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thedissident
At this point, I think this is just part of Skynet's evil plan.
Mysfitt
Played that long game, huh Nintendo. +1
BlurpBleepBoopERRORERROR
Went to high school with that guy. Small world.
TheAdventuresofStealy
But anyone who's paid attention has known that Nintendo has been looking at a major turn towards mobile for several years...
kevkev60614
I've owned every Nintendo console ever. But they screwed the pooch so hard the past five years I'm never giving them a dime again.
adrizen
Just curious, but how do?
HolyCringeLordBatman
Whaa, nintendo consoles are the ONLY consoles I"ve bought aside from my PC. And their handhelds are the best bar none.
DidYouDoThis
Gamechangers. Change the game so the game can never be played the same again -Michael Jordan. -Michael Scott. -Bob Kazamacuz
VampireWarioFromDrMario64
-willcomebacktothis
Thatguyfromtheotherday
In order to compete, we innovate. In order to innovate, we redefine. How do we redefine? With a new definition.
unofficialrobot
If anything it changes the game of getting people to exercise...
BaltimoresJandro
LMAO "exercise"
HandoB4Javert
How many other games can you think of turn up a missing person as a dead body? (Cluedo doesn't count)
IllegalDuckling
Monopoly
TrustMeImABassist
GTA
lychgate
Geocaching
HillOfBeans
Twister
Atlasraven
Hide and go seek underwater. Just give it a few weeks.
Torix2
Think about how long it took for Melee to be recognized as a competitive fighting game. It took fucking forever!
HeshTK
I didn't have my first smartphone till 2013. Till then I had a knock off blackberry that Cricket sold for cheap. Thing never broke
filben7
If nintendo was smart they would make a gameboy phone.
ninjanuget
wouldn't that just be a phone
filben7
But it would have physical original gameboy style buttons and they could put tons of old school games in it.
ninjanuget
didnt some guy make exactly that a month ago or something
filben7
Probably, but nintendo should make one.
ninjanuget
i mean you could just buy a 3ds and download old school games off the eshop. or buy a 3ds and one of those cards where you download old game
Laudelai
Except they didn't change much. Do you know the mobile game called Ingress
missionshill
ya i do, and it's a boring sci fi concept that doesn't have nearly as much appeal as pokemon. not even close.
Proxymanity
I suspect Niantic was chosen because Nintendo liked the idea of a Pokemon Ingress. Lets give it some time and see how it'll diverge(or not).
Vertron
This is what Pokemon go makes me think of
OffendedPigeon
I used to love Ingress!!
PixieSlasher
Or SpecTrek. Which won't run on my phone : (
thegameball
Wow, why didn't this turn into a branded Ghostbusters game?
stygyan
Few people do. Meanwhile, Pokemon Go has got more daily active users than Twitter already.
Ruhig
"Change how society functions" seems to be overstating things, though I'm interested to see how long this will last.
SigPistols
1/2 I'm sure plenty of people can agree with me, but I have never in my whole life had as many casual random encounters with complete
SigPistols
2/2 strangers than in the few days I've been playing. I think it's actually bringing a lot of people together and out of their comfort zone
darkhazard
I give it a month before it drops a lot. It'll die out until they bring battles. Then that will only last a month or so.
heatherkb85
This is the beginning of similar things.
tangripper
it's the beginning of WALL-E
heatherkb85
WALL-E did not encourage people to walk miles and miles.
industin
It's the first actually different nintendo game in like 20 years. It'll last a while. Even if it is an old and tired ip
Gymnopedies
All games are just rip offs of old games. Nintendo innovates way more than other franchises. Way too many games are shooters right now
mosh
It's Aaron Levie. Yes being sarcastic.
sildraug
1989: Nintendo releases the Game Boy. 1989 - 2011 (3DS): Nintendo outcompetes all other mobile dedicated game hardware manufacturers.
fen4
But Nintendo didn't create the game, and making a mobile game was a no brainer. It's their IP saving their asses.
turbotricycle
Hahahahahahahaha!!! Nintendo does not need saving! Their cash reserve can sustain them for 40 years by itself.
mathematicalmole
Now if only they could put some technology into their machines!
