Roblox Console Ports

Here are all the ports of Roblox for other consoles. Some of them, such as Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 or 3DS, are Legacy Editions, means games that got ported on discontinued consoles. The first of them was the Wii edition, released for Wii on 7 January 2010, and the last of them was the PlayStation 4 edition, released on 20 may 2019. Since 2015, any experience compatible with console editions must first be approved by Roblox Corp before being released.
== Legacy Editions ==
=== Wii Edition ===
Roblox for the Wii was released on 7 January 2010 for the Wii systems. The game was free but could be found in shops with the physical disc (always bundled with a Gift Card), or with the code to download it from the Wii Shop together bundled with a code which, when used, gave both game and 2,000 Robux to the player. It required the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The games were cross-platform and Roblox players on the Wii could play those of PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, and with an update also those of 3DS, mobile and Wii U. A total of 20 official experiences were initially released for the console, eventually growing to 200 in late 2010. After an update, Roblox decided to place Nintendo games-based games under the "Nintendo Games Experiences" section. The most famous titles where: "Mario Kart: Roblox Dash", "Pokemon Arena X" and "Nintendo Minigames". However, this section was removed to avoid having legal issues with Nintendo both the company itself and the creators of these experiences. the Wiimote Plus gave a new way to play Roblox: the player could point to the screen where to make the player move, where to shoot weapons in experiences and which item to use by pointing to the item box. Only Wiimote Plus were compatible with the game, so in some editions of the game it was also bundled with a Wiimote Plus. A version of Roblox Developer's Environment (Roblox Studio) was also being worked on for the console, but the idea was scrapped because developers would find it too difficult to develop games on the console. On 20 May, 2014, with the shutdown of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service, the game servers were temporarily shut down. On May 24 of the same year, game servers were created by Roblox itself. However, on 28 February, 2015, the Roblox Wii servers were permanently shut down. Players could migrate their account from the Wii to a computer or another Nintendo console, such as the Wii U or 3DS.
In 2021, thanks to the release of Novetus, fans created their own Roblox servers for the Wii, managing to revive the service for the console using their own custom servers. Both versions had 25 games available at the beginning, then increased to 250 in late 2010.
The game cover art changed in 2011, and now is the default art for every copy.
=== Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Editions ===
Both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions were released on 10 April 2010. Compared to the Wii version, it was much easier to play and the hardware was more powerful and less limited. People also preferred these versions over the Wii version, finding it easier to play with the controller. The servers were cross-platform and players of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 could play together with other users of Wii, PC, mobile and with an upgrade 3DS and Wii U. Also, these two versions could accommodate servers as large as 100 people for special events. These two versions proved to be successful, with more than 1,500,000 million users were registered in 2012. While the Xbox One version arrived on November 20, 2015, the PlayStation 4 version only arrived in 2019. For this reason, Roblox for both systems where updated until December 2018. The servers were then closed on 28 January, 2019. At that time it had a total of 650 experiences for both consoles.
=== 3DS Edition ===
The 3DS version was released in July 2011. There were 30 experiences that were supported on the console. Programming this game to run on an old 3DS was very difficult, as it used two screens and had limited hardware. The developers managed to run the game for the old 3DS at a solid 40FPS with mediocre graphics quality and a render distance of 50 meters in-game. On October 24, 2015 a version for the New 3DS was released, called the "New 3DS Edition", which ran Roblox at a solid 60FPS, used slightly better graphics quality, and had a larger render distance of 80 meters in-game. Every registered 3DS user received a cosmetic for your character, called "Stylus", where the character had a 3DS stylus in their mouth. The touch screen in most games was used to select items in the item box or to navigate the menu, where they could exit the game, send friend requests or report a player while playing. Some experience however used the touch screen for their experience. First up was the 3DS version of "Work At Pizza Place", where you used the touch screen to cook pizzas, deliver them and modify your home. While there were plans to create a Roblox Studio on the 3DS, the plan never came released and the experiences could only be created on PC. A feature used only for the 3DS versions was playing with up to 16 players on private LAN servers, where each player, via Download Play, could play the experience selected by the host. By the end of 2014, a total of 400 official and fan-created experiences were compatible for the 3DS, and 56 of them used their touch screen. In the same year, 2014, an update added the possibility to use stereoscopic 3D for all experiences. On 10 March, 2018 it received the latest update, as the hardware had become too old and could no longer support the newer experiences and cross-platform became more and more difficult since then, as the 3DS version no longer received updates, and on 30 August of the same year the servers were shut down. A total of 550 experiences were made available for the console, and 100 supported the touch screen. 
In 2020, fans created their own Roblox servers for the 3DS, managing to relaunch the service for the console using their own custom servers. In addition, they managed to improve Roblox Studio for 3DS so that anyone can create new games for the console, both 3DS and PC via their third-party application.
== Still Active Versions ==
=== Nintendo Switch Edition ===
The Nintendo Switch edition was released on 12 October, 2019 worldwide. The game works like the versions for the PlayStation 4/5 and the Xbox One/Series X, except that there is a mode for two to four players (who must be logged in with four different accounts), where the screen is split into two to four parts (depending on how many players are playing), and each player uses only one Joy-Con. The Nintendo Switch version supports all the experiences for the Mobile versions. Since the Wii U Next came out in 2023 and Roblox has already been ported to it, it is estimated that the Switch version will be updated until in mid-2024, to then close the service around 2025.