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Title: Millions Flock To Grow Virtual Gardens In Viral Roblox Game

Link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/08/08/214...

Grow a Garden, a Roblox game created by a 16-year-old in just a few days, has
shattered records for the most concurrent players in gaming history,
surpassing Fortnite with over 21.6 million concurrent players at once. The
Associated Press reports: Grow a Garden is as simple as its name suggests --
players can fill a plot of land with plants and animals, harvest and sell,
trade or steal each others' bounty. The game is low stress, with an aesthetic
reminiscent of Minecraft and a soundtrack of soothing classical tunes such as
Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca playing in the background. Its popularity has
further cemented Roblox' place not just in the gaming world but in popular
culture -- for better or for worse, it's where the kids hang out. Coincidence
or not, Grow a Garden soared to popularity around the same time that Take-Two
Interactive announced it would delay the launch of its wildly anticipated
Grand Theft Auto 6 until next year. In late June, the gardening game logged
21.6 million concurrent players, surpassing Fortnite's previous record of
15.2 million according to Roblox. Analysts who follow Roblox's stock say Grow
a Garden is helping boost the company's revenue and will push the company's
quarterly earnings numbers above Wall Street's expectations. While it's not
clear if the GTA audience flocked to this simple gardening game to pass the
time until then, the timing reignited the age-old debate about who gamers are
and what titles are taken seriously by the video game establishment. It
happened with Candy Crush, with puzzle games, with Animal Crossing. Are
people who play cozy games true gamers? Or is the title reserved for the
folks who shoot enemies in Call of Duty or drive around creating mayhem in
GTA?

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