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Goldenmoney
Member
Never imagined it would be this big, but it is a really fantastic concept. Guess Nintendo now realizes how big the mobile market is.
I have run into a lot of people playing while I'm out and about. They mostly share advice and ask whats around. Told someone I found a Scyther by this bridge and one of the guys looked like he wanted to hit me lol
This game is amazing. My kids go out with me for walks to see what we can catch.
This game is amazing. My kids go out with me for walks to see what we can catch.
Well, this is my reasoning:
When I heard the pitch I was very excited. In the context of the core games, it seemed very obvious how you would leverage the geolocation tech to create something entirely new but still true to the mechanics we all love. A literal open-world pokemon MMORPG more or less. Same mechanics as the core games, but in a real-world context. That sounds amazing to me, and that's what I expected.
That's not what this is. Mechanically, this looks completely uninteresting to me, and I feel let down that they would not follow through on the concept that, to me, seems so much more obvious and fun than what this turned out to be.
I don't really bear the game any ill will, or look down on people who enjoy it. I'm just confused about its popularity when I find it so fundamentally uninteresting.
Fox Mulder
Member
Pokemon had been seen as a kids game on kids consoles forever. Being gameboy/DS only limits it really.
Makes me wonder how well a real Pokémon game for the Wii would have done during its heyday.
Makes me wonder how well a real Pokémon game for the Wii would have done during its heyday.
So has anyone caught them all yet? What about the legendaries? Can't play this because my phone is garbage and I live in the middle of nowhere, but reading these threads has been interesting. As a Pokemon fan I am happy this seems to reach quite a large audience, Pokémon is awesome.
Blue Ninja
Member
We got a little drunk yesterday and went Pokémon hunting. It's freakin' great.
I don't see it taking off here as it has in the US, though. At least not until they reduce the data load. Used up over half my monthly allotment just last night.
I don't see it taking off here as it has in the US, though. At least not until they reduce the data load. Used up over half my monthly allotment just last night.
Don't ever hand over your phone to someone...
Anyway, I hope this doesn't negatively impact the Pokémon franchise when it eventually loses steam.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Sort of, indirectly? They have a minority share of TPCi (as well as unknown percentage of one of the other two TPCi owners), as well as full ownership of several pieces of the IP, so I imagine at least some of the cash flow comes back to them somehow. I don't really get how any of that shit works lol
How tiny is your data cap? I spent pretty much the entire day on the app and used a whopping 40MB.
This is not the proper thread to have this conversation really, but... you can't make a game like that with all those options from the beginning and expect it to have anywhere the success this is having.
I want to believe they will probably start adding more and more complex mechanics as the more "hardcore" players stay and the hype calms down a bit, but that's probably quite far away. I just hope Niantic/TPC/Nintendo support this thing for a long time, as it could be quite incredible with years worth of content and updates.
Well, the trailer had +26M views (28M now), the game was already hyped by informed people at that time, then the app released and word of mouth made its popularity skyrocket even more.
Niantic don't even need to market it right now, maybe when the popularity drop off they'll have to make ads for when a big content patch release.
Niantic don't even need to market it right now, maybe when the popularity drop off they'll have to make ads for when a big content patch release.
Pinko Marx
Banned
I work at a bar over the weekends. When I would stand outside for a smoke break this past Friday, I caught at least 3 groups of 3-5 people walking down the street with their phones out. There's a cemetery down the street and I saw someone's walk around there with their phone out. This was like 200am in the morning. This game is HUGE.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
To be honest, it's highly unlikely this will EVER be built around high-level play. This isn't meant to be that at all. It's supposed to be a comparatively simple social experience that's shared by EVERYONE. You're never going to get the mainline GameFreak experience, because that's what mainline GameFreak games are for. If anything, going that route will hurt this, because it will turn off the ultra casuals.
test_account
XP-39C²
I dont think that they make any money on the stocks unless that they sell it. A stock is afterall "worthless" unless its being sold. Its the same thing when the stock goes down. You've might have read articles where it says that big companies or rich people lost tons of money due to stocks going down, but they technically didnt lose anything unless they sell the stocks.
It doesn t take an invest interest in NX to realize that renouncing to release mainline Pokemon games on Nintendo handhelds is a stupid move because at each iteration Pokemon sell about 15 million units at $40 a pop which is something mobile can 't do.
