User-generated content platforms like Roblox and Minecraft are in ‘good position’ during pandemic

Game studios have been in a unique position since the beginning of the pandemic. Many other industries have faced huge hardship, with local governments ordering nonessential business to close in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The game industry, especially the owners of user-generated content platforms like Roblox and Minecraft, are in a good position to see growth.

“It’s hard not to see how DIY platforms do not see appreciable growth of neat, unexpected content,” said Resolute Partners Group (yep, that’s RPG, as that’s their favorite genre) founder and managing partner Ryan McDermott in a talk on the first day of GamesBeat Summit 2020. McDermott covered the macroeconomic impacts the pandemic has had on the world and how game studios are positioned amid growing economic turmoil.