WookieWookieWookie
There are other dedicated mobile game platforms?
Counterfit
I have a Game Gear around. Got it for $4 at a yard sale. That mofo EATS batteries like nothing else
sharptongue
There were lots of pop ups that didn't quite make it, like the PSP (play station portable) and Leapster (though more education centered).
BitchKnee
the original psp did....alright, but sony really and i mean really fucked it with the VITA...which is a shame because it had potential
HMardukas
Who can forget the NGage?
MeanBurrito
Literally everyone
Noraneko
I really enjoyed playing Sims on my ngage and reading books :) awesome for a teenie
IllegalDuckling
Do Nvidia Shield and Xperia PLAY count?
BullDops
Must suck to work for Niantic. People keep thinking that your hard work was done by Nintendo.
SecondSince
Well they need to work harder! Servers are more down than up here.
JustSayingYouHaventSeenMeAndBatmanInTheSameRoomBefore
I would think it would suck more because their servers are constantly on fire and melting.
Zaayl
Technically Pokemon is only published/owned by Nintendo as well, the core games are made by Game Freak
MnemonicMonkeys
The hard work was mostly done by crowdsourcing though.
itsthevoiceman
Nintendo owns Pokémon. Thus, Nintendo is involved in this project.
YoScott
yup. Ingress players be like "basic bitches."
RerrotheHylian
I mean Nintendo did do all the hard work of making Pokemon in the first place... Imagine if Pokemon was just a new concept for the app
givemeyourdamnsandwich
They're used to it
flufferbutter3141
Yes they made a game called Ingress before Pokemon Go. It's a great game and I haven't had the server ever kick me out like with Pokemon Go.
HypnotoadIRL
Because it wasnt nearly as popular. Almost every game with this kind of popularity spike will have huge server issues.
Thor561
I'm gonna guess several million people didn't try to log into Ingress in the first few days though.
Sirrussel5
Or, you know... Ever. In all seriousness, I tried Ingress months back and couldn't get into it.
Thor561
Same, had no appeal for me.
Roseria
Without ingress most of the landmarks in pokemon go would not be marked since they are mostly just ported over from ingress.
flufferbutter3141
Exactly!
Coheed62
Nah if Nintendo fully made the app, they wouldn't release a broken game that constantly keeps kicking me out and logging in so often.
RagingOyster
Comes with being so hugely popular. I don't think anyone expected such a server load in a game thats barely a week old
Gymnopedies
The game is well made, but the pokemon brand is what makes it a phenomenon. So they're rather lucky
draco91
Nintendo did co develop the game.
Snowman25
I'm honestly a little bummed out as an Ingress-Player. The G+-Group is full with "I'm new to this, how do I play"-kiddies and it sucks.
Dingus2
I agree with the sentiment, but Niantic didn't do any hard work here. They replaced the assets from Ingress and called it Pokemon.
blainetog
Well, it was. No way in hell "Digimon Go" would've blown up like this. Sorry, Digimon fans, you know it's true.
OverlyCynicalImgurian
It's true, pokemon fans will buy a turn with a pokemon logo.
RagingOyster
Love Digimon. You are absolutely right.
Gezo
I have a feeling "Counter Strike Go" would be extremely popular
blainetog
But how would you call someone a faggit if they're standing right there, playing CS Go at the same ammo stop as you?
boredomboredomboredom
Cyka Blyat
Sully280
On the app store, I clicked on the "more about publisher" and their page is sponsored by Nintendo so they must be related...
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
They were a team inside google, they split off into a different company and received google/nitendo/pokemon investments
WasabiNinja
Maybe to license the Pokemon franchise to them?
mirdreams
They own 10%
Italos
10% of Niantic is on Nintendo.
Italos
And other 10% are from the pokemon company. And the pokemon company is not owned by nintendo.
Neijya
Niantic used to be owned by Google, they went their own way when that Alphabet thing started
UserNameIsOverCapacity
Sadly it's the "journalist" on the news saying Nintendo created the game...smh
Youngqueazy
Must suck to work for game freak. People keep thinking that your hard work was done by nintendo.
blakeatwork
Sure, except Nintendo, Google and the Pokemon Company all invested in Niantic.
borys666
except know-how Niantic brought whole map of portals (with pictures) that players made for free. thats why there are gyms in middle of lake
kingsludge
Niantic is money right now!
