http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2016/07/09/how-pokemon-go-can-lure-more-customers-to-your-local-business/#2a40b6667fe4
>I’ve had several business owners asking how they can apply to become PokéStop or Pokémon Gym. Unfortunately, these locations are pre-determined by the developer, Niantic Labs. That being said, they have to recognize that there’s a fantastic marketing and revenue opportunity here. I’m reaching out to them directly to ask about their plans in that regard.
>UPDATE 2: Niantic Labs’ PR firm has responded to my email requesting more information, explaining that the developer is so inundated with requests for comments, interviews, etc that a direct answer may not be immediately possible. However, they assured me they’ll do their best to get us an answer to what is becoming quite the pressing question: Will local businesses have an opportunity to apply to become a Gym or Pokéstop if they aren’t already, and what other potential revenue streams is Niantic considering alone these lines?
inb4 Nintendo enables a Service where paying locations can become Stops or even Gyms.
>>344684702
>Every business becomes a Gym or Pokestop
Good god, when everyone is a gym leader...no one will be
>>344684702
I think its legit.
The places that want Nintenyear olds get them and places that don't want them can keep them away.
As an added bonus they can steer people away from nigger infested zones if they want to.
My restaurant is a Pokestop or whatever you call it and it's fucking annoying having all these losers come in, taking up space, and using the restrooms just so they can get some digital animal.
Nintendo will start chargeing for retail stores and restaurants and other places to become gyms. There will be ads on your map to the nearest gym/highest paying ad. Beat the gym leader and get 10% off your order
>>344685114
Now that's smart and makes senses. And I wouldn't be surprised if people went there to buy a drink or whatnot just to catch some pokemons.
>>344685114
time to get a gps jammer and buy some used routers
This shit is getting a bit scary.
>>344685270
this. after walking udner the sun, a poke stop inside an store mean people are likely to get hungry and buy shit
>>344684702
Damn. Pokemon is fucking revolutionizing the world with just one app.
>>344685114
Tell me the name of your resturant. I need to take a big fat dump in your bathroom.
>>344685575
It looks like a Baskin Robins
>>344685575
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>>344685794
its a Dairy Queen
>>344685794
Dairy Queen
>>344684942
This.
>>344684702
Sounds like a shitty paid-for UPS Access Point service.
Tldr UPS offers business owners to become Access Points, where UPS drops off packages for people who can't sign for then for nearby residential, and a place to drop off sending prepaid packages.
The business receives no money, nor UPS, but this gets people IN THE DOOR, which is what you want in retail or etc. Once people are inside they'll probably buy something too.
Symbiosis
>>344685948
>>344685952
It looks like a Gas Station actually, Dairy Queen is kind of pushing it.
>>344685575
Well as you can tell you can't get into the bathroom if you're not a paying customer either.
>>344686146
>DQ logo on the door
How did you make that post when you're blind?
>>344686251
It is just a DQ Gift Card, arn't those like those Visa Gift Cards?
>>344684702
Isn't that copyright infringement? A business is using a copyrighted character to draw in customers. Is it okay because they're promoting the game? I'll never understand this copyright bullshit and how it works.
>>344686429
I don't think it is a problem, their place is being used as PokeStop which will fill with retards anyway.
>>344686429
Augmented reality is a game changer.
It is not the same as a shop selling Chinese bootleg Pikachus.
>>344686429
> Is it okay because they're promoting the game?
It is up to the company I think. Most companies think this way. That is why there are gaming twitch and youtube channels.
Nintendo is run by retarded old men though, so who knows.
>>344685114
Maybe it's time to quit your job at dq and get an adult job, kiddo.
>>344686656
The Pokemon Company is not controlled by Nintendo.
Nintendo doesn't even have a controlling interest in the company.
>>344686826
I'm the manager, you fucking scrub. It pays well, I get free food, and full benefits.
I shit you not, I live in NYC, not the rich parts at all and I heard a guy blasting the Pokemon theme in his car through the neighborhood while looking at his phone. I could only assume he was playing the app.
The hell is going on? I don't think even Nintendo anticipated this phenomena
>>344686946
Nintendo owns the Pokemon Brand as much as POKEMON company does. and they manage most of the pokemon when it comes to vidya
>>344685114
>work at a large hospital
>3 gyms and several pokestops throughout
>walk around the halls and laugh with coworkers on breaks
>kids visiting and as patients get to catch some pokes
The humor isn't lost on me that the Cancer Survivor Memorial Tree is a Gym.
