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NEWS: Pokémon Go Gets 10 Million Downloads in Japan on 1st Day, 75 Million Worldwide




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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:28 am Reply with quote
Is Niantic capable of dealing with the explosive popularity of Pokémon GO? I remember Rovio almost imploded when Angry Birds became a hit, and they later got in financial trouble after people had their fill of tossing limbless birds.
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Kevelinu



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:38 am Reply with quote
Well if I understand correctly Niantic is pretty much Google so they should know how to deal with that^^
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:35 am Reply with quote
Really? I thought Niantic is a small indie game company that merely got support from Google to help make Ingress and Pokémon GO.
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Pokemon Go ended up at #1 grossing in Japan after 8 hours surpassing MonStrike at #2 and Colopl Ruin Story at #1.
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AnimeAddict2014



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 2:57 pm Reply with quote
I'll give this app a try

not so sure about walking around in 110+ heat looking for pocket monsters..
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Y'know it's getting serious when





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Mr. Oshawott



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Here's hoping some of Niantic's future updates of Pokémon GO will introduce a new mode beside catching. It gets tedious having to capture the same Pokémon over and over to evolve a Pokémon that's capable of evolving.
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Futago_101



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:44 pm Reply with quote
AnimeAddict2014 wrote:
I'll give this app a try

not so sure about walking around in 110+ heat looking for pocket monsters..

You can always go out at night. Just make sure to go with a friend or two.

Mr. Oshawott wrote:
Here's hoping some of Niantic's future updates of Pokémon GO will introduce a new mode beside catching. It gets tedious having to capture the same Pokémon over and over to evolve a Pokémon that's capable of evolving.

They mentioned at their SDCC panel that they're implementing trading in the future, as well as more generations of Pokemon and improved pokestops and gyms. Their main priority is keeping the servers stable.

Should also note that the current version is only 10% of the things Niantic has implemented. We just have to be patient.
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Usagi-kun



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:55 pm Reply with quote
leafy sea dragon wrote:
Really? I thought Niantic is a small indie game company that merely got support from Google to help make Ingress and Pokémon GO.


I think they are closer linked than that. What I heard is that the guy who helped build the framework for Google Earth later founded Niantic. Taking this country by country on a global scale, having Google Earth in your corner is a smart move.

This guy.
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:08 am Reply with quote
Usagi-kun wrote:
I think they are closer linked than that. What I heard is that the guy who helped build the framework for Google Earth later founded Niantic. Taking this country by country on a global scale, having Google Earth in your corner is a smart move.

This guy.


Interesting. I always thought the Niantic people were a bunch of former nobodies who struck gold. I can see why Niantic was chosen to make this then.
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Joe Mello



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:57 pm Reply with quote
leafy sea dragon wrote:
Is Niantic capable of dealing with the explosive popularity of Pokémon GO?

If the past month has been any indication, no.
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 3:21 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
Y'know it's getting serious when
I haven't seen any official signage just yet, but a billboard on my way to work is now carrying a body shop's #DontCatchAndDrive ad.
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:18 am Reply with quote
Polycell wrote:
enurtsol wrote:
Y'know it's getting serious when
I haven't seen any official signage just yet, but a billboard on my way to work is now carrying a body shop's #DontCatchAndDrive ad.


Well, I've been seeing PSAs around here on billboards and bus stops that read "If you hit someone, stop the car!"

I think that's unrelated though.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 7:03 am Reply with quote
That is an avg. of 2631578.94737 downloads per day. How many are from people lacking common sense of when and where to use it? I'd say too many.
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