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Peak Pokémon Go?

posted by martyb on Thursday August 25 2016, @02:26AM   Printer-friendly
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takyon writes:

Is it over yet?

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.

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  • (Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Thursday August 25 2016, @04:03PM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Thursday August 25 2016, @04:03PM (#393080) Journal

    I think this is the reason it's declining. It's just not a Pokémon game. There's no PvP. Capturing pokémon doesn't involving weakening them first. Does it even have the element system? An element system? Any strategy in gym fights? Anything?

    I'm kind of surprised it was popular for as long as it was in spite of all that. If somebody would publish an AR version of Pokémon, it would be a blast to play.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 25 2016, @07:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 25 2016, @07:35PM (#393156)
    As an active Pokémon Go player since release, I can say that the only thing from your list that it does have is strategy in gym fights - between choosing which to attack which with, as well as when to dodge and when to attack. I've gotten good enough at it to be able to beat Pokémon several hundred CP higher than my own through such strategies.