>>344687168
>I heard a guy blasting the Pokemon theme in his car through the neighborhood while looking at his phone
>inb4 Nintendo enables a Service where paying locations can become Stops or even Gyms.
It's really not Nintendo in control here, but Niantics. They probably won't, since Ingress was entirely free, and landmarks were all user-contributed. They only paused requests because of the upcoming Pokemon Go release.
However, I don't support having businesses, like your every day grocery store, as a pokestop. It should be monuments, murals, and other interesting things within the area.
>>344687328
>The humor isn't lost on me that the Cancer Survivor Memorial Tree is a Gym
There's nothing funny about that you edgy fuck.
If i see some fatass faggot dweeb pointing his phone at me im going to slap the phone out of his hands. I only ever lifted for aesthetics and health but now it might actually have some use outside of opening jars easier.
>>344687168
>>344687392
Smart phones are doing their job.
Best way to market anything is by having some sort of game or app. People now are going to be going on a pokemon craze, like it was in the 90s.
>>344687408
>It's really not Nintendo in control here, but Niantics
implying Niantic is not just hte code monkey and if Nintendo tell em to enable x or Y place as a poke stop they would
>>344687168
Man this is just flat out insane though. I expected it to start okay but jesus christ this thing has exploded way more than anyone expected...we are genuinely witnessing what could potentially be the spark for the future of not only a number of games but for some tech advancement in general when companies start R&D'ing around this shit, both good and bad though. Better Wifi, more open Wifi, AR integration becoming more common, the marketing companies are jumping all over this shit, people are actually getting off their asses and exploring and making friends(and eventually enemies when korea-level rivalries start happening, especially when pvp is added), and that's just the fucking tip of this iceberg.
The question is, when will the Poketanic show p and hit it?
>>344686946
>The Pokemon Company is not controlled by Nintendo
lol sure
whelp, pokemon go players are officially making my job more difficult
>>344687831
>people are actually getting off their asses and exploring and making friends
t. normalfags
>>344687963
UPS?
>>344687710
I really hope you aren't right. It would kill a lot of the interest for me. Ingress was, and still is fun because of discovering different forms of art and landmarks in the area. If Pokemon Go just turns into "VISIT THIS BUSINESS FOR FREE POKEBALLS OH YEAH YOU CAN ALSO BUY SHIT HERE" then it'll kill a lot of the interest. Albeit, there are some landmarks that are business related, but the game isn't riddled with it, and in most cases, they're long-lasting, family businesses.
>>344688024
t. /v/irgin scared of losing his shitposting buddiesand virginity
>>344687831
>number of games
hardly. the main seller of this is that IS BLOODY POKEMON
you can make a ap 1:1 copy but with other assets and it wont likely have the same impact. I dont even think Digimon would have this lvl of craze
>>344687462
You've probably gotta learn a bit of gallows humor to work in a hospital. Otherwise it's just bleak.
>>344687963
Thats a big up
>>344688091
Cabela's, an Outdoorsman-style store that sells guns, ammo, bows, arrows, fishing stuff, and is full of hundreds of taxidermied animals and shit(and also sells awesome in-house-made fudge), has a location that not only is a Gym, but has 3 pokestops -inside- it.
I talked to their staff and not only do they play it to(and farm the shit out of their stops), but they're getting way more customers, many of which also bug them to let them charge their phones there since this started.
>>344685114
Those soap and sanitizer buckets being there is against health code. They should never be placed on food contact surfaces and always on the floor. Yes, garbage receptacles count as a food contact surface.
>>344688154
True on that, but I'm talking tech use and advancement in general, not just "similar games" - we already know copies don't work because Ingress didn't do that great. They slap pokemon on and bam, huge craze. But this popularity leads to development and advancement, just like the Porn industry is our best bet of VR ever taking off.
>>344684702
I actually really like the idea of this.
Maybe now I could actually meet a cute girl or something."D-do you like m-my Pokemon, I caught them all myself."
>>344686946
Okay kiddo
>>344688281
4UPS
>>344687831
HOLY FUCK!