RaygeKwit
https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/69397201.jpg Nintendo, Google and Pokemon Company commenting on Niantic investments.
Gkoz
"...the Pokemon company...", now there's a company that goes unsung. Game Freak is the company I think you're looking for.
JordD04
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pok%C3%A9mon_Company
awesock
No it's the shell company that owns the Pokemon brand. Gamefreak is a game dev studio
Gkoz
Ah. I see now, I read that incorrectly. Thank you for pointing that out.
B3holder
The "GameFreak | Creatures | Nintendo" © at the title screen is a split version of the usual Pokémon Company © you see in all Pokémon games.
B3holder
My theory is they did it like that so Nintendo had their name on the app. They wouldn't otherwise since they're not publisher or developer.
Acearewild
Nintendo is also the IP holder.
YodasLeftEar
well but it says something that nintendo outsourced this 'project' and didnt develop it themselves
LefthandedLink
Probably because they have zero experience developing for mobile
gogogadgetcopter
They can cry themselves to sleep on top of their giant pile of money.
IanBower
I think the only way they're making money is through microtransactions, so I don't think they're making that much.
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Acefowl
Read up on the FTP term "Whales".
Nubsva
It's top grossing app in the US, not just downloads, but money spent.
HypnotoadIRL
Micro transaction games gross more than paid games. People shy away from paid games but get hooked on free ones.
iPretend
Oh they're making a shit ton trust me. Games like that and cash of clans do well because 10% of the players will pay $1000s
zudenocharupls
I say this shamefully, but I have spent $13. I had google play credit, but now I have no more and I'm not paying any more for this game
foxfire1112
They are estimated to make 100mil a week at this rate, but ya not much
doclivingston
PoGo made Nintendo stock soar, adding $7.5 billion in market capital... at least until market correction, but it'll still be worth crazy $$
crispymartyr
Microtransactions make a fuckton of money. Puzzles and Dragons makes millions PER DAY.
ElPoloDiablo
Google "F2P games whales" There is a small percentage of users that will spend a shit ton of money. Company's wet dream.
imtiredofthinkingupaccounts
go look up mynbamobile as well. The company in charge of that has been going strong for almost 6 years. BECAUSE people pay hundreds
tribstar
They're probably selling metadata about where you go and where you're likely to go. Their stock went up 8% when Pokemon go came out.
Crillol
You'd be surprised. I've got desk jockey friends that already dropped $20+ each.
IanBower
I'm sure the app took a lot of time and money to develop considering the size of the company though.
DukeLion
You are underestimating how much a mobile game makes with microtransactions. Also mobile dev teams are far smaller than say AAA game makers.
bomboy23
If the game was economically feasible, ot wouldn't have been made. They are doing much better than they anticipated, so I'm sure it adds up
Jessifer
Most of it is probably reworked code from Niantics other game.
AGrammeIsBetterThanADamn
Stop being so goddamned WRONG, dude.
Bobwithglasses
Search Freemium explained South Park. It's humerous but kind of true.
PORTUGUESETORTURING
hahahaha
Jokesterwild
oh yeah? that is where the money is mate.
telepickup
The news tonight said Nintendo's bottom line is up 9 billion
CouldHaveBeenHitler
Not bottom line, stock value. They'll still be making shittons of money, though.
TheSaintedPhysicianDoctor
I saw a news article earlier that said they've already make $9B. They breached the MILLIONS in their first day.
Neijya
That's how much Nintendo's shares rose, not Niantic earnings.
TheSaintedPhysicianDoctor
Thought as much. Doesn't really seem likely, from a realistic standpoint.
WalnutWisdom
Red7332
What is this from and who is the guy on the money?
ShadowStorm197498
Obviously David Ortiz after he finally fucking retires
MrPoopyDickButt
Rick Ross
MrPoopyDickButt
Oh shit, forgot I was browsing random. Move along citizen.
WalnutWisdom
It's breaking bad. That's huell
BonapartesGuard
HUELL