy by Tabarak Khan
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- The thing that we are seeing with Fortnite and Roblox is the shape of whatever is next. That social gaming space [is where] a lot of those primitives are emerging. There are these worlds or rooms or islands that are built by not the publisher and then you're seeing more of a social exploration than a true like, "Hey, I'm moving through level one, l... See more
from Firehose #163: 👥 Social recall. 👥 by Lightspeed
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- Consider today’s most popular Metaverse-like experiences, such as Fortnite or Roblox. While these platforms succeed through incredible creative achievements, it’s important to recognize that their underlying ideas are far from new — they’re just newly possible.
from Compute and the Metaverse — MatthewBall.co by Matthew Ball
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