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[CharminUltra]

"KPI"


Kleenex Perspiration Index?

Kalamazoo Parameter Items?

Kurt's Premium Isotopes?

Kinglers Per Inch.

 

[daxgame]

All they had to do was have nothing to do with the development of the game.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-go-dev-raises-20-million-from-nintendo-goo/1100-6431435/
"nothing to do"

 

[DR2K]

Is Nintendo still doomed?

Their servers are

 

[Delicious Waffles]

Those numbers would be even better if their servers weren't going down left and right.

 

[Seiniyta]

Even though as a game it's super amazing (yet) it does makes the 8 year old in me feel really happy that over 15 year the franchise still can thrive like this. I thought I'd be decently popular. But this... just wow

 

[spectator]

Key Performance Indicator(s)

I like mine more.

 

[KratosEnergyDrink]

-Not draining my entire battery in 90 minutes

- download offline map
- reduce screen brightness
- turn on Pokémon go battery safer
- turn off music & sound effects
- turn off wlan & bluetooth
- buy a better phone or/and a mobile battery loader
- don't use antivirus software or system optimizer or similar programs, they are useless and drain battery

And remember every game you play constantly drains battery fast on any smartphone.

 

[Haunted]

is it better to create one thread for "accidents caused by Pokemon GO"?

It's wiihaveaproblem.com all over again.

 

[Finaj]

Nintendo needs to understand the gold mine they've uncovered and support the game with features on a consistent basis.

Hopefully the game will reach its potential.

 

[orioto]

Nintendo needs to understand the gold mine they've uncovered and support the game with features on a consistent basis.

Hopefully the game will reach its potential.

I'm pretttty sure Nintendo knows exactly where the money is for them in the future... Everyone is looking for control innovations, but i really think if there is any logic at Nintendo, the NX's concept is ALL about communication / portability. Monster Hunter, Pokemon, animal crossing, yokai watch, pc and portable western mmorpg and f2p.. every major videogame sucess is now about conquering a community that can communicate everywhere.

 

[Alpende]

apparently downloading offline maps helps with that a lot

Might give that a try. The battery drain is real.

 

[LordOcidax]

It's huge now. Niantic and Nintendo have to start fleshing it out. It's already a fun game but they need trading, pvp and more stuff so it won't just be an ingress clone.

This game is far for being a Ingress clone...

 

[Lulubop]

Don't remember a craze like this since, well... red and blue. Fucking pokemon.

 

[Vampirolol]

Is Nintendo still doomed?

For the doomers this is the proof that they should go third party and develop gimmicky games on meh hardware instead of developing gimmicky games on meh hardware!!!

 

[Natiko]

- download offline map
- reduce screen brightness
- turn on Pokémon go battery safer
- turn off music & sound effects
- turn off wlan & bluetooth
- buy a better phone or/and a mobile battery loader
- don't use antivirus software or system optimizer or similar programs, they are useless and drain battery

And remember every game you play constantly drains battery fast on any smartphone.

Does the offline map download work for iOS?

 

[Fewr]

Just imagine if this can get proper updates:


-Finding Pokemon based on weather, time of day, climate, season

-Finding Pokemon based on real world regions

-Trading with players across the world

-Improved battles, maybe even like the games

-Seeing other people around the map

-Feeding, loving, caring for your Pokemon

Sounds a bit like what that vita game that no one played tried to do with its very limited resources. I don't even remember its name.

 

[cyba89]

-Not draining my entire battery in 90 minutes

That's about to happen with a mildly graphic intensive game that constantly uses GPS, mobile data, gyro sensor and camera. You probably also have the screen brightness high to see something outside.
You better buy a power bank sooner or later

 

[CrazyHorse]

On more than one occasion I have heard groups of people speaking about it on the tube - that is here in London (where it is not even out)! They were sharing play experiences.

I have never seen that happen before for any game. Some of them looked like people who are not into gaming. This thing the biggest gaming phenomenon ever.

 

[joedick]

Nintendo needs to understand the gold mine they've uncovered and support the game with features on a consistent basis.

Hopefully the game will reach its potential.

I'd be surprised if they didn't. This gen they've been all about trickling out content to keep users engaged. They did it with Splatoon, and they're still releasing new Mystery Mushroom skins (and accompanying levels) to keep people checking into Mario Maker.

