![]() ![]() ![]() Roblox’s valuation skyrocketed to $29.5 billion in a fundraising round earlier this month, more than seven times the $4 billion the company was valued at 11 months earlier, amid a surge in the popularity of video games during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company had said in a regulatory filing earlier this month that it was aiming to list shares on the New York Stock Exchange in February. The delay is a setback for one of the most eagerly-anticipated U.S. FILE PHOTO: A girl adds a face mask to her character on the game 'Roblox' at her home in Manchester, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Manchester, Britain, April 5, 2020. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series, and The Earthborn Trilogy, which is also on audiobook. Roblox is only just getting started after 15 years, and it will remain a key part of the gaming landscape indefinitely, that much is clear.įollow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. I don’t know what Roblox’s stock will do going forward, but the future of the industry is going to be built on the backs of games like this, and it’s why Microsoft buying Minecraft several years ago for $2.5 billion looks like a steal. ![]() Is a $40 billion market cap overvaluing Roblox? Should a company with a single free to play game be worth twice what the maker of GTA 5 is worth, the best-selling AAA game of all time by several orders of magnitude? That’s something for the stock market to sort out, but there’s no question that Roblox has put the time in to warrant this kind of success, and it has quietly been amassing a truly astonishing amount of players including being the main gaming experience for hundreds of millions of children worldwide. ![]()
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