Roblox Teen Developers Are Making Millions And Shaking Up The Gaming Industry

Roblox isn't just a game, it's a game development platform in every sense of the term. A recent Bloomberg story helped expose just how profitable that platform can be for its contributors, with developers like Nate Colley, developer of the popular game Fisch, able to make hundreds of thousands of dollars a month by selling microtransactions and ads on the platform.

While Roblox is noted for taking as many as 70% of revenues for itself (far beyond the typical 30% share for platforms like Google Play or Steam), developers like Colley have no issue with it and are in fact living in luxury following successful releases on the platform, which gets an estimated 380 million active users per month, according to SEO analysis firm Backlinko. It's a platform that has created dozens of teenage millionaires from hobbyist indie game development, and that is truly impressive.

In Bloomberg ...