ANON!
Now that you mention it, (NYC guy here), this shit launched right around the time those free Wifi tomes (and subway wifi) became installed around the city.
>pic related
These are everywhere now
Filthy Frank was right. This is the end.
my brother works at a resturaunt, part of it has a hotel and said people keep on coming in to use the poke spot
>>344684702
check out these pokemon lures.
>>344688463
The problem is, 90% or more of the population sees Pokemon and instantly thinks "Nintendo". Only the few that play the games to see how it's written, and look up info online, know it's a separate company. Hell, some people see "Nintendo - The Pokemon Company" on the title/intro or credits or box or whatever and assume it means "Nintendo: The Pokemon Company", not that "The POkemon Company" is a separate entity. That's their own fault for poor branding and design though, and because Nintendo's marketing makes it seems like completely their IP.
>>344688672
>tfw Jared's missing out
>>344688695
>90% or more of the population sees Pokemon and instantly thinks "Nintendo"
cause Nintendo is the one in charge of 99% of what is the games related. and when people think in pokemon the order is Games > Anime > Cards > Figure
so you figure it out
>>344688828
>Hey kids, come to subway and help me lose a few pounds!
kek
>>344688952
>of muk
>>344687831
No.
the type of people that play these games are the type of people that get bored, fast.
Do you even fucking remember Flappy Bird?
The only reason this is successful is because of the Brand.
They'll be imitators. But they'll all fail.
I'm pretty sure this was already the case with Niantic's last game Ingress where businesses would pay to become points of interest. Don't see why they wouldn't apply it to GO.
>>344686251
It's a meme you dip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnKORlf-DU
>>344689149
is not the same game tho,. angry bids and flappy were minutes killer games and autism. PKM G actually requires you to move around walk. etc. its a higher lvl of commitment and dedication
>>344689149
Normally, I would completely agree with you, and saw the same shit happen with other things. But something about this is different. It's not just in-community hype, this shit is reaching fucking businesses and law enforcement. Everyone. It's still entirely posisble you'll be right, but I'm curious to see where this goes, there's clearly a spark here but whether it goes out or burns bright is something only time will show.
>>344689223
They would be stupid not to. Pokemon Go is fucking huge right now and its only going to get bigger. Mormon temples could pay top dollar and have Pokemon players have to come into their church and listen to a sermon before they could catch their pokemon.
>>344688672
Jared you have to do more than just show your teeth for it to count as a smile you soulless fat fuck.
>>344685114
Good luck enforcing it, you don't even have to be inside 90% of the locations. I'll just say it's fake and gay, some idiot put it up at closing to take a picture
>>344689476
Having pre-catch requirements like that or buying things will only kill it and will NOT work. A few might, but the majority won't, they'll just hug the walls around the building or some shit to get it. People would sooner climb the fucking roof if it's a 1-2 story building than pay.
>world is on fire
>only thing able to get young people to do something is a motherfucking pokemon app
I hate life
>>344685251
Fucking retard. This is literally how it works. Businesses paid to be a part of Ingress, now those locations are Pokemon Go.
There are cafes in new york using lures during slow times to boost sales and its working like crazy, drop like $5 on the microtransactions for a near instant $200+ sales boost. This has so much potential
Some cop motherfucker saw me use my cell jammer and said "he'd let me off with a warning because [I] kept some reds out of his gym"
>>344689676
>How do we get the younger generation to vote?
>Political Pokemon Party 2016
>Battle your Hilarino against the enemy's Dotrumpo
>Hilarino used Feminist Agenda! It's not very effective.
>Dotrumpo uses Racism! It's super effective! Dotrumpo's Support was raised, somehow.
>>344688170
Good justification for being an edgy fuck.
This is one of those things people will stereotype the 10's as.
>haha, remember planking?
>And that pokemon Go fad?
There will be a "That' Millennial show" taking place during this time, and they'll have Pokemon Go episodes.
>>344689959
>feminism good
>racism bad
>>tumblr
>>344688695
http://www.pokemon.com
Legal Information:
>© 2016 Pokémon. © 1995–2016 Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc. Pokémon, Pokémon character names, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Wii, Wii U, and Wiiware are trademarks of Nintendo.
Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures set up The Pokémon Company themselves to help manage the brand worldwide, it was just an easier way for them to deal with their tri-hold on the copyright. Nintendo own both the name and the characters themselves however, so the other two couldn't do dick without their say so.
>>344690087
Joke's on you, they already tried making a "That 80s show" and even "That 00's show" and both flopped hard.
>>344690239
Where the fuck did I suggest feminism was good? It wasn't effective, aka it's shit. Meanwhile, Trump spews racism and somehow he's still popular. Neither is good, they're both fucking horrible people as is the entire current feminist movement.
>>344690087
>remember that time people fell off buildings and severely injured themselves?
>remember the time people walked into oncoming traffic and got robbed?
Can't wait.
>>344687064
>beeing a restaurant manager
Did you fail highschool?
>>344690385
Illegal isnt a race, so try again. You also have to say why racism is bad
>>344690385
>Trump
>racist
do you have a source or just following the narrative?
>>344689384
Which means the dregs of people playing it will get bored and stop playing even sooner.
>>344689458
No. You're looking down a tunnel and drinking the punch.
Pokemon itself is/was a cultural phenomena.
Take that away from this and you have nothing.
These businesses and shit you see circle jerking about it are scared and desperate to entertain and capture the current market. The same 30-second attention span market that's going to drop this game in a week.
Then dont play shitty kids pokemon phone games
Its not even good
>>344690468
my dad did 21 years in the marines then was a restuarant manager. He didn't do free college, but oh well, he's fine with it.
>>344687064
>calling someone else a fucking scrub
>defending and being prideful as his job of fast food manager.
plz anon... set your sights higher.
>>344684702
Nintendo has done it again, they discovered a new way to print money.
>>344693462
just move your mock locations app to system, it bypasses settings
now you are at every gym and pokestop. kek
>>344685395
It has scarcely even begun. Not even ten days into its lifespan, and hasn't launched in EU/Asia yet.
once it hits china holy mother of fucking god
>>344692873
depending on his age and his state. being a manager can be awesome. for example in n out has excellent staff and benefits
>>344685114
I sympathize because it's not possible to stop everyone, they'll just give you an attitude, and at minimum wage you don't have much power to throw them out without calling the cops each time. There's literally no way to enforce it if someone comes in, gets in line, takes their poke, then leaves.
>>344686429
only if you're in the same city as their US HQ apparently.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/10/the_pokemon_company_withdraws_settlement_in_lawsuit_over_copyright_infringement
>>344693543
fuckin' blues, just typical of their kind.
>>344694691
>fuckin' blues, just typical of their kind.
Absolutely disgusting, the Yellow nation will have to shock them into place.
>>344687963
Might as well let natural selection do its job.
>>344684702
>pre-determined
lol
if you believe there was no money involved i'm not surprised you installed the app
>>344685395
The barrier between our world and the meme world has broken.
And memes will be the victor.
>>344689959
>How do we get the younger generation to vote?
Ideally we don't, since they vote like retards 98% of the time.
>>344687328
do ghost types spawn there or is it chanseys
or both
>>344690468
Being a manager is pretty good. I finished college and can't even get hired to work the register at a DQ, let alone be manager.
>>344688695
>>344690248
>>344688463
>>344686946
it's a 3-way legal ownership between game freak, nintendo and creatures, managed as a joint effort through The Pokemon Company.
>>344684702
>forbes
>no pastebin or archive
shill pls go
>3 different local pubs are stops
>After work beers consist of grinding pokemon stops
It's fantastic.
>>344694807
They're lifted straight from Ingress
>>344687831
>jesus christ this thing has exploded way more than anyone expected
do you faggots live under a rock? who didn't think this was going to be exactly as popular as it's been so far? it's an official pokemon app for your phone
>>344695578
I wish I'd known about this a week ago and I'd have bought Nintendo stock. By the time I found out it was too late.
>>344688091
who gives a shit about all of that you just wrote when there is money to be made.
>>344695693
Hindsight is 20/20. Maybe you should've paid attention and not believed dumb /v/ memes.
>>344693462
Yes, by abandoning the sales-limping 3DS and going mobile, like investors suggested years ago.
