Why isn't Neopets on consoles yet?

[FragrantGingerCalamari]

Why has neopets not been released on mobile and consoles?

 

[RevPokemon]

This was a game for the PS2. It was actually one of the only games on PS2 I wanted as a kid (who had a GameCube). And yes it still embarrasses me.

 

[FragrantGingerCalamari]

I don't mean a game thats on its own.
http://www.neopets.com/index.phtml
I mean the website itself as a game.

 

[Zanoab]

Look up Lutari Island.

Also Neopets is dead with only a few thousand active players.

 

[FragrantGingerCalamari]

Look up Lutari Island.

Also Neopets is dead with only a few thousand active players.

Then just consoles.

 

[RevPokemon]

Also Neopets is dead with only a few thousand active players.

This. Although if you used home brew I think hypothetically you could play the game via a custom browser+Gnash+ an mouse and keyboard emulator.

 

[FragrantGingerCalamari]

This. Although if you used home brew I think hypothetically you could play the game via a custom browser+Gnash+ an mouse and keyboard emulator.

Cool!

 

[RevPokemon]

Cool!

But the issue is I don't believe any of that has been done but it is theoretically possible if you had the time and dev support.

 

[migles]

ho noes.. i forgot to feed my pet since 2009 or something
now i am too scared to open the website to find a rotten coffin full of bugs

heh, there was 2 ds games, and i think a psp game as welll
as for why you couldn't play it on the console interacting with the online game, most likely cuz they didn't want to make such investment and risk..
it would be cool
however i thought neopets was dead...

 

[RevPokemon]

as for why you couldn't play it on the console interacting with the online game, most likely cuz they didn't want to make such investment and risk..

Plus nowadays they are running ABC mouse which makes more money probably.

 

[Zanoab]

Plus nowadays they are running ABC mouse which makes more money probably.

Who is running ABC Mouse?

 

[RevPokemon]

Who is running ABC Mouse?

the people originally behind neopets

 

[Zanoab]

the people originally behind neopets

Source? I can't find anything linking them together.

 

[RevPokemon]

Source? I can't find anything linking them together.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/11/15/from-neopets-to-teachers-pets/

An article on it by the Wall Street Journal

 

[LightyKD]

This was a game for the PS2. It was actually one of the only games on PS2 I wanted as a kid (who had a GameCube). And yes it still embarrasses me.

As a GameCube only guy, I also wanted that game. I guess I'll add it to my current PS2 collection. The little bit that I played of it was pretty decent.