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Anecdotal, but I'm still playing pretty regularly and still greatly enjoy the game. I like having the app open when I'm on a run. I can hatch eggs, take a brea

Anecdotal, but I'm still playing pretty regularly and still greatly enjoy the game. I like having the app open when I'm on a run. I can hatch eggs, take a breather at gyms, and pick up a lot of Pokemon. Tracking was never an integral part of my game experience, which is maybe why I didn't feel as affected by the changes. I never completely understood the complaints. Niantic has a right to make a (free-to-play!) game and don't owe us anything. And since this is a dev-centric community, many of us can appreciate how stressed out Niantic engineers probably are right now after a difficult launch. I get that maps were cool - I have a nice Dragonite to show for it, but it always felt like a hack that was going to go away. The old tracking system was better, but I'd rather have the performance of August than the tracking system of July. Losing users was probably inevitable. This game was everywhere in the news, so I'm sure plenty of people tried it out and realized it wasn't for them. Combine that with people who miss their maps as well as maybe adjusting the numbers after catching bots, and that probably covers most of the numbers.

mahranch 10y ago
You say tracking was never an integral part of your game experience and then say you don't understand the complaints. Heh. That's what a vast majority of people are complaining about because tracking was an integral part of their game experience. That's the reason so many of us liked the game to begin with. Imagine if a game like Soul Caliber or Street Fighter took away the fighting aspect of their game. You may think the main fun part of soul caliber is unlocking stronger/hidden weapons, or selecting the right match-up in street fighter, but a majority of people enjoy the combat aspect. I continued to play after they took out tracking because I thought it was only temporary. Now I finally realize it's permanent so I haven't logged in to Pokemon Go in 7 days now.

mahranch 10y ago

You say tracking was never an integral part of your game experience and then say you don't understand the complaints. Heh. That's what a vast majority of people are complaining about because tracking was an integral part of their game experience. That's the reason so many of us liked the game to begin with. Imagine if a game like Soul Caliber or Street Fighter took away the fighting aspect of their game. You may think the main fun part of soul caliber is unlocking stronger/hidden weapons, or selecting the right match-up in street fighter, but a majority of people enjoy the combat aspect. I continued to play after they took out tracking because I thought it was only temporary. Now I finally realize it's permanent so I haven't logged in to Pokemon Go in 7 days now.