>>344684702
so as it turns out, companies or businesses, both local or larger, can actually purchase an area to be a pokestop. the fuck
>>344693543
>#poke mongo
can we all stop for a moment and savor the fact that nintendo will never be able to undo the damage they have caused to society with pokemon go
>>344695867
Paid attention to what? I had no idea it was even in the works until it was already out. I don't lurk /vp/ constantly.
Remember when tamagotchi was a thing?
>>344696337
to the stocks bruh
nintendo's always been profitable
>>344684702
Yep, Pokemans Go will be here for ages and never die a quick death like other fads!
>>344696809
pokemon go wouldn't work with any other brand/franchise. its popularity is LITERALLY because it's a globally recognized brand loved by all
>>344697031
*autists
fucking autocorrect
>>344697304
Quit trying to be an edgy faggot
>>344697031
>its popularity is LITERALLY because it's a globally recognized brand loved by all
That's only partly true, it's also because it's a way for people to live out their childhood dream in some capacity.
That was the magic of Pokemon, the idea of going out and capturing these little guys and going on adventures.
It's not just that it's a Pokemon game, but that it in some way emulates what captured people's imaginations with Pokemon in the first place.
>>344697456
This isn't Outlook
>>344697304
>what are normalfags
Also the fact that it's on phones, which everyone has.
>>344695971
>Sales limping 3DS
Japan alone supports the thing by itself.
>>344690084
>>344687462
You're a bigger faggot than he could ever be, congratulations.
>>344695971
boy is the NX going to be interesting
This madness need to fucking stop
>seems cool in theory
>can't bring myself to try it
Who else is in my shoes?
Why do you autists fucking enjoy this shit? Seriously. Kill yourself. You neckbeards can't stop living in 1999. Stop it. Grow up. Pokemans are for children.
GUYS.
>>344699360
>calls others autists and neckbeards
>spends all day sitting on /v/ telling people to kill themselves
You sure are a productive member of society, anon. Way to show them you're better!
>>344695971
>The thing we have with us at all times in our pocket is more popular than larger, clunkier devices that are, usually, tethered at home or too big to carry easily unless we have to!
>Even though 95% of the games are complete shit that progress purely by timers, conditioning people to check in every couple hours
>>344699418
the girl is only latching on because you seemed successful and she wanted to mooch off of you
second you come clean she'll book it
women are shallow
>Was at a convention this weekend
>Every single motherfucker is out wandering for Pokemon
>People are stopping in hallways, in doorways, in bathrooms, in front of elevators, in front of stairs, etc
>Can't check my phone without five or six autists scrambling to me like "wat did u catch?!! xD"
>Went to a Taco Bell to get some food, friend called to let me know he was gonna meet me somewhere else, as soon as I pull out my phone the employee in front of me shouts out "aww HELL naw you aren't doing that Pokemon shit in here" and kicks me out
>There were two car accidents in the area because of this
>Someone was banging on my apartment door at two in the morning because "uhh hey you got a Pikachu in here can I come in"
>I told them I had a gun and would blow their head off if they came back
>Meanwhile at my parent's house, they've had to chase out almost ten people from our fenced-in yard
I want this game to disappear, holy shit I have never been so infuriated by something's existence before.
Jesus fuck nintendo will be the one to destroy society
>>344700320
She'll book it the second he comes clean because she'll realize that he's an insecure loser who has to lie about himself to women because he's afraid nobody will like who he is.
That's such a gigantic red flag, dude. Self-esteem issues are one of the biggest turn-offs. It wouldn't be so bad if he hadn't lied, but the lie just compounds things. There's a huge difference between "I'm really ashamed of myself" and "I'm so ashamed of myself that I lie to others about myself".
That said, if the girl is actually interested in him, as in chasing him, then it's probably fine. She'll probably like him more for it. When you become attracted to someone, the flaws in their personality or looks suddenly become appealing. You should see some of the girls I've had crushes on. Absolutely disgusting until you fall in love, then they're hotter than anything.
>>344695971
Are consoles actually dying?
>>344699418
>newkids that shitpost on /v/ have sonycuck accounts
So is this going to be just a fad where everyone will quit or is this game seriously going to last?
>>344701465
Nearly everyone has a smartphone and it's a free to download app.
It's going to be here for awhile.
>>344701465
It's a fad, but it's going to do damn well. This is an INSANELY strong start.
