An Account Age is the age that the user's account is set to. When aging up, the user gains access to changes that include more features for users who are 13 years of age or older. The main purpose of this feature is to benefit older players who would play on Roblox.
Despite controversy among many Roblox users regarding the update and age restrictions, there is support by many users for some of the promised updates that are aimed for older players, including advanced Role Playing Games and FPS games with better integration.
Changes[]
This is a list of what changes when an account age goes from <13 to 13+.
- Improvements in gameplay, and the ability to login on Roblox's Developer's Forum.
- Can enter experiences rated as Ages 13+.
Can add meshes into Roblox Studio.- As of recently, <13 users can now upload meshes to the Development Items library
The Parental Controls section of My Account gets removed and most of the options are moved to the Security tab.- As of November 19th, 2022?, the Parental Controls section is now available to 13+ users as well and the account pin/restrictions has been moved to the Parental Controls section.
- Can qualify for DevEx.
The URL for the website and private server links change from web.roblox.com to www.roblox.com.- As of September 21st, 2023, the web.roblox.com link has been deprecated and now redirects to www.roblox.com.
- More freedom in My Account, such as now being able to be invited to a private server by a stranger, allowing anybody to join you in an experience, changing Account Age, adding social media into the accounts Profile, and adding a phone number to the account.
- The chat filter is changed from Maximum Filtering to 13+ Filtering
- Can now see social media links for experiences, groups and users.
- Can now verify account age to unlock voice chat and certain workflow features.
- Can see immersive ads.
- Can create an ad account and be able to use the Ads Manager with that account.
Since July 2020, these items are no longer limited to 13+ users. Various gears, which are realistic ranged firearms, had been released with the 13+ icon as a part of the "Age Up" updates. Some of the items are the Trench Warfare Shotgun, the M1 Garand, and the Luger Pistol. What most of the available 13+ gears have in common are that they are actual World War II-era weapons.
During RDC 2021, it was announced that Roblox would implement features for 17+ users on the platform. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Roblox would see new users playing on Roblox, this would also increase the amount of older audiences on the platform. Due to this nature, Roblox stated that they would "Grow Up" without sacrificing the safety for their younger audiences.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Roblox, the Gaming Site, Wants to Grow Up Without Sacrificing Child Safety New York Times, retrieved 19/10/2021