Roblox

Why Did Roblox Remove Tix?

Tickets was a Roblox currency having a short form of tix which was introduced by Roblox in 2007 and it was given free to the users upon doing various tasks. Roblox is a very popular platform not only among the gamer’s community but also among the gamer developer community as it provides far more features for both as compared to any other similar platform.

Like other platforms Roblox also has an Avatar shop where one can buy items for their avatar and for that Roblox introduced two currencies, one tix and another Robux. The tix were removed by Roblox in 2016 and if you want to know then read this guide.

How Did Tix Work in Roblox?

To understand the reason why tix was discontinued by Roblox one must know how the Roblox tickets worked as a currency for buying stuff from the store. Tix was sort of coins that were given to every user on the Roblox platform upon completing the various tasks such as:

  • Daily logging in to the Roblox account
  • Generating an external link that leads to Roblox website
  • Buying or selling clothing items in the avatar shop

Reason for Discontinuing Tickets on Roblox

In March 2016 Roblox announced the discontinuation of their tix currency through their blog post and stated the reason that this currency has caused a lot of confusion among the new users and caused delay in some matters.

However, in 2017 most of the players observed that the main reason to remove tix was that many bot accounts were created to get the free tickets that were then converted to Robux causing financial difficulties for Roblox. Later the CEO of Roblox stated that the primary reasons for removing tix were: due to botting and making the platform simpler to use.

FAQs

Q: How Much Is One Robux in Tickets?
Approximately one Robux is equal to 14 to 17 tickets as it varied from time to time, Roblox upon removing the tix converted the tickets of all users into Robux.

Q: Would Roblox Bring Tix Again?
It’s quite unlikely that Roblox would bring the Tix again but players on the other hand want Roblox to bring the tix currency again.

Conclusion

Tix is the former currency used in Roblox that was given free to the user daily, but it was discontinued on 15th March 2016. Roblox is a well-known gaming platform which has millions of users from all over the world. The primary reason stated by Roblox in their blog post of removing tix from the platform was that it was causing confusion and delay for the first-time users of the platform.

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Aaliyan Javaid

I am an electrical engineer and a technical blogger. My keen interest in embedded systems has led me to write and share my knowledge about them.