I'd give it maybe another 2-3 weeks at this level of performance, then it'll start dropping pretty quickly. It's a fad right now, but it'll still be a really popular game when the fad is over, probably for about half a year.
>>344700630
I wish this was true
>family owns acres of land a short trip from a suburb
>I know damn well some retarded kids are going to jump the fence to look for pokemon and get tripped up or some shit on uneven land and try to sue us
Fuck off nintendo
I'm so fucking tired of hearing about Pokemon in the news and all over the internet, when will this fad game pass
>>344696168
"Poke's are simply pawn in this game called life"
>>344697473
/v/ is too young to get this.
>>344695352
Depends on who owns the franchise. DQ management can be fucking brutal for little reward.
>>344701465
Niantic promised future updates like trading
if they keep updating it with good features it can last long
>>344693543
Watch this die when they introduce 3rd generation and onwards Pokemon, everyone will be like "eww, who are these?".
>>344697473
>>344705581
>it's a way for people to live out their childhood dream in some capacity.
anyone who literally had that dream is old enough to realize it's just that, a dream. there's more to it than just finding monsters in the grass, it was about an actual sense of adventure that you could only get by legit traveling, not going down to the fucking local park and back. any adult who grew up with pokemon can tell this is a really shallow, cheap emulation of a beautiful dream.
>>344699991
thats what makes money
this is the future of gaming
>>344702110
>It's not real because I said so, because I don't want the little bubble I live in to pop
People like you are cute
>>344685114
Never would have guessed there would come a day when a sign like this was not a joke.
>>344708675
>I believe in clearly made up stories because nobody would lie on the internet
You do realise youre on cuckchan right? on /v/ literally the home of false flagging right? Youre not a stupid cunt are you anon?
You know you hit the big time when SJWs try to inject themselves into it.
http://archive.is/xwfAi
>Stop hitting on me while I play Pokemon GO
Bitch, I don't care about your ugly ass, I just want to know where you got that pikachu.
>MFW when I go into restaurants and Stores that have Nintendo hot spots to get streetpasses and just look like a costumer looking over stuff there and then walk out after I covertly check my 3DS for the green light.
I feel bad for these people who have wonder around with the out and on.
>>344709502
Wait, can I play this on 3DS as well?
>>344709617
No, I'm talking about streetpassing you dingus.
>>344685114
so we can't even stand outside?
>>344699418
What did he lie about?
>>344710579
Yes you can, he can't do shit
>>344710051
well fuck
by the time I'm not too cheap for a data plan, people are probably going to be over this already
>>344710051
Lures are literally real life lures. Kek
>>344684702
The amount of data and incentives to go to specific places with a phone camera/microphone is every spy agency's wet dream.
>>344711294
Some people will keep playing it though.
When it 'dies' it doesn't mean everyone will stop, there will be people still around playing.
Next big thing is AR glasses from apple connects to your phone and parternship with konami (first release exclusive) for a yugioh iphone app. AR card battles and virtual duel disk projected on the users arm.
>>344688540
Holy shit seriously? fFuck, NYC is so much cooler than any city we have on the west coast.
>Pokemon is what finally revitalizes the small business economy
What a crazy world we live in
>>344697473
This.
>>344708264
Sounds like you live in a shitty sad boring place. I live in an awesome city and exploring it with Pokemon Go has been a blast.
Maybe they shouldn't do it for gyms, but I'm 100% fine with them allowing businesses to pay for more Pokestops. All that does is give me more Pokeballs to ensure I never have to spend real money on it.
>>344688170
I work at a psych hospital. This 100%. If you don't laugh you cry.
> How do we convince the goyim to turn on location services and GPS tracking at all times?
> Throw some shitty pokemon game
t. (((goldberg golstein goodman)))
>>344685114
>dairy queen
>restaurant
nigger that's basically a public toilet anyway, get a real job
>>344708675
You're an idiot and have clearly never played this game.
Anyone want to explain to me what the hell is CP? and what does "power up" do? And the best way to catch Pokemon?
