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NeoPets Sale Creates Ripples

Posted by Zonk on from the virtual-pets-real-cash dept.

The sale of Neopets to MTV earlier this week has created an interest in how the "tiny" site could go for so much. Terra Nova has a look at the stickyness of the site and its reality as a virtual space. Alice discusses the reasons behind the price tag, based on the outlook of a venture capitalist. From the Wonderland blog: "Here we have one of the most successful pieces of social software ever, so successful that it is being purchased by a major media company for $160-million, and the story is getting remarkably little play in social software circles. Why is the acquisition interesting? "

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  1. Re:jsut a question by MilenCent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, and please understand it pains me greatly to say this, but I know at least three grown adults who play NeoPets.

    One of 'em... is male.

    Now, if you'll excuse me, me and my newly-ascended Pastamancer are off to play a REAL webgame.

  2. Feckin Neopets by Scorchio · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if this'll mean more or less spam for me.

    Look, I was using the nickname "Scorchio" before them. It came from The Fast Show, and I thought it was an apt name to describe the burnt up heap of bones I regularly became when getting pwned at Quake.

    I don't play neopets, I never have, and I have no intention of starting, despite the regular invites I kept receiving until I blocked neopets.com.

    Grumble, whine, etc.

  3. Re:I think we've got a record here! by jimi+the+hippie · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, articles make fun of you...