Roblox News So Bad Its Good?

[00:00:00]It has been two months since Roblox unleashed dynamic heads, and things are still so bad that it might actually be a good thing for us. On March 24th, Roblox replaced everyone's classic faces and heads with dynamic heads that were so unbelievably bad and unready. It was somehow worse than expected, and even Roblox seemed to know that because they committed to improving them and keeping the value of Limiteds on release. Roblox said they'd make the horrendous Dynamic Heads better and make sure that limited owners don't lose Roblox value. Well, it has been 2 months since Roblox said that, and here we are with the dynamic head situation still being an absolute mess. While we've seen a couple things fixed, like base modes on R six, the overall feeling towards dynamic heads haven't gotten any better. One of the main things that made me want to do this vid was this tweet by Waffle Trade showing some of the more dramatic limited value drops. As you can see, some of the most popular limited faces have dropped like 60 to 70% in value since the beginning of the year when Dynamic Heads began leaking. These are seeing upwards of hundreds of thousands of Robux value lost per copy, not for the entire Limited. So, an item like Yum is down over 486 million Robux in total on its own. It's not just these, though, as apparently all limited faces have dropped from 50 to 70% since the beginning of the year, which is insane. Just to make it clear, I don't own any of these faces, and I don't want or like them in the slightest, but they are very important to the overall story here. All limited faces dropping so hard and continuing to drop to this day is an indicator of how down the demand for all dynamic heads are, not just limiteds. Most people expected limiteds to drop a ton then to stabilize. But the fact they haven't and are continuing to drop is a sign that overall demand and interest is still lowering. There is also virtually no chance that the demand for non-limited dynamic heads aren't following the same sales drops as limiteds that are apparently all down 50 to 70%. That's very notable because Roblox is not only losing out on the value that no longer exists with so many limiteds. Demand being down means sales are likely down too. value, demand, and sales lowering would combine for a nasty loss in revenue, especially considering faces were amongst the most popular Avatar items. If sales are lowering as much as demand seems to indicate, there's a chance that it'd freak out Roblox enough for them to reconsider things. It's very evident that people are not as fond of dynamic heads as normal faces, to the point where Roblox is likely losing out on a lot of money. Roblox may realize that and perhaps it'll be enough for them to actually undo this mess or add an option to use classic faces and heads once again. This is so bad that I do wonder if it could end up waking up Roblox and turn out to be a good thing for us. The ideal route would be for Roblox to allow us to switch between dynamic heads and classic faces and heads as it gives us the option to use whatever we like. And maybe dynamic heads performing so poorly and continuing to lose value makes Roblox realize their mistake and give us the option to switch. I also do want to briefly talk about Roblox's partnership with Kestrel to iron out some of the issues with dynamic head replacements.

[00:03:31]When Roblox released Dynamic Heads, they announced that the old school 2D clothing brand would review the 3D face conversions. This sparked some optimism, but as of now, I'm fairly certain Roblox hasn't started working with Kestrel just yet, despite announcing it. Apparently, Roblox announced it way too early before anything had been done, and it's still looking like nothing has happened. I have seen absolutely no indication from either side that work has begun to improve Dynamic Heads. And I'm genuinely not sure if we ever will. Maybe Roblox canceled it because they're bringing back classic faces and heads. Maybe they weren't serious about it. Or maybe they're just being slow with it. If it does happen, I honestly don't know if much will change anyway since Kestrel isn't remaking the faces and only reviewing the conversions we all know suck. Maybe Roblox no longer needs Kestrel to know that the dynamic head replacements are trash, so they've canled the partnership altogether. My hope though is that it was cancelled because Roblox is bringing back classic faces and heads, at least as an option like originally planned. This massive disaster has been so bad and so unnecessary. Yet, there still could be light at the end of the tunnel if it's so bad that Roblox undoes it. They have this habit of either announcing or releasing something, then changing it a bit to make it not as bad as it originally was. Dynamic heads are ugly in the eyes of most, but they're perfectly fine as an option, and Roblox should allow them to be an option. Maybe that'll be the case soon, as if Roblox is smart, they'll see how much value they're losing out on and give us this toggle to switch between 2D and 3D faces. Thank you for watching over contra upload.