>>344713197
CP is child porn, you don't want your pokemon to have it. Your pokemon can't enter gyms once he's in the sex offender registry
>>344690820
Screencapped
I'll post in 3 months when the game is still relevant
>>344696809
Tomogatchi required their own devices
Pokémon Go is an app, meaning anyone with a decent phone can nab it in less than five minutes without even paying for it, and don't have to carry around anything they weren't already going to
>>344713358
REMOVE CP
Phone carriers should have a promo of free data for pokemon go when getting a line or something
>>344713384
There are tamagotchi apps.
>>344684702
People are overestimating this. The game will die out soon enough once the hype dies down.
>>344694807
Yeah I'm sure all these churches around me paid to be a pokestop
>>344694807
Oh yeah, like that public fountain
Or all those memorials for dead shitters around here
Or that ancient-ass bridge
I want THIS to take off
>>344714030
>Reddit team getting discounts from Reddit establishments
Is there any chance of this game retaining even 80% of its playerbase by the end of the year
>>344714223
depends on the updates
>>344696809
> trying to justify not playing it
Sad
>>344685114
>>344696809
>hey guys check out this irrelevant fad i bet u feel silly if pokemon go fades away
Are you seriously comparing Tamagotchis, a fad that died out after like two years outside of Japan, to Pokemon, a series that got worldwide success and has had that success for nearing 30 years?
Thats like saying Pokemon is going to fade into obscurity because Digimon tried to bring back Adventure and nobody gave a fuck.
>>344685114
10/10 Photoshop
>>344690468
He has a job.
You don't.
>>344714427
dear lord
it's happening
>>344689305
why did you post your shitty mario tennis video
why did you post it in a pokemon thread
why are you shilling your channel on /v/
why are you making shitty youtube videos
what is wrong with you
fucking summer
>>344714427
oh my god
>>344687963
This just in. Stupid people do stupid things. In other news water is wet and Michael Jackson is dead.
It would help if the stupid fucks that made this game didn't make the server with chewing gum and Lincoln logs.
>tfw got two numbers from girls just from walking around a park to get charmanders
>tfw these stupid fucks think walking painfully slow is exercise
Windows 10 version when?
>>344715204
>he fell for the W10 meme
>>344714427
I-IMPOSSIBLE
THIS POWER.....
>>344714427
>>344715181
Pokemon GO is going to become the biggest thing ever. It's going to replace tinder. It's going to replace porn. People will just go out and play Pokemon GO and it'll be seen as an invitation to fuck.
Before long, the app will just be one gigantic booty call orgy thing. You WILL meet your 3dpd waifu if you play it, it's just a matter of time. Millions of depressed virgin losers will go out to play pokemon once or twice and will wake up the next morning married to a 10/10.
Thank you, Nintendo. You've done it. You've saved video games.
>>344714427
Holy kek.
If they don't let this great start go to waste it's going to become in a fucking monster of a product.
>>344715448
>Millions of depressed virgin losers will go out to play pokemon once or twice and will wake up the next morning married to a 10/10.
Can confirm, went out to catch an eevee and woke up married to a supermodel
>>344714427
it finally happened.
>>344715403
I want to do achievements in Pokémon Go.
Pls
>>344714427
>Pokemon is beating porn
The end times are here.
man i wish i had a better data package
might as well buy that helium tank
>Had the cancel a Pokemon adventure date with a cute guy because servers keep crashing
This game is pretty much a meme factory, that's the only reason why it's so viralling out of control.
Are pokestops determined randomly by grabbing data from Google Maps?
Local pokestops near me are:
-A Bike Memorial for a kid that died
-A plaque dedicated to some old lady
-A Church
-Another Church
-A Bigger Church (this ones a gym)
-2 Stops in the same park
>>344716080
It's all imported from Ingress which is an AR game from several years ago. Majority of the locations are user-submitted.
>people calling it a fad
Are you retarded? Remember how big the original pokemon was?
Now take that, put it into today's world (everyone and their mother is on twitter, has internet, a phone) make it free, and not require a console, and simplify it.
This shit is going to be AS big as the original pokemon craze, if not bigger. As long as they update it with trading/battling, etc.
>>344685395
Not even ten days in and we had someone find a corpse in a river.
>>344688463
Sigh, i told people 3 months ago nintendo stock was going to rise dramatically cause of pokemon go. I told people!
Nobody believed me. And I couldn't afford to buy any.
Another opportunity missed i guess.
