Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32772883-20170805025827/@comment-20391248-20170805133211

Adobe Flash, the software CP ran with, is to be discontinued in 2020 so Club Penguin closing was inevitable and Bobbi said on Twitter, a "copy paste of CP with a new art style wasn't going to be enough either I don't think" which suggests if Club Penguin was to be continued using the same functions, features, etc. it would more than likely not do well and have to close anyway.

Club Penguin Island is essentially a re-boot and re-branding of Club Penguin. It shouldn't be compared with the original game as it is not meant to be the original. It a whole new game and experience that has only been out for just over four months unlike Club Penguin's almost twelve years. Things take time to grow and the same thing applies to CPI. There's a lot more to come.