Whats the history of the franchise?
The Dogz franchise was created in 1995, when a company called P.F. Magic found a use for their new Ballz technology by making “cartoony” 3D dogs on very low end PC 2D hardware. The product was a hit, and more Dogz and Catz PC games came out over the years, selling around 2 million units worldwide. Ubisoft acquired the brand, and produced Dogz and Catz 5 PC in 2002, using much of the same code that powered that original game with many enhancements. But now Ubisoft has decided to re-invent and expand the franchise to Petz of all kinds. What was behind the decision to bring the franchise back? We had been planning the new Petz brand for a while, but the huge popularity of Nintendogs on DS really kicked us into high gear. We kind of said, Hey, that’s our category – we own it! And we decided to go both wide – multiple pets – and deep – multiple platforms. Do you feel the diverse range of titles in the series is a strength? Sure! First, not everyone has every game system, so giving the Petz