 

[tolkir]

Surely Nintendo forced to put its logo in the trailer. Little bastards.

 

[Renmyra]

90 minutes? That's not bad... I wish my phone would last half that while playing an intensive game.

Very intensive... I'm basically looking at a map with 1% brightness 95% of the time.

 

[Future PhaZe]

i mean yall only have this one when you're actively searching for pokemon right?

i turned mine on for my lunch run then closed the app

 

[LOLCats]

All that money for the nintendo R&D fund. Happy for them.

 

[BBQMan]

Just need to add a few things and this will be going off the charts.

Trading and user battles(not gym battles). Would pretty much be a fully fledged game.

 

[-Horizon-]

Is Nintendo still doomed?

They became so successful they swung all the way back to be being doomed again.

 

[Neff]

Hearing someone say 'Nintendo' on the news isn't something I've experienced for a long-ass time. It's nice to have them back so prominently in the public eye again.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

I'm trying to figure out how KPIs translates to "topics on NeoGAF per minute".

More topics per minute than Destiny.

 

[_machine]

What makes it even more insane, is that it's all without any paid UA; no performance or direct brand marketing (in terms of Pokemon Go specifically). They could scale the userbase even higher by purchasing more users, and most likely they would profit even more, but naturally they first have to fix their servers and probably want to analyze the behavior a while first. But if they are able to set up effective marketing, we are bound to see some very long legs.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

It's safe to say by now that this is the biggest gaming related thing since at least Minecraft, right?

Yes, sure. It is the next Minecraft, the next Angry Birds.

It's basically Nintendo's 2nd "Wii moment" [100M Customers] - the one that they have waited for so long...

Can they capitalize on it?

 

[Visualante2]

One thing is different about Pokemon Go. Nintendo probably isn't spending as much on user acquisition compared to Clash of Clans and co. In short they're probably taking home a bigger slice of the pie.

Can they capitalize on it?

Will they try to recreate this success on their own hardware- or let this be its own thing is what I'm wondering. Still think it's a little early to call this their new Wii moment. Plenty of flash in the pan successes on phone.

 

[Dennis]

Time to set up my Pokemon Go gambling site.

 

[_machine]

One thing is different about Pokemon Go. Nintendo probably isn't spending as much on user acquisition compared to Clash of Clans and co. In short they're probably taking home a bigger slice of the pie.

As far as I know, they have zero UA running. Maybe some brand marketing, but no performance marketing. Not that they should before they stabilize their technology and have a chance to analyze their user behaviour, but they still have a lot of room for even more growth, because the metrics are pretty clear that their LTV is much, much higher than their eCPI.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

The best part - except the "tru 3DS/Pokemon fans" who are bitter that millions are playing PoGo on iPhone 6 - is that it totally messes up their future mobile vs handheld plans for all planned games. They had their eyes opened... no... ripped wide open by this sudden success and are evaluating (read: scrambling) how to repeat this with:

a) Animal Crossing - very possible IMO
b) Mario - hard?
c) Zelda ??? - impossible?

And just like Wii U failed to repeat the Wii success - no other Nintendo mobile game can repeat this one's phenomenom... or can't they?. They have to be EXTRA SMART about it in the future.

And you bet your ass off Square - which had similiar but very, very limited success with Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - is eyeing PoGo as a barometer "what works" in mobile space.

Reminder:

- PoGo has still not launched in Europe, Japan, China

Once it does it will d e s t r o y all previous mobile records.

 

[_machine]

Once it does it will d e s t r o y all previous mobile records.

Whilst I have lots of confidence in it; don't rule out all mobile records when Clash of Clans holds some massive long-term records thanks to it's nigh impossible long-term retention. It definitely has a good chance of joining the elusive +$1 billion revenue club though. We also don't know what their User Acquisition strategy will be, as if they don't do it, it's hard to see such a massive long-term scale.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Whilst I have lots of confidence in it; don't rule out all mobile records when Clash of Clans holds some massive long-term records thanks to it's nigh impossible long-term retention. It definitely has a good chance of joining the elusive +$1 billion revenue club though. We also don't know what their User Acquisition strategy will be, as if they don't do it, it's hard to see such a massive long-term scale.

