Players began tweeting as soon as it was available Friday morning, and the Pokemon Co. and the developer of the augmented reality game, USA -based Niantic Inc., confirmed its launch. “Pokemon Go” is already losing that longevity because players literally can’t get on the game most of the time. The app broke all record and got the most downloads in the first week ever.
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There is really no way of figuring out which country Niantic will choose to release the Pokemon Go App next.
The wait is finally over!
Nintendo, which holds stakes in Pokemon and the game’s developer Niantic, saw its stock nearly double through Thursday following the game’s debut in the U.S. Its market value today is more than $38 billion, exceeding the likes of Tesla Motors and Sony.
The Pokemon Go app made an historic debut on the Apple App store.
Nintendo shares dived in Tokyo Monday in response to the videogame giant’s warning over the “limited” impact of the hugely popular Pokemon Go app on its financial results.
Still, in a report on its performance expectations released Friday, Nintendo said “Pokemon Go” would have “limited effects”.
From the game industry (perspective), the critical point here is that this game is making money from in-app purchases.
Sixteen-year-old high school student Mamiko Amaha was immersed in Pokemon Go with a group of girlfriends in Tokyo’s historic Asakusa district in search of Pokemon characters, as crowds of tourists strolled around.
Nintendo “might only receive 10 percent or less of the profits”, an employee of a major securities firm speculated. So go and catch your Pokemon. It was particularly resistant to the idea of developing or licensing video games for smartphones.
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In the case of “Pokemon Go“, this involves smartphone cameras and Global Positioning System technology that can project cute and creepy “pocket monsters”, or Pokemon, into the real world, at least as viewed through a phone’s screen. “It’s a big opportunity for Japanese firms”, said Hirokazu Hamamura, representative of Famitsu.
