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[Chaos17]

DONT BE AN IDIOT AND PLAY THE GAME WHILE DRIVING. DON'T GO INTO RESTRICTED AREAS. WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/PokemonGO/

Lock if old

RIP servers

 

[Falchion]

Stay safe Poke players.

 

[BY2K]

Huh CANADA!? Hello!?

 

[T.O.P]

Oh god

 

[Neiteio]

Iwata gonna make it rain from heaven

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

noooo europe, i vote for pokexit

 

[Busaiku]

Nooooooooo
Today was my day to go out.

 

[valkillmore]

Why isn't it in Canada yet?

 

[Cmerrill]

Wtf. Where is Canada?

 

[Neiteio]

noooo europe, i vote for pokexit

Trying to run from Pokemon Go is like trying to run from nuclear holocaust if Trump becomes president.

Only one Earth. Nowhere to run!

 

[BodiesWithoutOrgans]

Download the app I deleted it I don't see the craze to be honest

I prefer Pokemon on 3ds like ORAS, X, Y and Sun and Moon

 

[BowieZ]

Dammit. Was hoping to go out Pokemon Going tomorrow. Oh well. RIP servers.

 

[Kouriozan]

Still no France, now I'm sad

 

[orochi91]

Huh CANADA!? Hello!?

Seriously, wtf?!

Why are us Canadians getting shafted so damn hard by Nintendo???

 

[Moor-Angol]

Iwata gonna make it rain from heaven

the app is not made by Nintendo

 

[Keyser Soze]

Servers...

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Iwata gonna make it rain from heaven

Honestly curious, when is Nintendo's next financial report? Gonna be real interesting to see what effect this has for the company's revenue.

Edit: I realise they didn't make the app itself, but it'll obviously have (and has already had) knock on effects.

 

[Neiteio]

the app is not made by Nintendo

Nintendo owns the Pokemon brand and has a majority stake in TPC. We've already gone over countless times how they are making bank on this.

 

[Vital Tundra]

the app is not made by Nintendo

But Nintendo owns Pokemon and a part of every company that's made it, and invested in Niantic.

 

[gngf123]

Those poor servers.

 

[jdstorm]

Seriously, wtf?!

Why are us Canadians getting shafted so damn hard by Nintendo???

I'm guessing all the servers niantic added for both the U.S. And Canada are being used by the U.S. And niantic are desperately trying to add more

 

[crimzonflame]

Canada stay losing

 

[f@luS]

I downloaded it on my us apple account then deleted 5m after but I just checked it's not available in France ? How come ?

 

[celsowmbr]

Brazil?

 

[Doominated]

Hopefully this comes with a huge increase in available servers

Realistically we're all fucked though

 

[Calm Mind]

lol at Canada

EDIT: and Brazil.

 

[woopWOOP]

About time!

...I'm probably just gonna look up what monsters roam around the house and workplace and leave it at that, but whoo let's go

 

[idonteven]

1 HOUR WALK and all i got is a fucking ratatta and a weedle

 

[The_White_Rose]

Download the app I deleted it I don't see the craze to be honest

I prefer Pokemon on 3ds like ORAS, X, Y and Sun and Moon

What did you do after downloading the app?

 

[Reckless Onion]

the app is not made by Nintendo

IP is from nintendo lol

 

[Shepard]

Hell yeah Brazi.. oh.

 

[Moor-Angol]

But Nintendo owns Pokemon and a part of every company that's made it, and invested in Niantic.

anyway it's different from selling the game (or the app) by themselves

 

[shoryukens]

They can't even fix the servers before adding more strain to it.

 

[Mr-Joker]

the app is not made by Nintendo

Nintendo own 1/3 of the Pokémon copyright, they also own a stake in the Pokémon Company, invested in Niantic so they are getting money from this app.

 

[Lehow]

Brazil?

Brazilian population is too high - and more importantly almost a 1:1 smartphone/person ratio, it will probably need its own launch

 

[SpaceWolf]

A thousand plagues upon my Lumia.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Honestly curious, when is Nintendo's next financial report? Gonna be real interesting to see what effect this has for the company's revenue.

Edit: I realise they didn't make the app itself, but it'll obviously have (and has already had) knock on effects.

The first quarter release is on the 27th. Realistically it won't do too much for direct revenue in its infancy, but stockholders already know about the MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL market value increase.

anyway it's different from selling the game (or the app) by themselves

If we wanted to get to the root of it. It DID start out as an April Fools joke created between Iwata, Pokemon Co. and Google (when Niantic's team was still part of it).

 

[Blue Lou]

 

[Neiteio]

anyway it's different from selling the game (or the app) by themselves

When the companies that made this app make money, and when the Pokemon brand makes money, Nintendo makes money. A lot of money.

Last I read, the app itself is projected to bring in billions yearly. Even if it died out tomorrow, it still would've made a killing.

Crazy how this has taken off.

 

[Ninferno]

So I was probably right; France is purposely left out due to public safety concerns after the Nice attack.

 

[Chaos17]

lol at Canada

EDIT: and Brazil.

And France

They can't even fix the servers before adding more strain to it.

Yet asians people still beg for game to be released asap

 

[Smiles and Cries]

the app is not made by Nintendo

why do I see this in every PokeGo thread lol

 

[RoadHazard]

Sweden yay!

...and I can't get past the name registration screen.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Huh CANADA!? Hello!?

Why isn't it in Canada yet?

Wtf. Where is Canada?

Seriously, wtf?!

Why are us Canadians getting shafted so damn hard by Nintendo???

Canada stay losing

Like seriously!

 

[Neiteio]

So I was probably right; France is purposely left out due to public safety concerns after the Nice attack.

Honestly, might be for the best. Give it a week while they sort out the Nice incident. Their security is already strained without thousands of people milling all over the place looking for Pokemon.

 

[Idiot]

1 HOUR WALK and all i got is a fucking ratatta and a weedle

Poor Kratos.

Seriously though, let Canada live, guys.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

WHERES CANADA


WTF

 

[Keyser Soze]

IP is from nintendo lol

IP is from The Pokemon Company (Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures). Not directly Nintendo. Nintendo is a part owner of Niantic (along with others - such a Google). Nintendo are making money because they have different involvement in some many areas.

Apple are making 30% on all IAP sold on iOS. They could probably be making more direct money from this that Nintendo are.

The game is obviously helping the Nintendo brand regain traction in the long run though -- which could be more helpful than anything else.

 

[Neiteio]

why do I see this in every PokeGo thread lol

Because people are ignorant of Nintendo's investments/copyrights, and/or they're fanboys who don't want Nintendo to succeed

Always amusing, tho!

 

[stan423321]

Huh CANADA!? Hello!?

They basically launched in a lot of European countries due to similar situation all around (and probably feedback from Germany etc. launch not being a major problem compared to US). Canada doesn't fit into this at all.