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Pokemon Go has its largest active player base since Summer 2016, revenue up 174% year over year
- Thread starter Nirolak
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Thats good for them
Pokemon lets go is going to do numbers.
I feel sorry for everyone who hates it.
The success is going to hurt your soul
#Haiku
Pokemon lets go is going to do numbers.
I feel sorry for everyone who hates it.
The success is going to hurt your soul
#Haiku
My girlfriend is still all about it. They keep updating with more Pokemon and more features, so no incentive for her to really move on.
Gonna bet the new switch games helped out a bit.... I'd play if i got a better phone (my current phone is an old phone and i'm saving money up for something nice to upgrade to)
So Let's Go announcement renewed interest in Pokemon Go?
Let's Go is going to wreck shit in December.
Let's Go is going to wreck shit in December.
This kind of makes me bummed that Pokemon Let's Go only has the original 151. I wonder if Go players will be disappointed about this too.
I've also noticed a pretty significant uptick in my friends either playing for the first time or getting back into it. Haven't played it since launch, but good to see that it's still doing well. My boss is part of a local Discord group that goes out and plays together. Nice way to stay social and get some sun/exercise. :)
My wife plays this still and loves it. I enjoy it too, specially during community event days where everyone's out and about @ our local university campus and it turns into a very cool group activity. I see people of all ages playing :)
She can't wait for Let's Go, obviously. I really want to try the co-op, best feature by far IMO :D
She can't wait for Let's Go, obviously. I really want to try the co-op, best feature by far IMO :D
I don't think that's necessarily it. The addition of trading and friends and more things to do in recent weeks has renewed interest in the game.
It will do about as well as every other remake in the series.
I started playing again after the announcement of Let's Go and I was also surprised at the sheer number of people who still play.
Those things happened like 3 days ago...
Level 35 here, I was off of it for awhile, but the community day and tasks stuff has kind of pulled me back in. I've only spent real money on it once early on since I use credit I get from Google Rewards and also gym coins to pay for everything. It's a fun little thing, I feel like some people take it too seriously though and tend to ruin it for people who just tend to use it as something to occupy their time while they get outside and walk.
Those players are going to be annoyed when they learn they can't transfer 2/3rds of their Pokemon to let's go.
And that those they do transfer are one way only. With only a single Pokemon that can be transferred back.
And that those they do transfer are one way only. With only a single Pokemon that can be transferred back.
It varies more but there's also more than twice the original number of mons than when the game launched.
I wasn't aware of this few months ago, like omg Pokémon fans need to chill out a bit, even the outrage for Pokémon Quest (a casual mobile game, no one should have had high expectations on that one) was ridiculous.
Having said that I'm not playing Let's Go, even though it could be a good game for a comeback.
I realized that I used to love Pokémon for its "hardcore" part, including wild pokemon battles, while Pokémon Go is just not for me.
I'm playing SMT Liberation Dx2 now on mobile and man, I keep thinking how big it would be this type of gameplay using the Pokemon franchise.
Whenever Pokémon Go dies, they should make that.
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I bet Let's Go breaks the 15 million barrier and does better than any of the recent remakes.
They didn't happen out of the blue. Content has been added gradually for some time, and quests were added a little while back.
It's certainly possible. The opposite is, as well.
People have def been gradually be coming back to the game for some time now. Esp with Weather system and Quests. But I feel like the Let's Go announcement was the biggest thing. Mainly as so many people in our Pokemon Go OT have literally said that is why they came back to the game.
It doesn't even seem like the remakes sell much worse, at least not on 3DS. If it matches any of the 3DS games I'd say that's a pretty big success.
I think there is no doubt it will be a success. The question is simply how it performs compared to other remakes in the series.
Could've seen this coming.
I don't think Let's Go is going to be for me or most of the people here, but I think it's going to be huge for a ton of people who don't usually play retail Pokemon games. Guess we'll see.
I don't think Let's Go is going to be for me or most of the people here, but I think it's going to be huge for a ton of people who don't usually play retail Pokemon games. Guess we'll see.
Lets go announcement was actually big. I dont follow gaming people on twitter, and even then i saw a tweet with tons of retweets that started with "now that a new pokemon go has been announced..", made me realize how different the casual players think about that announcement
The kids will love it, that bundle with the poké ball is such an easy sell.
Would be great if the battle system was reworked, other than that, the game is in the best state ever. It finally should be called v1.0
The question, from my perspective, is can Nintendo convince Go players to buy a Switch, a copy of the game, and the Pokeball controller. We're talking converting free to play players into consumers who drop around $400 upfront.
Not surprised the updates they have been doing for the last few months have been solid. Have some friends who got back into the game and they have actually started making weekend plans around the community events.
A significant percentage of those free to play players drop similar amounts on the game. The catching mechanic can be pretty predatory if youre playing a lot, you wont get enough balls from stops to outpace how many break out.
