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The game's technical issues aside, I'm sure that Niantic/The Pokemon Company executives would not agree with what you said. Pokemon Go is a worldwide success an
by nedsma 10y ago
The game's technical issues aside, I'm sure that Niantic/The Pokemon Company executives would not agree with what you said. Pokemon Go is a worldwide success and the top grossing app in both iOS and Google Play stores.
- fixermark 10y agoIt's actually remarkable how much staying power and uptick it has, given that it's so flaky. This is the most successful technical failure I've ever seen in the gaming industry. I'm not sure yet what to make of that.
- squeaky-clean 10y agoIf this game weren't Pokemon themed, I, and surely many others, would have definitely given up on the app long ago. But there's just something about catching Pokemon in a park with friends that makes the practically 50% downtime seem bearable.
- yazaddaruvala 10y agoThe fact that multiple generations of humans who have ever played Pokemon, have independently "invented" the idea of the Pokemon MMO, and wanted their idea to come to life, makes this unsurprising. "Oh I wish Pokemon were real! I could run around and catch them! Get strong and battle other people.. I would totally be like Ash/Red and travel around the country to catch a rare Pokemon and beat the gyms!" - Thought every Pokemon player that has ever existed Compound 20 years of interest in a Pokemon MMO and this is the result. Even though Pokemon Go has only the tiniest fraction of the features we envisioned for this MMO. Even though we have to live that reality through a two dimensional screen rather than in the Matrix like we would've preferred. Even though the majority of the time there are issues and we can't get access. Even though it takes way to long to grind up. Even though the experience is a grind rather than an adventure. If you tap into a human's imagination, find out what they have wanted and promise "that is where we are headed!", you could release almost any resemblance to it and have that human hooked. If you find a product like this which targets multiple generations of humans, then you're golden. Even look at other games like Dwarf Fortress. People put up with huge UX issues inorder to stimulate their childhood Lord of the Rings fantasies. The same with World of Warcraft when it came out.