

“Over the last couple of years, however, we have reviewed those policies and relaxed a little on this. But he struck an optimistic tone for investors eager to see Roblox on Sony consoles.

“Historically, because of the large number of children that play on the PlayStation, we have been very careful with regards to opening them up to anything that could potentially exploit them,” he said at the time. Ryan explained the decision to withhold Roblox to investors early last year. However, Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan said at the time that the company’s stance was softening, leaving the door open to an eventual PlayStation port for the viral user-generated platform. The revelation comes from a 2022 document, first reported by Axios, uncovered in the FTC’s Microsoft trial.

Sony blocked Roblox from PlayStation consoles because it was worried about inappropriate content reaching children.
