The Story of Roblox's Richest Dev

pushing the boundaries of what is possible between aggressive monetization tactics and consistently breaking Roblox player count records Preston has solidified himself as a Cornerstone in the Roblox developer Community but wait a minute how did he get this far to find this out we have to Journey all the way back to September 2nd 2011. the first day that Preston would log on to the game that would change his life forever Preston began his Roblox journey by the name of silver sword gold 2. he took an early obsession with sword RPG games creating three before releasing his first big project in 2012 Limited Tycoon Preston was just 11 years old at the time creating a game that actually followed roblox's limited market system and at this point it was beginning to look like the birth of a prodigy fast forward a few years and Preston would go on to release his first two profitable games at the age of 13. guest defense and guest defense 2. I'm sure you can guess what the main gameplay Loop of this game was this is a remake I found that another guy made and oh my goodness OG Roblox was a time believe it or not I remember these games like it was yesterday yes guys I am old go away it's so crazy to think that I was playing these games at the same age that Preston was making them the young Prodigy would go on to release a few more games resulting in minor success at best but then in October 2014 Preston released the game that would change everything giant survival was a round-based survival game that would go on to be Preston's first big hit amassing almost 40 million plays before eventually being closed this game even inspired a sequel giant survival 2 but as with the first one it also stopped being updated and eventually was closed by this time Preston was beginning to become a recognized name in the Roblox developer Community he had already transitioned his former Studio spark Studios into big games in 2015. he then proceeded to release a variety of games with most reaching limited success at best Preston was quiet for a few years but it's now April 2018 and Preston would go on to release a flurry of Simulator games every two weeks here's where the game we all know and love began with the release of pet simulator 1. petsim was a Smash Hit amassing over 50 000 users on the first day of release Preston knew he had something special here so he would go on to update this game nearly 20 times petsim1 is very similar to the current game we know and love and you can definitely see where the foundation of the later games comes from in pet Sim 1 you would actually buy hats as well as pets to increase your pet power what pretty interesting but I'm definitely glad they changed this feature the pets also looked way different compared to what we're used to in pets MX they look kind of like I don't know Derpy for lack of a better word and now we're going to fast forward all the way to 2019. the year I would consider to be Preston's most influential year before the release of petsimex releasing titles such as build and survive a remake of giant survival and one of big game's biggest hits big paintball Preston was beginning to climb the mountain of success and he was approaching the summit very quickly build and survive is a game where you do exactly what the title entails you build and you survive can't really go much deeper than that and as you can see it's pretty fun I definitely remember playing this with my cousins back in the day and honestly it's just absurd to see where Preston has gone from his humble beginnings even just four short years ago Preston even added himself dancing at the shop foreign [Music] next big games released the giant survival remake which was met with huge success gaining over 216 million visits to date I'll be honest Preston does seem to like his giant Survival Games he's released like three of them over the last decade but they're fun so I'm not complaining while these numbers may seem pretty huge they actually pale in comparison to Preston's biggest hit of this year a game we all still know and love big paintball big paintball offered a place for those who just couldn't compete in sweatier FPS games such as Arsenal and Phantom Forces and it allowed people to just kick back and relax enjoying some good old-fashioned Roblox paintball this game is considered big game's biggest success so far aside from the pet Simulator games amassing almost 1.5 billion visits so far next we're gonna pay a visit to one of the other games released this year the giant survival remake this was a massive throwback to Preston's first truly viral game and it most definitely did not disappoint the gameplay is fun and you can definitely see the graphical leap from this game to pet Simulator X it definitely does have its issues though as you can see here like this guy just cannot even move so unlucky for him I don't think it's been updated in a while in all honesty so that's probably why these two games were likely Preston's first taste of true wealth and he would only seek to build his business Empire even further however what Preston didn't know is that it would take a massive mistake for him to truly reach his full potential as a developer pet Simulator 2 released on December 1st 2019 with all the hype in the world surrounding its announcement people were absolutely stoked for the second installment of the game that was beloved across