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They no longer own them. They were spun during the housecleaning before the Alphabet announcement.
by andrewguenther 10y ago
They no longer own them. They were spun during the housecleaning before the Alphabet announcement.
- jfoster 10y agoYep, though they also soon after made a further investment in Niantic. It may sound bizarre at first, but there might be good reasons why they did that. For instance, Nintendo might've been less likely to team up with a wholly Google-owned Niantic. (purely speculation on my part) https://nianticlabs.com/blog/niantic-tpc-nintendo/ https://nianticlabs.com/blog/niantic-tpc-nintendo/
- pg_is_a_butt 10y agomore like google wants 2 layers of protection from the inevitable lawsuits from stalking victims and families of car crash victims caused by ingress or go.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoI strongly suspect a direct Google/Nintendo tie was considered less favorable than some little ex-Google company that still uses Google servers working on a Nintendo game. The announcement timing was pretty close.