>>344715204
Just use Bluestacks
>>344716707
I hope Nintendo realizes that they just made the biggest possible game debut into the mobile market.
The dumbest mistake that they can make is to forget about it after a few months.
>>344716924
and people getting mugged
>>344688615
God bless Papa Franku.
>>344684702
>"HEY GUYS POKESTOP INSIDE"
>implying people cant just take their pokeballs from across the street and never even look to see what the store is about
>>344716707
>>344717073
Yeah, depending on how this shit goes, it could seriously go the distance.
I could see them doing like Shiny events or something, that'd give it a decent amount of longevity.
>>344714427
Now combine them
>>344688463
>Pokémon Go was downloaded more than the dating application Tinder within a day of its launch
>>344717257
Just get the stores to do something smart.
IE: When you make your purchase, spin the pokestop! For each pokeball you get, you get 2% off! For each egg, 5% off! Or etc.
>>344714223
Not unless they add more stops to subur an areas or otherwise balance out the biggest p2w aspect of any game ever that is your living location.
I don't know how the game works so I'm going off ignorance here, but they should just make these pokestops temporary and have them hop to different places so more business have chances to get some exposure. Doing that with Gyms wouldn't really work though.
So is pokemon Go really a C!A project to test just how effective it will be once we augment the fictional world to our world to further distract the population with smart dust scattered all over the sky via chemtrails so we'll end up seeing crazy things 24/7 in our peripheral vision thus ending the white race quicker than the elites possibly could have hoped for under one world government?
>>344717317
The reality of the whole trailer scene with everyone trying to capture Mewtwo is that their already shit servers would fucking implode within minutes of even 100 people trying to participate in an event like that. Doing it in a major metropolitan area would legitimately pose a colossal safety hazard, there's no way anything like this is going to happen in the short term.
>>344715448
I saw a PokeGo singles meetup event on Facebook for this Friday. 750 people going with over 2000 interested.
>>344717718
You gonna go?your gonna go
>>344712480
That's because New York actually has money. L.A. county is broken, San Diego is investing in stupid shit, and San Fran can't get anything done because they're too busy being "progressive" than being effective.
So it's obvious they're saving battling between trainers for when it starts to die down, right?
>>344684702
this was already nitantec's business model with ingress... this is nothing new.
>>344716707
I wish it was a fad. I really do. I honestly wouldn't be as burned by this if it wasn't tailored to genwunner trash and included more Pokemon past the first generation.
Not gonna lie, this app makes me furious.
>>344684702
That's great but people going to a business for any reason other than what the business sells does not help the business. Things like this have been tried many times before.
>>344717818
I'm probably going to go. It would have been far enough away for me to justify not going because a ride back would be more than I'd like to pay but I'm dog sitting for a buddy and will be a couple miles away.
Wish me luck, anon-kun.
I had to sub in for someone today at work because a family member of there's died in a car accident over the weekend and I'm absolutely convinced Pokemon Go was the cause of it.
>>344718009
As with anything that has to do with casuals, it's a fad. People think this is going to last because of the pokemon brand, but it's the other way around, this only got popular because of the pokemon brand. There's not much in this """"game"""" to get people interested once the hype is over.
why is this so popular
>>344718206
I'll be honest, I would go too if I knew one was happening nearby. This seems like the perfect mix of geeks and normies that the cringe shouldn't over take the event.
Good luck!
>>344717442
>dating application
>>344714427
What a time to be alive
>>344718436
It's Pokemon you idiot. Any official Pokemon game is guaranteed to succeed.
>>344718469
It's in a downtown with lots of bars so I can just slip into obscurity if I accidentally my spaghetti.
>>344718436
Because le original 150 pokeman.
>Get home from college
>Go get the mail at my apartment complex
>See family of two young adults and two kids go to the same pokestop which is at out apartment office
>Neither of us and get the items from the pokestop despite numerous spins
>We chat and say goodbye
I know our chat wasn't too in depth but Nintendo making people interact and go out is working.
>>344718558
But on this scale? I didn't think pokemon was this fucking big.
>>344713197
Combat Power
"power up" raises CP which allows your Pokemon to become stronger, it's better to just evolve your pokemon and then power up.
>best way to catch Pokemon?go outside
>>344714523
>Nearing 30 years
Wut? fucking retard
So this is the third pillar...
