What amazes me is that Shaker is almost a clone of Habbo Hotel, similar virtual hangout, which was started in 90's by a Finnish company Sulake and it's still go

What amazes me is that Shaker is almost a clone of Habbo Hotel, similar virtual hangout, which was started in 90's by a Finnish company Sulake and it's still going strong. While Habbo has been wildly successful it has always been a place for kids and teens and never attracted more mature audience. In 2009 Sulake tried to replicate the same concept for adults (with virtual bars and drinks) with Bobba Bar (http://www.bobba.com/ http://www.bobba.com/), but this attempt has failed to gain traction . The major difference was that Bobba was aimed for mobile but it's hard not to see similarities. Call me a sceptic but I still have a hard time believing that Shaker will succeed as the whole concept of hanging out in a virtual world just feels weird to me. But then again some people seem to like Second Life. Arctic Startup has few articles of Bobba in case someone is interested: http://www.arcticstartup.com/tag/bobba http://www.arcticstartup.com/tag/bobba