Roblox on Xbox

Roblox is released on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. It was announced on September 24, 2015, and released on January 26, 2016. 
==History==
On September 24, 2015, it was announced on the Roblox Blog that Roblox would be coming to Xbox as well as confirming that 5 games would be playable once released.https://blog.roblox.com/2015/09/roblox-coming-to-xbox-one/
On December 23, 2015, Roblox released an update on the project, revealing that it had passed Microsoft's certification process, with the release date expected to be around the end of January 2016.https://blog.roblox.com/2015/12/an-update-on-roblox-on-xbox-one/
On January 26, 2016, the Xbox version of Roblox was released alongside 15 games when it was launched.https://blog.roblox.com/2016/01/roblox-now-available-on-xbox-one/
On October 30, 2017, cross-platform compatibility was introduced to Xbox version of Roblox. Users could now start playing with users from other platforms.
On September 8, 2022, the Xbox version was rated Teen instead of Everyone 10+ when voice chat entered beta, because due to the incident. And mostly due to experiences that are not suitable for users under 13.
===The games at launch=== 
*Reason 2 Die
*Tiny Tanks!
*COALESCE
*Framed!
*Speed Run 4
*Natural Disaster Survival
*Stop it, Slender!
*Strobe II
*Giant Survival!
*Cube Eat Cube
*Bird Simulator
*ROBLOX DODGEBALL
*Hide and Seek Extreme
*Fisticuffs!
*Super Blocky Ball
==Hardware Differences ==
The Xbox One version of Roblox plays huge experiences like Jailbreak at 15-30 FPS when the graphics quality is at 10, while small experiences play at 60 FPS. Xbox Series X|S plays every experience at 60 FPS, even at max quality, along with faster loading speeds.
Similar differences are in the PlayStation version of Roblox.
==Achievements==
Image	Title 	Description	Gamerscore
 	Scout 	Play a Roblox game. (Locked)
You played a Roblox game! (Unlocked)	10G
 	Explorer 	Play 5 different Roblox games. (Locked)
You played 5 different Roblox games. (Unlocked)	50G
 	Trailblazer 	Play 15 different Roblox games. (Locked)
Played 15 different Roblox games. (Unlocked)	200G
 	Pollster 	Rate 5 Roblox games. (Locked)
You rated 5 Roblox games. (Unlocked)	50G
 	Marathon 	Play a Roblox game for one hour. (Locked)
You played a Roblox game for one hour! (Unlocked)	50G
 	One Name, Many Faces	Change your avatar's look. (Locked)
You changed your avatar's look! (Unlocked)	50G
 	3 Day Roll 	Play Roblox 3 days in a row. (Locked)
You played Roblox 3 days in a row. (Unlocked)	100G
 	10 Day Roll 	Play Roblox 10 days in a row. (Locked)
You played Roblox 10 days in a row. (Unlocked)	200G
 	20 Day Roll 	Play Roblox 20 days in a row. (Locked)
You played Roblox 20 days in a row. (Unlocked)	200G
 	Strength in Numbers 	Join an Xbox party and play Roblox. (Locked)
You joined an Xbox party and played Roblox. (Unlocked)	45G
 	Four's Company 	Play a Roblox game with 3 of your friends! (Locked)
You played a Roblox game with 3 of your friends! (Unlocked)	45G
==Criticism==
===Chat features===
There's a lack of chat features on the Xbox edition of Roblox. In the early days, Roblox didn't have chat, but developers could put chat in their games or let you view chat. Later on, Roblox got a lot stricter about chat and currently doesn't let any developer put any form of chat in their game. This was due to Roblox wanting to be rated for everyone. The only way the player can really talk now is through the Xbox messaging/party features or Roblox's voice chat feature (Separate from Roblox other platforms. This makes it much more difficult to communicate instructions in games with teamwork based games. Roblox stated to eventually add chat features to console in their future and has lifted the original Xbox guidelines.
