Pokémon GO: The Data Behind America’s Latest Obsession

Post by danthejam » Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 6:41 PM UTC

bitwize wrote: post #295

onion2k wrote: post #121

Ignoring the comparison with Twitter for a moment, this shows that Nintendo's mobile strategy has been woefully slow. They've been ignoring a huge market segment to try to shift hardware instead, and this toe in the water shows that a lot of people are interested in playing their games but not necessarily buying their consoles. I'd argue this means their business needs to change dramatically - away from their own har…

Part of that is because mobile gaming largely sucks, and Nintendo doesn't want to be associated with something that sucks. So their entry into mobile is much more cautious and calculated, intended to present the kind of experience Nintendo is known for rather than the usual sort of IAP money farm that is commonplace in mobile gaming. The approach of Sega, Capcom, and Konami was to pivot from traditional games into mo…

Post by TheBeardKing » Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 7:35 PM UTC

snuxoll wrote: post #302

organsnyder wrote: post #300

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> And since you can't buy anything that you can't just get from a Pokestop either Based on what I've read and my own experience (including a month as a beta tester), this isn't quite accurate. There are a few items that can't be harvested, including incubators, lures, lucky eggs, and backpack upgrades. Those can only be purchased.

Bah, you know what, you're right. Still, 100 coins a day from defending 10 gyms (not hard to do if you are in an urban area) is enough to pick up any item in the store (minus the storage upgrades), at least. Lures are really nice considering they benefit everyone in the area, so if you are nearby a group of players lure trading can be a pretty good deal.

Post by jolux » Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 7:38 PM UTC

distantsounds wrote: post #240

jolux wrote: post #174

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Yes except almost nobody plays Ingress and this game hasn't been out a month and it's about to pass Twitter in popularity...

I'd love to see where you get your numbers from considering Niantic doesn't publish active player stats for Ingress.

Post by Nullabillity » Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 8:26 PM UTC

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I used to live by the same principles, viewing in-app-purchases as something that's always bad. I have now, though, decided that I will decide what value a game has to me and will probably spend that amount on in-app-purchases. If the game has purchases that I think are worth it though. In Pokemon Go i haven't found them worth it yet, but that may come later. Also, I think a game shouldn't impose too many boundaries…

> In Pokemon Go i haven't found them worth it yet, but that may come later. It's not a requirement but I highly recommend to people to buy some "Lucky Eggs (2X XP for 30 minutes) and extra "Incense" (attract more Pokemon for 30 minutes) and use them together in the early game. The reason why is that you get 2X the experience for discovering a new Pokemon which you will do a lot of early on. By doubling that further y…

Post by nemo44x » Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 9:25 PM UTC

Nullabillity wrote: post #317

nemo44x wrote: post #224

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> In Pokemon Go i haven't found them worth it yet, but that may come later. It's not a requirement but I highly recommend to people to buy some "Lucky Eggs (2X XP for 30 minutes) and extra "Incense" (attract more Pokemon for 30 minutes) and use them together in the early game. The reason why is that you get 2X the experience for discovering a new Pokemon which you will do a lot of early on. By doubling that further y…

Why bother playing the game at all if you're paying to skip it?