Like many parents, I know my pain well Roblox-addicted kid Asking me to trade my real money for fake money he could use to buy pretend items in a digital video game. So when Roblox announced the launch of Roblox Plus on April 30A monthly subscription service with benefits that could give us a 20% discount on all digital items piqued my interest.
But is Roblox Plus really worth it? Let’s do some math.
What do you get with Roblox Plus?
As noted in Today’s announcement on the Roblox websiteOnce it launches later this month, the primary benefit of Robux Plus will be discounts on items purchased with Robux, the platform’s in-game currency. Your monthly subscription won’t actually come with any robux (yet, anyway – more on that in a bit), but it does come with the promise that you’ll spend less real cash on robux going forward.
Immediately upon registration, Roblox Plus members will receive an instant 10% Robux discount on all in-game purchases. Once you have been a member for three consecutive months, that discount will increase to 20%.
You’ll also get some other, less tangible benefits:
What do you think so far?
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Free private servers. Now you don’t need to mix with Roblox Rebel: membership will give you a free private server for every game. (My son informs me that most games already have free private servers, so the benefit here is questionable.)
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Transfer robux without paying fees. Obviously right now you have to pay a transaction fee if you want to give the robux in your account to another player. Roblux Plus will eliminate those fees. (Robux says there are safety measures in place requiring parental approval for child accounts to send Robux or receive Robux from others.)
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Trade or resell avatar items. Avatar upgrades are usually one-time purchases, but Roblox Plus members will be able to trade or resell them (probably at a heavy loss, I’m guessing).
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Publish and sell avatar items. Roblox Plus members will also be able to design and sell their own avatar items Roblox MarketplacePotentially earn up to 70% commission. (This was possible before, so I guess the benefit is bypass Normal 300 robux upload fee.)
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A “different profile badge.” Oh big wow.
How much does Roblox Plus cost?
Roblox Plus will cost you $4.99 per month, which is the same price as the entry-level tier of the current Roblox Premium, which pays you 450 Robux per month. 10% bonus when you buy extra robux and some other benefits like item trading. Not included with basic Roblox Plus membership anyone Robux. If you want to keep your existing Robux Premium sub, you can—but no new sign-ups will be accepted after April 30, and starting May 30, you’ll also lose the 10% Robux bonus. (Existing Roblox Premium users will get a free one-month trial of Roblox Plus.)
The announcement suggests that in the future, Roblox will launch a Roblox Plus bundle that will also roll in Robux—in tiers of 500, 1,000, or 2,000—but prices for those have yet to be announced. “It’s a convenient way to pay once for both Roblox Plus and Monthly Robux,” the platform says. Very exciting!
Is Roblox Plus worth it?
While Roblox Plus may add new benefits in the future, however, the easiest way to determine if it’s worth it is to do some basic math: To recoup the $5 per month membership cost, you’ll need to regularly spend at least $25 worth of Robux per month on in-game purchases alone—and that’s three months after you’ve released your membership. 10% to 20%. (In those first two months, you have to spend $50 worth of Robux if you want to net to zero.)
Of course, the math gets even more complicated if you combine a Roblox Premium Membership (which gives you a 10% bonus when you buy Robux). And Roblox Plus membership, but that equation will probably become moot with the launch of the aforementioned Roblox Plus bundles.
Personally, I won’t be signing my kid up anytime soon. It doesn’t care about trading free servers or avatar items, and luckily we don’t spend anywhere near $25 a month on robux. Most months, anyway.
