Habbo closes .dk .no .se hotels - but NO sign of merge

[Hermis]

Yepp! You heard it! The three hotels are now closing for good.
After a long battle against retros and a huge loss of users the three nordic hotels have been decided to get closed.

Also: Habbo will delete all furniture and accounts, you wont be able to transfer anything

Link to article: http://www.habbo.se/articles/3159-habbose-stanger-portarna

[Michael]

Habbos, 2014 was an exciting year for Habbo. We launched on iPhone and iPad and developed some great new features like the new Habbo Couture clothing line and the soon to be launched camera. We're committed to building more momentum and growing our community in 2015, but to do this we also have to let some things go.
With regret we must inform you all that we will be discontinuing our Habbo.dk, Habbo.no and Habbo.se services on 29.04.2015. This was not an easy decision to make but after careful consideration, we realized that in order to grow our community we need to focus our attention on larger markets and supporting more devices.

Although this will not impact your hotel, we wanted be sure you hear the news directly from the source. We do not have plans to close any other hotels. On the contrary, we plan to invest more into growing our community.
We want to send a huge thank you to all of the amazing people who made the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish sites such a great place and welcome anyone from these sites to join and play here.

Sincerely,

Hotel Staff

http://www.habbo.com/articles/3471-more-wood-behind-fewer-arrows

[lemons]

i'm actually feeling sad for the people of those hotels :( guess it will give a boost to .com and retros

oh not until the end of april not too bad arrangements can be made

[Hermis]

No transfers allowed - They're deleting all the data

[Michael]

Those 3 hotels currently have less than 400 people on them.

[xxMATTGxx]

Those 3 hotels currently have less than 400 people on them.

As in total user base or active user base?

[Showder]

That's it I'm relocating to one of those Habbo sites before it shuts down because, well, yolo.

[Hermis]

The nordic users wont be able to transfer to other hotels. Sulake apperently doesnt want to make other hotels by relocating them. Confirmed by staffs.

[Lewis]

It would be better just to merge all the hotels together and have different lobbies for different languages, being able to swap between them as you please. The only problem with that would be another one of the merge disasters with furniture prices dropping, etc.

It's not as if we have that great of a staff community presence as well, so that wouldn't matter.

[AgnesIO]

Guess this is a reminder that eventually everyone on .com will be saying goodbye to their thousands of pounds worth of furniture, with nothing to show for it.

[MKR&*42]

Not surprised. Those hotels have been dead for a long time :P
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Wonder if they'll close anymore.

Habbo.fi isn't fairly popular anymore (I actually can't find the user numbers on the website I had to go onto the client and judge on naviagtor) based on how many people seem to be current in the hotel.
Habbo.it has 500 or so in the hotel right now as well.

I don't think this will be the last closures they do :P

[Chris]

Sad news for users of those hotels. At least the .com hotel isn't really at any risk.

[Lewis]

Sad news for users of those hotels. At least the .com hotel isn't really at any risk.

you've jinxed it

well done

[Reality]

I think in some respects it shows one of two things, Sulake is making funding cuts because the hotels weren't as popular and closing them or they're possibly bringing in something new.

[Michael]

As in total user base or active user base?

As in users online at the moment of posting.

[Kardan]

you've jinxed it

well done

Edited by JamesSparky (Forum Moderator): Please do not pointless post / go off topic, thanks.

Not really off topic...

And it definitely won't be the last hotel(s) to close...

[dbgtz]

Pretty disgraceful they closed without warning and refuse to merge when they're clearly able to. I suppose they don't want to disturb .com rare values in the risk of pissing people off enough to quit.

[-:Undertaker:-]

The game is on the way out, thats for sure.

[A]

Shame that they are not willing to move accounts to .com or something, feel sorry for the people who spent money on there.

[Diga]

As a Habbo that have spent almost 10 years on the Swedish hotel, this feels very sad. We users (especially we in the Habbo Guide team) have been trying to convince our staffs that they need to start advertise (which was the reason why Habbo was so popular before) and take more effort in dealting with the huge retros that are taking away Habbo's users. But everytime this has happened, our staffs have in advance replied that there were no budget allowed for advertisments from the head office. This showed quite clear that they were up to something.

However most of us knew the Swedish hotel would be closed, we thought our hotels would be merged with the other Scandinavian countries, since our languages are mutually intelligible with each other and the staffs wished for having a joint SE/DK/NO-hotel. NOW that this isn't happening, I think most people are quite angry. I find it a bit unfair how the Russian hotel who always was a small hotel was able to get some compensation while we Scandinavians don't get anything. Something tells me this just will be the beginning of a new time for Habbo.

