The Ypulse 2007 [Y]ear In Review Part One |
| Published: December 10, 2007, 9:47 am |
| Tags: tweens |
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It's that time of year, where I attempt to look back and highlight what I thought were some of the biggest trends in 2007. For fun, check out the Hot or Not post for 2007 I wrote in 2006. As always, feel free to add your own 2007 top trends in the comments! Virtual world explosion...for kids & tweens I have no doubt that virtual worlds, like Habbo Hotel, Zwinktopia, Gaia Online, There and MTV's worlds have become a hit with millions of teenagers. I just don't sense that it's teens en masse quite yet. But I think eMarketer got it right when they predicted that "by 2011, 53% of them will be going virtual." This year, the real explosion of virtual worlds happened for kids and tweens. Club Penguin and Webkinz can almost be seen as the mothers or fathers of the next wave of virtual worlds for kids. Disney (which now owns Club Penguin in addition to several other virtual worlds of its own), Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network all jumped in. With Barbie, Bratz, Trollz, Ty Girls, LEGO and [ Full article ] |
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