Comments on: Weekend Feature: The How of Habbo Hotel

By: jock203

jock203 — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:47:40 +0000

how does Habos 77 millon revenue break down?//?????/

By: Hattie

Hattie — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:58:49 +0000

Heyy, ive been playing habbo since the age of seven yerh i no i shouldnt of been LOL. but my m8 showed me it she is older than me. im still on it now. i have the 2006 christmas badge on my account. i never get bored of habbo. Its the best. You probz dont believe me but i have. If you dont search doctor-who-girl and go on the homepage. (im on http://www.habbo.co.uk not .com) Dont blame me for the name, i was onlii seven. LOL. i have a new account now so search .:=snake=:. :) ive been on for ages. i was on b4 2006. the old habbo was so much better it had like 10,000 people on every day now it has like 4,000 still a lot, but nothing compared to what it was then. It laggs and doesnt work on AOL still, i play it. :)

By: ........

........ — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:07:59 +0000

Then how she know user name?????

By: Link Love Sept. 10, 2007 | PR2.0

Link Love Sept. 10, 2007 | PR2.0 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:31:22 +0000

[...] GigaOM: The How of Habbo Hotel [...]

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[...] as Gaia Online, launched in 2003, which reported 7 million monthly actives last Winter, and Habbo, launched in 2000, which reported nearly 10 million monthlies last June. Even more surprising to me, YoVille is only [...]

By: RocketOn Social MMO Launches With Six Partner Sites

RocketOn Social MMO Launches With Six Partner Sites — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:00:16 +0000

[...] skew very young: 71 percent are under 18, comparable demographically to popular web-based MMOs like Habbo and Gaia Online. 67 percent of RocketOn users are female, and that’s also very promising; [...]

By: Web Worlds Get More Web 2.0 - GigaOM

Web Worlds Get More Web 2.0 - GigaOM — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:01:02 +0000

[...] whose public beta launches today, at first looks like a more graphically rich version of the phenomenally successful (if aging) Finnish MMO. Like Habbo, you create a cartoon avatar and use it to socialize, both in public areas and your own [...]

By: sacha

sacha — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:52:02 +0000

Hi
i have been playing habbo for 2 years nearly 3 now and i love it
i dj on habbo fansites and chat to people
its really fun
yet addictive
i spend so much money on credits
and then have to give them away for prizes wich kinda sux but seeing a listner happy is the best feeling ever
but yea im glad they made habbo
its really fun :)

By: Good Lessons From Habbo | Nothing Ever Happens

Good Lessons From Habbo | Nothing Ever Happens — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:21:52 +0000

[...] success” continues to be “criminally under-appreciated” by the game industry (GigaOm’s comment). Read more on Sulake’s organization, 5 different revenue streams and growth on their really [...]

By: InstaHippo » Habbo Com

InstaHippo » Habbo Com — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:22:07 +0000

[...] Originally launched in 2000 as a two room space made to promote a Finish pop group, Sulake was surprised to find the place swamped by international players who couldn’t even speak the language; they retooled and expanded as Hotel Goldfish, then re-dubbed to become Habbo Hotel. Throughout that time, Habbo has retained the same look of blocky, pixel-heavy, 2.5D graphics.3 [...]

By: koko

koko — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:52:27 +0000

I |ove your habbo☺☺☺☺☺☺☺•

By: fatima.girl

fatima.girl — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:18:50 +0000

hay habbo is great but i think da owner should give me fatima.girl habbo name free furnis coz u can get hacked by people and then u av no funris it is no fun with out furnis bu[t habbo i

By: Why Virtual Theft Should Matter to Real Life Tech Companies « GigaOM

Why Virtual Theft Should Matter to Real Life Tech Companies « GigaOM — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:31:07 +0000

[...] That’s because he stole the goods from members of Sulake Corporation’s Habbo Hotel, the successful Finland-based MMO for older kids and teens. After Sulake suspected the Dutch kid had scammed password information off other users, the company [...]

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Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:05:42 +0000

[...] to capitalize on the success of Second Life on the one hand (3D, open-ended spaces for adults) or Habbo Hotel (2D, controlled environments for kids) on the other– either as would-be competitor, middleware [...]

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How Casual Games Can Become Money Machines? « GigaOM — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:01:01 +0000

[...] then there are micro-transactions, honed to perfection primarily by casual MMOs like MapleStory and Habbo Hotel, although some titles on Xbox Live Arcade are experimenting with pay-to-download additional content [...]