Title: Why did Club Penguin shut down? - The Red Keytar Diaries
Headings: Why did Club Penguin shut down?
Why did Club Penguin shut down?
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Content: Now in 2020, Roblox is even on-pace to outrank Minecraft. Club Penguin was quite expensive to run, so it was natural that the company would look to cut costs as numbers dwindled. Unfortunately, this meant the little virtual world we love had to close down. During the pandemic, lots of businesses had to close down because they didn’t have enough customers. This is what was happening for Club Penguin — there just weren’t enough customers to cover the costs to run the world profitably. There’s obviously a lot more to the story than that. But at the end of the day, it comes down to a financial statement. Games are run as businesses, which is why so many mobile games get shuttered even with a dedicated fanbase. When a game isn’t profitable, it has to get shut down. The huge downside to all of this (for any game) is that there’s a fanbase left out in the cold.