[benzoberzerk]

Unfortunately, because there's so few of us left, they can pull this crap without causing a turmoil big enough for it to effect them. This feels like a pretty big *REMOVED* to all of us who have stayed despite how bad Habbo has turned over the last couple of years.

Edited by James (Trialist Forum Moderator): Please do not avoid the forum filter, thanks.

[Zak]

The game is on the way out, thats for sure.

I'm starting to think this too.

[-Nick]

Rather a big shock. Will 100% push traffic to .com or retros.

[Joe]

.com will not last much longer, Habbo's dead and has been for a few years now

[Inseriousity.]

aww I just spent a good hour or so chatting away to someone from the .se hotel in the help desk. such a nice guy with perfect English. you're all welcome to join .com :D

[October]

Wow, that's crazy. Imagine how upset most of us might get when .com eventually closes.

[Bloop]

this is a sign

ill give .com 1 year

its a bit ridiculous how the users arent allowed any compensation or relocation, some addicts who spend thousands of dollars just go down the drain like that.

[AgnesIO]

this is a sign

ill give .com 1 year

its a bit ridiculous how the users arent allowed any compensation or relocation, some addicts who spend thousands of dollars just go down the drain like that.

Terms and Conditions.

[LoveToStack]

~400 people isn't all that much less than the ~2,000 that .com pulls in every day. If I were someone still invested in Habbo, either financially in terms of furni that can be spun for a real life profit or emotionally in terms friends only reachable on the game, now would seem like as good a time as any to start making contingency plans for the end. I think it would be hard to argue that Habbo isn't a game in decline.

Then again they manage to break even every goddamn year so who knows how long the ride will last.

[MilksAreUs]

Better get selling your accounts on .com asap :rolleyes: because by the looks of it .com won't be round for much longer either.

[xxMATTGxx]

~400 people isn't all that much less than the ~2,000 that .com pulls in every day. If I were someone still invested in Habbo, either financially in terms of furni that can be spun for a real life profit or emotionally in terms friends only reachable on the game, now would seem like as good a time as any to start making contingency plans for the end. I think it would be hard to argue that Habbo isn't a game in decline.

Then again they manage to break even every goddamn year so who knows how long the ride will last.

400 and 2,000 is quite a difference. You should also include the numbers from the other hotels. Hell Habbo Brazil still gets like 10,000+ when I checked last.

Habbo have closed hotels before back before 2008 - so closing these low user sites should not be that surprising at all.

[Joe]

Worrying that it is closing completely with all the money the users have put it in just gone, but like what was said above, t+c's can easily state it can close immediately and keep all your money but I guess that's life.

Yeah, I personally give two more years for .com before Sulake realise they're flogging a dead horse.

[Lewis]

Since they're closing down all these hotels, how is the newish turkey hotel actually doing?

[Michael]

Since they're closing down all these hotels, how is the newish turkey hotel actually doing?

Averaging around 2-2.5k peak time

[MKR&*42]

Habbo.com.tr has been doing fairly well in terms of user numbers, it won't close anytime soon IMO :P.

[-:Undertaker:-]

The problem is once the hotel drops to a certain level the decline will become to obvious that other users won't bother logging on either/more people will leave who came on but who didn't really play. I reckon we'll all come on one day over the next two years and it'll have a big CLOSED over the door.

[Diga]

Some of us habbos that've been speaking to customer service has got some compensation today for use on the English hotel (due to the closure). Every Habbo who's in contact with them gets compensation apparently, interesting how Sulake from the beginning said that they wouldn't give any compensation. Looks like they changed their minds.

[Kyle]

Some of us habbos that've been speaking to customer service has got some compensation today for use on the English hotel (due to the closure). Every Habbo who's in contact with them gets compensation apparently, interesting how Sulake from the beginning said that they wouldn't give any compensation. Looks like they changed their minds.

What compensation has been given?


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[.:TaylorSwift:]

I would have hope if they transfer there users items to .com it would have been fair. Imagine if .com closed and how we would feel if our furni wasn't going to be transfer

[Farkir-dk]

Now that Habbo.dk told us, thant habbo i closing april th 27 april, some of the users desire to start at Habbo.com
That meens that we need a new fansite, and allso need new friends.

