Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook • Hacker News Board

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by hammock » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 1:57 PM UTC

tuna-piano wrote: post #62

A few thoughts: 1. I tried playing this game, but really don't enjoy it. It feels to me it's not about strategy as much as it's "the one who puts in the most hours of playing wins". Felt actually like work to me. 2. I don't see this game being a long term super success, as it is now. I'd imagine cohort analysis would show the first cohorts waning in usage in the next several weeks. I imagine as more people begin play…

I have not seen a single mention if this yet, but it seems pretty clear to me that its popularity is partly enabled by the summer weather and will die off as soon as cooler weather kicks in.

Idly playing on your phone outside is not so bad in summer, but in winter? Forget about it. The new season of [xyz] is back on.

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by nogbit » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 11:52 PM UTC

tuna-piano wrote: post #62

A few thoughts: 1. I tried playing this game, but really don't enjoy it. It feels to me it's not about strategy as much as it's "the one who puts in the most hours of playing wins". Felt actually like work to me. 2. I don't see this game being a long term super success, as it is now. I'd imagine cohort analysis would show the first cohorts waning in usage in the next several weeks. I imagine as more people begin play…

All games are supposed to be like this. A player has fun (hopefully) grok's it (usually) and then moves on (beat it, got frustrated or bored).

However, games that implement vegas like mechanics turn their games into an addiction. I can see that happening with this game as there are 720+ pokemon and only 150 in the game currently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon

Though, this game is kind of like the iPhone, it's "cool" to be seen playing it (I presume, I've never played but do witness the pokehorde often). It may stick around for various reasons.

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by nogbit » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 11:55 PM UTC

KineticLensman wrote: post #27

Illniyar wrote: post #6

Yes! Another arbitrary metric that pokemon go passes an arbitrary company. We get it, Pokemon Go is popular. Seesh.

Pokemon Go is arguably the first killer app for collaborative Augmented Reality. It shows app developers that there is serious public interest in the 'right' type of AR and will no doubt open the doors for serious monetization attempts. My prediction for the next big thing? The AR equivalent of snapchat filters that you superimpose over yourself, your friends or enemies, visible to people whose cameras are running th…

It would be nothing without the IP! Any company with a backlog of IP has senior management in meetings right now asking themselves "what will be our AR story".

Copycats better make original IP first.

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by z3t4 » Thu, Jul 21, 2016, 9:22 PM UTC

mcv wrote: post #134

z3t4 wrote: post #131

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Not saying walking is not good for you, but walking is very energy efficient. Your heart rate is probably higher reading HN, at least for me. Doing some sprints and other movements, like playing football, or moving the lawn, will give you a good workout though.

If you want to burn fat, walking is one of the best ways to do it. It you want to build muscle, there are better options. But long walks are absolutely good for certain kinds of exercise.

you also burn fat while eating pizza, but you put in lots of more calories. Walking doesnt use many calories. Its still healthy though, and better then nothing at all.