Comments on: Extremely Happy Feet: Disney Acquires Club Penguin For Up To $700 million

By: amytothemax

amytothemax — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:31:30 +0000

omg thats so alot and dear god you kidding right?that websites rich!!

By: Virtual newspaper has 6.7 million readers » mathewingram.com/work |

Virtual newspaper has 6.7 million readers » mathewingram.com/work | — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:47:49 +0000

[...] world for kids that was developed by a trio of parents from the tiny town of Kelowna, B.C. and bought by Disney last year in a deal worth as much as $750-million. As the L.A. Times notes, that readership makes [...]

By: Softolio » Successful MMOGs can see $1-2 in monthly ARPU

Softolio » Successful MMOGs can see $1-2 in monthly ARPU — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:12:02 +0000

[...] Club Penguin was bought by Disney in August 2007, it was reported to have 12m registered users and 700k paying users. As the monthly charge for paying subscribers is $6, this suggests monthly revenues of around [...]

By: The Next Episode « Rob’s Blog - Technology, Atlanta, Startups and Stuff

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:01:38 +0000

[...] that a generation ahead of what kids are currently using. The $2 billion valuation of Webkinz and Disney’s $700 million acquisition of Club Penguin are both examples of companies who have made this space extremely profitable. The [...]

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Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:55:46 +0000

By: Virtual Worlds Through the Generations « Virtual Goods Insider

Virtual Worlds Through the Generations « Virtual Goods Insider — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:14:23 +0000

[...] big money in Club Penguin and Webkinz, a wake up call went out to the venture capital industry when Disney acquired Club Penguin for $700 million in August 2007. Since then, there has been massive investment in kids-oriented virtual [...]

By: First Post « think tank web 2.0

First Post « think tank web 2.0 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:01:52 +0000

[...] is a social network/virtual world surrounding a penguins theme. Press Release | TechCrunch | GigaOm| Mashable | [...]

By: バーチャル・ワールドのプラットフォーム「Multiverse」 « SecondStudio - Remarks

バーチャル・ワールドのプラットフォーム「Multiverse」 « SecondStudio - Remarks — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:02:39 +0000

[...] もう少しでSecond Lifeを始めてから1年が経とうとしています。始めた頃はまだメディアへの露出もなく、個人のブログ記事で紹介されていたのを偶然発見したのですが、たった1年・・・というよりも、ここ半年で日本国内でも急速に情報が増え、メディアが飛びつき、Second Life専門の会社がいくつか起業するまでになりました。さらには電通を始め、日本の大手企業の注目も集まってきているので、しばらくは一喜一憂の成長期に入るのだと思っています。ところで、バーチャル・ワールドといえば、Second Lifeの話ばかりですが、もう少し周りを見渡すと、World of Warcraft(よりも以前からあるMMORPG)のようなゲーム要素が強い物の他にも、アダルト専用のバーチャルワールドや逆にキッズ専用バーチャルワールドと様々なバーチャル・ワールドがどんどん出てきています。キッズ専用といえば、つい最近「Penguin Club」というバーチャル・ワールドがディズニーに買収されたばかり。 [...]

By: Some Clipping Will Occur

Some Clipping Will Occur — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:44:32 +0000

[...] out. The subsequent sale, seven years later, of avatar based social network for kids Club Penguin for $700 million has caused me to regret this decision [...]

By: Virtual World Hangouts: So Many To Choose From « Youtopia Project

Virtual World Hangouts: So Many To Choose From « Youtopia Project — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:04:58 +0000

[...] online virtual communities may be cartoonish and their activities inconsequential, but the recent sale of Club Penguin to Disney for $350 million (with $350 million in earn out) demonstrates that the business of casual immersive [...]

By: TechCrunch en français » Mondes virtuels:un choix immense pour tous les goûts

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:37:31 +0000

[...] de dessins animés hauts en couleurs, tous occupés à des activités sans grande conséquences, la vente récente du ClubPenguin de Disney pour $350 millions démontre que le business des mondes virtuels n’a rien d’un [...]

