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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 Non Sequor on Thursday August 25 2016, @06:55AM
I haven't tried it yet, but I suspect they could adopt a "seasons" structure where substantial rule changes are introduced periodically (probably with major updates to coordinate with the 3DS titles).
Write your congressman. Tell him he sucks.
(Score: 1) by helel on Thursday August 25 2016, @10:32AM
The difficulty with this approach is that the game is just broken on such a fundamental level. It's not impossible but the game needs to have it's core mechanics striped out and replaced to make it any good at fulfilling the core fantasy of pokémon at which point it really wouldn't be the same game.
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