It's not impossible but also not a no-effort task. They need to be super smart about monetizing the game in the near future and in the long term as well.

The brand awareness is there, the zeitgeist is there and the word of mouth is there.

They just need to play their cards right and as you said $1B is in reach.

 

[LegendofLex]

As long as they issue Gen 2+ Pokedex updates every 4-6 months and let people trade/battle eventually

Spoiler

and monetize Pokestops for ad revenue

, I'm not concerned at all about this thing's long-term viability.

That's the great thing about this app: you don't have to get too creative to keep adding new content.

 

[Neiteio]

A mod said new PGO go topics should probably go in the OP. Not sure if he was kidding or what though.

I'd prefer new threads for new news. No one is checking the OP for news like that when it's overflowing with personal anecdotes about what each person saw that day.

 

[FrogFucius]

Just waiting for the inevitable return of the "It Prints Money" gif

(If there's not already one out there)

 

[Trogdor1123]

It came up at work today for me, 4 35ish year old men were talking about it. Pretty shocking.

 

[_machine]

It's not impossible but also not a no-effort task. They need to be super smart about monetizing the game in the near future and in the long term as well.

The brand awareness is there, the zeitgeist is there and the word of mouth is there.

They just need to play their cards right and as you said $1B is in reach.

Yeah, definitely. There's a lot they can do in terms of ensuring great long-term retention and I think they can definitely set up a very effective and stable live ops production pipeline. That said, it's impossible to say if it can match Clash of Clans's outrageous 3yo+ performance, despite the core game loop being very strong already (though they would crack the $1bn well before that).

 

[Lionel Richie]

Yes, sure. It is the next Minecraft, the next Angry Birds.

It's basically Nintendo's 2nd "Wii moment" [100M Customers] - the one that they have waited for so long...

Can they capitalize on it?

They are already capitalizing on it, it's making shitloads of money and is an unabashed success that brought a lot of interest to every brand involved. Whether it has the lasting appeal of other cultural phenomenon remains to be seen, but it simply existing already means they are capitalizing on it.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Wait til they do this with the new Zelda.

*climbs nearest cliff*

 

[Team Filler]

Is Nintendo still doomed?

Best to always check their tracker to make sure.

http://www.isnintendodoomed.com/

 

[KAL2006]

I'm seeing so many PokemonGo Instagram photos

 

[Neiteio]

Best to always check their tracker to make sure.

http://www.isnintendodoomed.com/

I double-checked the math, and Nintendo is indeed still doomed.

First you take the doom and subdivide it by the doom, then carry the doom and multiply that doom by a fraction of doom/doom.

The result is doom.

 

[L.O.R.D]

Surely Nintendo forced to put its logo in the trailer. Little bastards.

oh man,that mewtwo battle look insane.
mewtwo with 1000000 HP,and everyone in the world have to battle it,but how is going to catch it is the final one how throw the pokeball.

 

[Chubby Rain]

Is Nintendo still doomed?

Judging by GAF, it seems that their console business certainly is.

 

[boiled goose]

They are already capitalizing on it, it's making shitloads of money and is an unabashed success that brought a lot of interest to every brand involved. Whether it has the lasting appeal of other cultural phenomenon remains to be seen, but it simply existing already means they are capitalizing on it.

And yet the missed opportunities are Huge. All these users could have been Nintendo account users. Yet it's a separate login.

They still dont get it.

Pokemon go might as well be a third party app. It doesn't integrate with anything else from Nintendo. Not even miitomo and my Nintendo

 

[PreyingShark]

I'd prefer new threads for new news. No one is checking the OP for news like that when it's overflowing with personal anecdotes about what each person saw that day.

It was more like, stop making new Pokémon GO threads over shit that can be summed up as "Wow, this game's really popular!" every 5 minutes.

This doesn't really fit into that category.

 

[jman2050]

oh man,that mewtwo battle look insane.
mewtwo with 1000000 HP,and everyone in the world have to battle it,but how is going to catch it is the final one how throw the pokeball.

It's funny because at the time the idea of a throng of thousands of people gathering in Time Square just to try and catch a mewtwo was just a silly marketing pipedream.

Now it seems frighteningly possible.