The Real Napsta
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Did the servers just go down again?
Nintendo gets 31% across both platforms while Google stands to get 53% from Android and 23% from iOS. I'm saying overall they're making the most.
Sad to see people quoting this when it's so obviously just a bunch of nonsense, especially considering it assumes Niantic gets nothing, which is unfathomable.
Pretty much bored of the game already. I'm just not seeing the point. Why bother picking a Pokemon at the start when it doesn't even do anything? Is it pretty much just chance if they break out of the poke ball?
Its probably been mentioned loads but you should be able to fight the wild Pokemon otherwise there's very little engagement from the player.
See a Pokemon, tap it, throw the ball, done and repeat.
Dude, chill out.Get out of the fucking area that has Weedles into a new area that does not have Weedles, it's a very simple concept, traveling places. Go near a creek bed, find water Pokemon. It's not that hard to grasp.
it would be kinda funny if this game was not as popular in Japan
it is free so hard to call it a flop or bomb but imagine if Japan just did not like it for some weird twist
Dude, chill out.
There are ways to easily play it if you really want to.
I'm already playing but it's ridiculous Canada of all places still doesn't have the game. I don't remember the last time we got screwed hard like this with something Nintendo related.
Freaking Australia got it before us. AUSTRALIA. It that doesn't say anything, nothing will.
And guess what other country they use as a barometer? Go on, guess.There's a reason for that. A lot of mobile apps that depend on server strength use Australia and New Zealand as a barometer of activity, mainly because while the area is quite large, the population density isn't so big that it would overload anything the first time around.
And guess what other country they use as a barometer? Go on, guess.
I'm already playing but it's ridiculous Canada of all places still doesn't have the game. I don't remember the last time we got screwed hard like this with something Nintendo related.
Freaking Australia got it before us. AUSTRALIA. It that doesn't say anything, nothing will.
I find it very hard to believe that niantic gets 0% of profits. What motivates them to keep the game going in the long run? Why pay for the servers forever if they've already made all they're going to make? Why keep paying developers to push new features and patches?
Remember how when Wonderful 101 flopped, everyone noted that it wouldn't be detrimental to Platinum because they were already paid to make it?
Niantic was paid to make the game, and some more as an investiment. I believe the company isn't getting part in the share.
Edit: beaten
Niantic was paid to make the game, and some more as an investiment. I believe the company isn't getting part in the share.
Edit: beaten
You at least can play it easily by getting the app from the US store or downloading the apk file. In Japan we are actively locked out (our maps have zero data on them) and the release date is "sometime this month hopefully" because the servers aren't powerful enough after the game has been a week out and beta tests where companies usually test server stress.What upsets me most isn't even that Pokémon Go isn't available in Canada yet, it's Niantic's complete silence on it. If it were for all of North America, sure. However, the fact that the US has it (and have for a while), but yet no mention on Canada. All they have to say is "We overestimated demand for this title and are currently working to expand servers to the rest of North America" or something. JUST SAY SOMETHING! And yet, they're not saying a single word, while they continue to provide the game to every other Country under the sun.
I know there's a work-around you can do so you can play the game in Canada, but it's ridiculous that one part of NA has the game publicly available and not the other. It's not even a soft-launch type of deal.
Yeah, there's an alternate way to play for us in Canada at least, I really feel bad for the Pokémon fans in Japan. That must really be frustrating.You at least can play it easily by getting the app from the US store or downloading the apk file. In Japan we are actively locked out (our maps have zero data on them) and the release date is "sometime this month hopefully" because the servers aren't powerful enough after the game has been a week out and beta tests where companies usually test server stress.
Shouldn't be.Are there (potential) negatives to creating an US account to play Pokémon Go? Like with emails and such?
You at least can play it easily by getting the app from the US store or downloading the apk file. In Japan we are actively locked out (our maps have zero data on them) and the release date is "sometime this month hopefully" because the servers aren't powerful enough after the game has been a week out and beta tests where companies usually test server stress.
Are there (potential) negatives to creating an US account to play Pokémon Go? Like with emails and such?
Shouldn't be.
The only issue might come when you want to make an IAP, since (I believe) that will require a US address for your credit card. Aside from that, it's just a simple login via email.
As chrono01 says, the account you use for Pokemon Go syncs across all your devices, regardless of region.
Yes, and:That's odd, did Japan get Ingress?
https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/754279983451770880
That's odd, did Japan get Ingress?
Still waiting for Miitomo in Scandinavia, so stfu, guv!I'm already playing but it's ridiculous Canada of all places still doesn't have the game. I don't remember the last time we got screwed hard like this with something Nintendo related.
Freaking Australia got it before us. AUSTRALIA. It that doesn't say anything, nothing will.
I was thinking for future events. Like, if I register on Pokémon Go with my email and then I try to do some affiliated event with McDonald's in Canada.
Freaking Australia got it before us. AUSTRALIA. It that doesn't say anything, nothing will.
What upsets me most isn't even that Pokémon Go isn't available in Canada yet, it's Niantic's complete silence on it. If it were for all of North America, sure. However, the fact that the US has it (and have for a while), but yet no mention on Canada. All they have to say is "We overestimated demand for this title and are currently working to expand servers to the rest of North America" or something. JUST SAY SOMETHING! And yet, they're not saying a single word, while they continue to provide the game to every other Country under the sun.
I know there's a work-around you can do so you can play the game in Canada, but it's ridiculous that one part of NA has the game publicly available and not the other. It's not even a soft-launch type of deal.
Has been smooth all morning here (Austria).Don't know how it's like in other euro countries atm, but I haven't been able to log in all morning.
Don't know how it's like in other euro countries atm, but I haven't been able to log in all morning.
Damn no sign of Asia, huh
aren't you screwed out of in game purchases if you use a US account in Canada? right now its not a big deal but who knows what they'll add in the future.
it doesn't make any sense that they skipped Canada. the % of gaming population is quite small up here.