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NEWS: Pokémon Go to Shut Down Streets for Public Events




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harminia



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PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2017 1:35 am Reply with quote
I thought it said "Pokemon Go to Shut Down" and I was thinking "gosh, I know people aren't playing it these days, but I didn't realise to that extent!", then I saw the rest.


Anyway, this reminds me of in Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale, where they shut down streets when monsters appear in the VR thing
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writerpatrick



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PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2017 8:29 am Reply with quote
It sounds like an attempt to boost interest in the game but it's past it's peak. It was a one season fad. Once kids started going back to school they stopped playing it. And the game wasn't compatible with winter.
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PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2017 3:14 pm Reply with quote
writerpatrick wrote:
And the game wasn't compatible with winter.


People Ingress through winter... and I know of people who played Pokemon Go through the winter. And a lot of people who aren't kids who play it.

It may be past it's fad driven peak - but that doesn't mean there's not a lot people still playing it.
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Redlinks



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PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2017 3:46 pm Reply with quote
harminia wrote:
I thought it said "Pokemon Go to Shut Down" and I was thinking "gosh, I know people aren't playing it these days, but I didn't realise to that extent!", then I saw the rest.


lol that's how I read it too. Though I know a lot of people still play the game on a daily basis. I work at a regional park and people go to that park to play the game every day. The park has at least 60 pokestops so that's probably why they love to go there.
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