Pokémon Go is unquestionably this season's hit game. But whether it has any staying power is a very open question, and early signs suggest it's already trailing off.
Bloomberg has published some charts by Axiom Capital Management that show daily users and engagement dropping. One chart, using data from analytics firm Apptopia, shows Pokémon Go peaking at around 45 million users in mid-July, during the week or so following its launch. It then begins a decline to somewhere above 30 million daily users last week.
Bloomberg's article also notes a surge in searches for "augmented reality" coinciding with Pokémon Go's debut.
Niantic, for its part, is "still working hard on several new and exciting features to come in the future of Pokémon Go." Meanwhile, Nintendo is releasing two new 3DS Pokémon games on November 18.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Thursday August 25 2016, @04:35AM
1) Publish rumors and gossip throughout the Internet that new Pokemon Go characters are coming out that are exclusive to the "Real World".
2) Keep spreading, in the face of rebuttals (Just like how the Internet already works), further gossip that only special places will have them
3) Hack Niantec and use new ultra-rare Pokemon to lure thousands of crazed Darwin worshipping Pokemon Go addicts to executives houses, and Niantec's head quarters. It's like SWATTING perhaphs, but with distributed effort by people slightly less nuts.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.