=== Missing ban page===
When the player is trying to load in a Microsoft account linked to a banned Roblox account, the user gets 901 error in the Durango menu. However, in the Universal version, the error is fixed and there is a ban page on console. Xbox users have to contact Roblox support to get their profile unlinked from the Xbox account in order to start playing again, alternatively, create a new Microsoft account. 
===Missing avatar shop=== 
The player could only buy a limited amount of packages in the marketplace but Roblox eventually did add it on January 7, 2021, but before that when it wasn't added, the player couldn't really buy anything but packages and gamepasses/developer products. 
===Lack of sound effects ===
When Roblox updated the Xbox version menu to use the new PlayStation Roblox menu. The update removed all sound effects and replaced the original soundtrack with an eerie-sounding theme, Additionally, Roblox is breaking their own "Console Development Guidelines" by not having any sound effects on the main menu, more specifically The "Providing Sound Feedback". https://create.roblox.com/docs/production/publishing/console-guidelines#providing-sound-feedback
In the universal version, new music was added to the latest menu revision.
===Laggy Main Menu===
The newer menu Is much less optimized than the original, leading to fans feeling frustrated.
===Clunky Controls ===
When the new menu was added, the controls got better and worse at the same time, when trying to change your safe area, you used to be able to either click three buttons on your controller, with A being to accept the changes, X to reset the changes and B to cancel the changes, now you have to move your d-pad to the right and click A in order to accept the changes, if you do not use the d-pad to move right, you will be hovering on the "cancel" button.
When trying to use your bumpers to switch to for example "Home" to "Connect", it is slower then the old menu, it will take at least 10 seconds in order to move to "Connect", because the Avatar editor tries to load. There are some other buttons that you can even use your bumpers to switch to, like the search button (although that could be accessed by clicking Y), Buy Robux button and the "Other" button. You will have to use the d-pad in order to access those buttons.
===Automatically forced to play on Cross Play ===
When the new menu was updated, you are automatically forced to play on Cross Play, even when your Xbox account had cross play off, this is an annoying bug that makes hard to find any Xbox players on Roblox even if you are on an Xbox console.
The PlayStation version fixes this by enabling the cross play option to be toggled without your PSN account settings taking control of the option.
===Outdated Game menu===
While in an experience, the original 2015-2023 Roblox menu is still being used even though PC and Mobile uses the latest revision. 
==Gallery ==
File:ConsoleAvatar No Connection.png|Avatar section not loading in 2016-2017
File:RobloxXboxTitleScreen2016.png|Title screen from 2016 to 2017
File:Roblox (Xbox) Title Screen.png|Title screen from 2017 to 2022
File:RobloxXboxTitleScreen2023.png|Title screen from 2022 to 2023
File:RobloxXboxNewTitleScreen2024.PNG|Title screen from 2023-present
File:RobloxRobuxScreenXbox.png|The Buy Robux menu in the 2023-present version of Roblox on Xbox.
File:Asdfasdfasdf.png|A Roblox game from 2016-2022
==Trivia==
 
*On an unknown date, the title screen was changed so that pressing A will send you to the main menu instead, additionally, pressing X will bring up a "Who are you?" menu which allows the user to use a different user added on the Xbox. 
**On the October 16, 2023 update, the title screen is updated again, featuring the same Avatar Editor background from the PlayStation version, now with two buttons to log into Roblox with the current Xbox user, or switch to a different user. 
***On the other hand, this update removed the music and sound effects in the menus like with the PlayStation version. 
****On the Xbox version, when clicking on a player in the Leaderboard menu, the old main menu sound effects can still be heard. This is not the case in the PlayStation version, as no sound effects play at all times.
*Formerly, when the snap feature was removed on February 8, 2017, in the Friends tab, "Snap Party App" instead brings up the "Parties & chats" section of the guide.
* Despite the logo change on August 26, 2022, the 2017-2022 logo could still be seen on the covers of the game.
*Text chat was removed in 2017 due to the Everyone 10+ rating.
*Roblox on Xbox's code name was Durango.
==References==
Category:Roblox software