Roblox however unfortunately the hype would not last the game was doomed to failure from the start as it was released with very few features including some very basic features of pets and ones that players had already gotten used to trading wasn't in the game unless you had VIP you couldn't upgrade your pets to gold and you couldn't even Master Auto delete pets oh and if I forgot to mention it VIP was a time limited Game Pass like it would run out after you bought it I will say that the upgrade system was pretty cool but honestly it just overall felt like the game was extremely rushed and released just for the sake of getting a game out there Preston even tweeted beforehand that the game was expected to be extremely underwhelming as seen here as pet Sim 2's release inches even closer I want to set some expectations at launch there will only be two worlds three eggs and 23 pets you would also commit to updates every week after launch this brings us to what I think is the biggest learning experience Preston has had in his career so far if you know that something isn't ready don't release it I think the game being rushed was a huge reason why it wasn't as successful as it could have been it seemed like players were just offered a new map which is actually very hard to navigate in all honesty and they were just expected to hand over their money and enjoy it the game was also heavily advertised as the first simulator that wasn't pay to win and while you guys saw the game released and you literally had to have VIP to trade pretty pay to win if you ask me you also quite literally could not get the best pets in the game and you couldn't even access the latest worlds every update unless you had VIP I really have no idea what big games was thinking with this one pet Simulator 2 would go on to be updated only four times before inevitably being discontinued as Preston moved on to other projects now now after the massive learning experience that was pet Sim 2 Preston said his sights on fixing the mistakes he made pet Simulator X would release on July 29 2021 attracting the attention of dozens of content creators and players alike names like creecraft Russo and more were all playing the game at launch and it was looking like Preston had finally done it he'd made roblox's next big hit gaining over 100 000 players on release petsomex shot up in popularity almost instantaneously and this would only be the start though as Preston and his team of devs would work around the clock to produce almost weekly updates as each week passed petsim's concurrent player count would continue to rise almost exponentially and Preston being The Savvy businessman that he is decided to capitalize on this hype with a series of plushie releases starting with the huge cat plushie which I'm sure you guys remember sold out very quickly with each plushie you purchased you also received a redeemable code for an in-game version of the pet these things resold for hundreds on eBay and they are now considered one of the rarest and most expensive pets in the game with many players offering dozens of huge pets just for a single huge catch Preston would continue to release many updates in the coming months even producing updates for nearly every holiday including Halloween Christmas Valentines and more it was safe to say that players were absolutely hooked but this was just the beginning from mid-2022 to now pet Sim began to explode in popularity the game was averaging 200 to 300K players at once for a time and began to shatter records almost every time a new update dropped nearly every major update in 2023 has had over a million players online and this is mostly due to Preston offering update gifts for people who are around when the update drops but it's still absolutely crazy talking about crazy numbers the daycare update on February 25th had over 1.5 million players at one point now Preston has continued to release plushies periodically including releasing extremely limited quantity Titanic plushies like the Blobfish and hippo melon they were only 75 of each of these and they are currently reselling for over 2 000 on eBay not so bad for a stuffed animal overall I think it's pretty clear that Preston has earned his place on the Mount Rushmore of Roblox developers he's consistently pushed the limits of the platform even to the point where people would expect Roblox to go down every time pet Sim updated like this man single-handedly made Roblox upgrade their servers honestly Preston is a fantastic role model for the next generation of developers he's perfectly balanced turning a profit with keeping players coming back and I'm sure his career will have many long prosperous years ahead regardless of your opinions regarding how pay to win the game is you do have to admit that what Preston has accomplished in just a few short years is nothing short of incredible and that is how Roblox made this kid a millionaire guys this video took hours upon hours to make so if you've made it this far please press the like button and subscribe I really hope everyone enjoys this one because I worked so hard on it and I will see you guys all in the next one bye-bye [Music] thank you

Channel: Skatebtw

Views: 1,421,088

Keywords: roblox, preston, pet simulator x, buildintogames, pet sim, how much does pet simulator x make

Id: d3Z3nfIBYs4

Length: 9min 11sec (551 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 03 2023