By: Mike Jones

Mike Jones — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:27:32 +0000

Dude, You are so wrong! Movies and Hollywood are history. The internet and Miniclip.com are the new Hollywood. The Internet drives trends now not the the old timers and their tired, non interactive movies.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:52:40 +0000

First of all, tuxee5, do not spam a mature and intelligent discussion with all your ‘ZOMG I KIN HACK FER U!!!!!!’ talk. It’s not needed.

A very shrewd business move by Disney. I believe Club Penguin’s success can be traced back to when it was first advertised on Miniclip.com back in March last year. I would guess that a very large proportion of its userbase found out about it by logging on to Miniclip, where it has remained as the most played game for about a year now. Both companies will be able to prosper as a result of Disney’s investment.

The best thing about Club Penguin is that it is fun to play for children and adults of all ages, as shown by the comments from other people here. It is incredibly safe compared to other social nextowrking sites, because you, the parent can control what your child says and/or does.

sc: Club Penguin generate all their revenue through subscription (which are $6 per month) and the sale of online merchandise. They make no money through on site advertising, as the money from subscriptions cancels the need for that.

As for the idea that Club Penguin will go out of fashion; it’s been going strong since October 2005, so you would expect it to keep going strong, but then again, who knows what the future will bring…

By: Tuxee5

Tuxee5 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:07:33 +0000

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By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:49:16 +0000

@38. I agree, my kids barely use it nowadays. Club Penguin was used alot during the winter season to chat with friends and cousins. But, in addition to the change in peer groups, they prefer doing sports and other activities during the other seasons (Spring through Fall). However, there’s the Disney marketing machine. I’m sure they’ll make a big push on the Disney Channel, which is popular with tweens.

@37 It will be interesting to see anyone going for Webkinz especially.

By: Scott Schiller

Scott Schiller — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:04:19 +0000

Kelowna, eh? Not bad. When I hear about a start-up in Vernon getting bought out, it’s time to head back home and retire.

By: Kevin Bartus

Kevin Bartus — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:36:18 +0000

Tying Club Penguin’s success to Happy Feet is ridiculous. The site pre-dated and post-dated the movie by a long shot.

Anyone with kids will tell you (a) the site is great, safe fun and (b) kids get tired of it pretty quickly.

Kids change peer groups damn near every year, and Club Penguin dies like Friendster not because of a movie, but because people move on.

Of course, like aging rock stars, has-been web sites like Friendster are apparently big in Japan. Which you’d think would be a natural for the Tamagotchi-like Club Penguin.

By: Ria Day

Ria Day — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:52:43 +0000

We are guessing that there will be a mad rush for the other kids sites now like Webkinz and Habbo.

http://www.bizorigin.com/2007/.....eens-rule/

By: James Thomas

James Thomas — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:05:12 +0000

As a developer for Disney Internet Group, I can only say one thing…

Who doesn’t love penguins??

By: nbc

nbc — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:32:42 +0000

I have to tell you, my daughter is now 2yrs-7mths, her first movie theater experience was Happy Feet almost 8mths ago now. She still talks about it and recognises all the imagery, music, the lot - Club Penguin is right up there with Ronald McDonald!

I don’t know how they do it but that stuff is gold, scary but gold.

By: The Musicians Network

The Musicians Network — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:11:59 +0000

Penguins? Cool? …Linux?
They will always be cool in my book.

By: Gilou

Gilou — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:51:05 +0000

$700M for a virtual penguin world…only in the US!

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:47:56 +0000

If you don’t have kids btwn 7-12, then you may not know about this site. But, until not too long ago it was the big thing with my kids. They still visit it, though not as much since they’re always involved with many things. But, here’s a post I had shared with friends about Club Penguin:

http://videosmom.typepad.com/v.....he_ne.html

By: legoless

legoless — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:58:21 +0000

CP & Disney are working together. Disney havent bought it!

By: Saïd Amin

Saïd Amin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:58:26 +0000

wow, good for them! i heard that they all headed to a pub after the deal was finalized, *burp* sweet. party o =)

i bet that adultfriendfinder.com founder andrew conru dreams of a similar valuation in a buyout…dreaming is the first step to self actualization.

life is good.