We build a Welcome lobby for Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and offcourse all who want to drop by and say Hello.

Search farkir-dk on habbo.com and see the room your self.

Thread moved by [Richie] (Trialist Forum Moderator): from "[Welcome to Habbox Forum / Goodbye]", Merged threads are they are on the same topic

[Richie]

Such a shame that they won't just merge the hotels. At least some are still sticking around and joining the .com hotel. You should tell all your friends from .dk to join habbox! haha :P

[Farkir-dk]

HEY im from Denmark, yet another user who loosing the hotel.
Some of us from denmark made a ticket and told them how sorry we are, how unfair it is etc, and guess what :)
We got 100 credit, 1 year HC and 1 year membership of Builderclub.

Try searh for me on Habbo.com my nick is farkir-dk - See my Lobby made for sweden, norway and denmark

[Farkir-dk]

Contact the hotel, submit a ticket. We did in on Habbo.dk and got 100-200 credit, 1 year HC and 1 year builderclub on habbo.com

[Diga]

What compensation has been given?


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Everyone who is claiming compensation gets 100 credits and one year membership in BC and HC.

PS. To all Habbos, don't even bother to try seeking compensation if you don't even know Swedish, Danish or Norwegian and if you haven't been playing actively. Customer Service looks very close and makes quite strict assessments actually.

[Farkir-dk]

Such a shame that they won't just merge the hotels. At least some are still sticking around and joining the .com hotel. You should tell all your friends from .dk to join habbox! haha :P

I will when im sure this is our new fansite :D

[Johannes]

This is wrong. I asked some staff members on Habbo.dk why they're doing it, and they said it was because there wasn't enough money to keep the hotels up and running. Why didn't they just merge .dk, .no & .se together? Most of us danes understand norwegian and swedish, and they understand us. What's the problem there? More users, less hotels to keep up.

[A]

This is wrong. I asked some staff members on Habbo.dk why they're doing it, and they said it was because there wasn't enough money to keep the hotels up and running. Why didn't they just merge .dk, .no & .se together? Most of us danes understand norwegian and swedish, and they understand us. What's the problem there? More users, less hotels to keep up.

They won't merge so then users who want to still play will spend more money rather than lose it by moving everything over probs. Hence them being told to move if they wish to .COM

[Johannes]

They won't merge so then users who want to still play will spend more money rather than lose it by moving everything over probs. Hence them being told to move if they wish to .COM

Oh yeah I see.

[GommeInc]

If only the whole franchise would close down but alas that won't happen for many years as Habbo, despite some speculation, is quite a strong brand.

Also, the Terms and Conditions may say that you are not entitled to compensation but in actual fact it would be against the law not to allow it - which goes for DK and SE, which are part of the EU and NO which follows the same basic principles as the EU.

The reason they won't merge all three is that it would still cost a lot of money for what is a collectively small amount of people (to close down the three hotels, create one single hotel and so forth). Further, you have 3 different economies which won't work when merged (rare prices etc) and then you have the issue that you will have to account for Norway which doesn't use the Euro so buying credits/coins will be difficult from a logistics, marketing and systematic point of view as having two transaction systems would cost too much, and the fact locating a HQ for the 3 countries would be difficult as again you have the EU and Norway issue revolving around employee laws.

[Bloop]

this was what immenseman posted on hffm


i have friends from these hotels, they have told me they are now being offered 100c, year of hc and year of bc on habbo.com

however, its being done case by case so it isnt abused and only active users are receiving it from what ive been told by friends who use these hotels

isnt rlly worth cuz i think 100c is abt $12 in my country? but its better than nothing lolol

[AgnesIO]

this was what immenseman posted on hffm



isnt rlly worth cuz i think 100c is abt $12 in my country? but its better than nothing lolol

Diga already said what the compensation is about six posts up from yours lol

[Felix]

What better time to learn english then now.

[Bloop]

Diga already said what the compensation is about six posts up from yours lol

ooh just saw it. oh well, no harm in posting twice :P.

[lemons]

rest in peace

[Earthquake]

more then likely going to slowly call the end to all of the hotels depending on how the users deal with losing all of there furniture. feel pretty sad for those who have built up a huge collection to now only lose it and have no power to stop it because of the terms & conditions.

kinda puts into perspective buying credits, owning loads of furniture and building great rooms and engaging with the community seems all well and good, but there will be a day there be no more Habbo, just fansites. maybe just a Habbo fansite.