Nintendo, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and Microsoft have published a new joint statement reaffirming and updating their shared commitment to player safety across platforms.
The three companies first united around a common set of safety principles in 2020. In their latest update, they say those principles have evolved to reflect new technologies, research, and forms of industry collaboration, while maintaining a central belief that “gaming is for everyone,” with a particular focus on protecting younger players.
The update comes at a time where the massive gaming platform Roblox has come under fire for not doing enough to protect children from interactions with adult players. Roblox is currently facing more than 80 lawsuits alleging it failed to adequately protect young users from sexual predators and exploitation, claims that were consolidated into a federal multidistrict litigation in California in late 2025. The company recently added age-verification as a chat requirement in the game, but not all players are happy about it and some area already finding workarounds.
Disney has made it clear that it has no intention of working with Roblox, and the reason why is more obvious than one may think.
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