Animal Jam Thread [V10]

[fanta]

can someone get me a spring worn blanket? i'd be willing to trade for it! also, does anyone have a rare feathered mask?

[dvnc]

Anyone have a spare spring lace bow that I could trade for? Come to my den if your interested in trading it!
Username: Princessmantee

[~Rare~]

I have an epic den plaque for trade, I am Taygirl31!!!!

[Svtisfied]

can someone get me a spring worn blanket? i'd be willing to trade for it! also, does anyone have a rare feathered mask?

I have the rare feathered mask 😀

[Tocotoucan2]

Does anyone have a rare feathered mask? I just got back into AJ and it wasn't in stores anymore

[cKy]

Anyone have a spare spring lace bow that I could trade for? Come to my den if your interested in trading it!
Username: Princessmantee

im at ur den, ur rlly rare!

[Sixx O'Clock]

I just watched Julian2's newest video about Club Penguin shutting down and whether or not Animal Jam will be following suit, and I wanted to discuss my thoughts on it. Please feel free to join into the discussion, I'd love to see your opinions!

I honestly don't see Animal Jam shutting down anytime soon. Maybe 5 years into the future, if not more. The difference between Club Penguin and Animal Jam is the way they're run. CP is of course owned by a huge company, Disney, and since they're such a popular and well-known company, they don't really care if one of their smaller assets (aka Club Penguin) goes downhill, because they have many, many more ways to make money. To them, CP was just a little side-project to make more money, they probably weren't planning on keeping it running long-term. Animal Jam, on the other hand, is owned and run by WildWorks. Yes, WildWorks is a child company of National Geographic, but they are much more independent than the child company that Club Penguin was run by. They call the shots on what goes into AJ, and they're the only ones really impacted if the game fails. So, in order to keep the game popular and fun, they have to be much more careful in what they do. If they make too many of the game's features free for everyone, there's no incentive for people to buy membership, so the company would lose money and eventually shut down. If they made membership seem almost mandatory, like CP did, then people would become frustrated with the game and give up on it. I think AJ has found an almost perfect balance between free and paid features, which keeps players coming back to the game, thus creating enough revenue for WildWorks to keep the game running long-term.
Sure, there's some things they could change, like giving nonmembers more animal slots, giving members more clothing inventory, etc. But I think they're doing the best they can as it is right now.

[~Rare~]

Does anyone have a rare feathered mask? I just got back into AJ and it wasn't in stores anymore

i do

[xianlany]

I just watched Julian2's newest video about Club Penguin shutting down and whether or not Animal Jam will be following suit, and I wanted to discuss my thoughts on it. Please feel free to join into the discussion, I'd love to see your opinions!

I honestly don't see Animal Jam shutting down anytime soon. Maybe 5 years into the future, if not more. The difference between Club Penguin and Animal Jam is the way they're run. CP is of course owned by a huge company, Disney, and since they're such a popular and well-known company, they don't really care if one of their smaller assets (aka Club Penguin) goes downhill, because they have many, many more ways to make money. To them, CP was just a little side-project to make more money, they probably weren't planning on keeping it running long-term. Animal Jam, on the other hand, is owned and run by WildWorks. Yes, WildWorks is a child company of National Geographic, but they are much more independent than the child company that Club Penguin was run by. They call the shots on what goes into AJ, and they're the only ones really impacted if the game fails. So, in order to keep the game popular and fun, they have to be much more careful in what they do. If they make too many of the game's features free for everyone, there's no incentive for people to buy membership, so the company would lose money and eventually shut down. If they made membership seem almost mandatory, like CP did, then people would become frustrated with the game and give up on it. I think AJ has found an almost perfect balance between free and paid features, which keeps players coming back to the game, thus creating enough revenue for WildWorks to keep the game running long-term.
Sure, there's some things they could change, like giving nonmembers more animal slots, giving members more clothing inventory, etc. But I think they're doing the best they can as it is right now.

Agreed, their balance is working quite well. I'm nm myself, and it's really not that bad a life (except when you're now a millionaire but you have nothing to spend the darn gems on because nm)...I do wish that AJ would expand nm inventory, especially now that they bumped member den inventory up to 1000 slots. I like how it has changed over the years in response to complaints by the players. One of the best things they did was to make the colour change feature open to everyone. A couple years ago, I remember always having to ask member friends to help me purchase certain items because only they had access to the feature! As for improvement, I feel like adventures should be unlocked over time for nm to play. It would also be great if there were more nm animal choices! Despite these numerous areas for improvement, I do agree with you in it WildWorks is doing their best. It's not shoddy at all, and I really do hope this game continues to prosper!

[Kreiss]

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