Pokemon Go should be seen as a move to strengthen the franchise by adopting mobile features and business model which are very different from dedicated gaming devices.
The two aren't mutual exclusive, the opposite.
Some franchises like Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Monster Hunter are better suited on handheld.
It's funny you think a handheld which sold more than 150 million units have limited a franchise which in total has sold about 80 million on it.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
I was referring to the cash being made through the app itself, not the effect of the share prices.
Whoa whoa whoa, you know you just lost your
real gamer
It doesn't need to appear "Soon" in the game. But if the game is meant to be played for months and years, actual mechanical depth will be needed, especially for PvP.
Catching is the brunt of the game and good as it is. Battling needs some more depth.
PaleFolklore
Member
There were adult men trying to catch Pokemon by the fountains at the 9/11 memorial today. This thing has gotten out of hand.
MistressMoitie
Member
When's the Pokemon GO anime coming out?
zombieshavebrains
I have not used cocaine
I indirectly encouraged the driving while Going. It really is not a good idea. At least have one person driving and the other person dual fisting phones.
BrickArmour
Member
You guys see this? Kid finds a body playing go.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/1...mon-go-discovers-body-face-down-in-river.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/1...mon-go-discovers-body-face-down-in-river.html
It's kinda sad really.
sixteen-bit
Member
Pokemon is back in the public zeitgeist
I think it's a test case for Nintendo. They've been working towards context aware games for some time now, with Streetpass and everything, but lacked the technological know-how or perhaps confidence to put in a lot of money to create something really geobased. The moment I heard about Pokemon Go, I had a hunch that this is what NX is going to be about. It marries the successful fitness stuff of Wii, with the positive societal change philosophy of Nintendo, and integrates the handheld and the home console, which also offers QoL a line into the NX platform. What started off as a hunch now becomes pretty solid for me given how much the current success will embolden them.
Jailer of Hope
Member
IAP is where the money is at. And this game is still in the highest grossing apps on iOS App Store.
Also the game is published by The Pokemon Company which Nintendo owns a (majority?) stake in.
dividends. companies frequently pay out earnings to shareholders. my understanding is TPC isn't a normal listed company with millions of "owners" (shareholders). It has a few owners (Nintendo, Game Freak, etc) and almost assuredly pays out dividends to those companies for things like the TGC and mobile games.
clay_ghost
Member
its not out WW yet.
Dark Orchid
Member
I've seen it from a few places but it's mostly been resonating with fans of the main series. Personally I'd like to see the battle mechanics or at least a less in-depth but more than currently implemented battle system added in, but the app clearly doesn't need it as people are out and playing it all over the place.
Then again, I've been calling for less hidden systems in the main games for a few years now, so maybe I'm not exactly "hardcore".
test_account
XP-39C²
I see. I thought you were referring to the stock price as the guy you quoted mentioned, but i guess his question could have been about stock prices and earning in general.
sixteen-bit
Member
is this a real PSA?
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
I haven't seen anything like this since Wii Sports. It's insane.
KojiKnight
Member
So more fun anecdotes... I work overnights, my wife works during the day... We live in the outskirts of a fairly large town, but not in a super populated area... On one of my days off, we had time after the kids went to be to go walking, around midnight... We headed to the nearest pokespots (a nearby church... seems EVERY church is a pokespot around here, slightly frustrating, but whatever). On our way (minding again this is midnight) we spotted 2 other groups heading that way talking about pokemon.
This game is going to make millions... even if it burns out fast, which I'm not convinced yet it will.
This game is going to make millions... even if it burns out fast, which I'm not convinced yet it will.
Bitch Pudding
Member
If PGo generates $50mn+ per month they won't care.
test_account
XP-39C²
Ah, I thought it was because a friend of mine had it (in Spanish, not the US app).
KojiKnight
Member
Half of those things like half a decade or more... I'd imagine if Pokemon GO lasts that long, it'll have been more than successful enough for the next round of pokemon apps.
Not really... considering the most popular handheld electronic device in the world right now uses motion control.
Holy hell
All of those things were hardware innovations. Pokémon GO is software "innovation" in that it combines Google Maps (something that's just a part of our daily lives nowadays) with AR and Pokémon. I could see people getting annoyed by too many GPS AR games but they're not easy to build and nothing is like Pokémon.
Although I'm just waiting for some kind of Minions GO announcement lol.