Um, Pokemon came out around the same time as FF7. Certainly you know that?
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Not in history, no. The PS2 sold way more than the Wii. And last I heard, CC is still printing money.
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'Pokémon Go' Now Considered 'The Biggest Mobile Game in U.S. History'
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Um, Pokemon came out around the same time as FF7. Certainly you know that?
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Not in history, no. The PS2 sold way more than the Wii. And last I heard, CC is still printing money.
What's sad about this....
Sure people are getting out, but they still aren't experiencing the outdoors with their noses stuck in their phones.
My kids play tons of games on the computer and xbox, but they also get out daily. We go scootering around the neighborhood or down to the school to shoot hoops.
My wife had a softball game last night and there was an extra 50-60 people at the ballpark. Were they being active? No, they were standing in packs staring at their phones because someone had dropped a couple of lures. The crappy part, there was almost no parking at all because they all drove there.
Sure people are getting out, but they still aren't experiencing the outdoors with their noses stuck in their phones.
My kids play tons of games on the computer and xbox, but they also get out daily. We go scootering around the neighborhood or down to the school to shoot hoops.
My wife had a softball game last night and there was an extra 50-60 people at the ballpark. Were they being active? No, they were standing in packs staring at their phones because someone had dropped a couple of lures. The crappy part, there was almost no parking at all because they all drove there.
yea but it wasn't the biggest selling game in history back then was it?
Come to think of it, i remember pokemon on the game boy was popular, but who knows, i doubt the popularity of this game will last
Angry Birds is not at all a "live" game. Their first few successful Angry Birds app didn't have any live multiplayer option. I'm sure Rovio had a way to track players, but it's not the same category as the other apps listed, which all allow you to interact real-time with people across the globe.
I think most haters are just annoyed that the game is a phenomenal success and they are no part of it
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But this article isn't about any particular category of games... a "live" component isn't necessary. It's the top mobile games of all time. Period.
Then when you were a kid, pokemon was also a thing. VII was released in 97, Pokemon in 98 in the US. And Pokemon was a hit from the beginning.
Nowadays we still have Pokemon, still Final Fantasy, and countless other really liked games.
So now, is nostalgia talking, or are you just not considering pokemon to be for "grown up" and thus unworthy of you love ?
This is proof that Nintendo should ditch hardware and go software only, make mobile and console (PS4, XBOne) games instead of trying to release there new game console that is going to fail worse than the Wii U.
Agreed
This exactly
Seriously tho congrats to Nintendo, Niantic, and The Pokemon Company
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The first Pokemon game was released 20 years ago. If you or your younger siblings were at all into games back then, chances are that you know what Pokemon.
It's just something about this game that just... rules my entire life. It's so fun. How are they doing this?
Anecdotally, this game is huge. I live in an approximately 1 million pop. midwestern city. My son is playing the game. We had some time to kill before a doctor appt. so I suggested we check out a local MetroPark to see if there was any Pokemon action there. It was 90ºF. Normally, no one is in this park at this time of day and those temps.
All the parking lots were full and we saw hundreds of kids through young adults playing. There were a few Pokestops, gyms and lures in the park. My son grabbed a few "rare" Pokemon just driving around the park. I drove past a couple of cars awkwardly pulled off to the side of the road trying to grab one of the more "rare" Pokemon.
Early-adopters are considered cautiously here. This game is big.
All the parking lots were full and we saw hundreds of kids through young adults playing. There were a few Pokestops, gyms and lures in the park. My son grabbed a few "rare" Pokemon just driving around the park. I drove past a couple of cars awkwardly pulled off to the side of the road trying to grab one of the more "rare" Pokemon.
Early-adopters are considered cautiously here. This game is big.
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Pokémon on Nintendo's handheld consoles has been popular since it came out in 1998.
[doublepost=1468460478][/doublepost]I hope it's still popular when I go back to school. Everyone here says they've seen tons of people playing it, but I haven't seen a single person walking around here, so it wouldn't be fun. I guess my neighborhood just sucks.
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Hardware makes them loads of money.
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Well... there's no strategy in it. I played Silver all the way through in 7th grade then got bored trying to get through Yellow. After a while, you kinda get sick of fighting Youngster Pauls and wild level 4 Rattatas everywhere, though the game is still charming. I then found the hacked game Pokémon Dark Rising that's actually adult-level difficulty and played that in 12th grade, along with most of the kids in my physics class.
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Judging by that time frame.... No. Nintendo was making the best games back then too.
History will record that this is the beginning of the end of humanity, after Niantic's system learns how to manipulate humans and Pokevolves into Skynet.
Candy Crush crushed!
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The AR Marioworld is not far behind with this success.
I think the definition of 'sad' in your implied context is reading an article about something you are not interested and then commenting on it.
I had no idea there were so many 80+ years olds on MRF!
Pokemon Go is a defining moment for the future of mobile gaming. It is not the first AR game by far, but it's the first to make a huge impact, both in terms of players and dollars. I have no doubt that games like this will be the future of mobile gaming. This is were mobile gamng can come to its fore, no other gaming platform can compete with this sort of gameplay.
Me? I don't care about Pokemon, and I resent the up and coming commercialisation of the game. But hey, it got my Reddit and Youtube addicted boys out and walking the neighbourhood, in ever increasing circles. They even offered to come shopping with me. I say, bring it on!
Pokemon Go is a defining moment for the future of mobile gaming. It is not the first AR game by far, but it's the first to make a huge impact, both in terms of players and dollars. I have no doubt that games like this will be the future of mobile gaming. This is were mobile gamng can come to its fore, no other gaming platform can compete with this sort of gameplay.
Me? I don't care about Pokemon, and I resent the up and coming commercialisation of the game. But hey, it got my Reddit and Youtube addicted boys out and walking the neighbourhood, in ever increasing circles. They even offered to come shopping with me. I say, bring it on!
What's your benchmark for "lasting?"
No game lasts forever. Even a lot of the successful ones are lucky to get half a year of relevance before the next big thing comes along.
Sounds like he just had the Sony Playstation and had never seen an N64
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Nah, man, Final Fantasy MMMMXXXXXVI will be a hit.
[doublepost=1468519017][/doublepost]I tried this game. Unless I'm missing something, it's actually really boring. I was disappointed. Now I'm waiting for Zelda Go.
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Oh I do agree. I played Red/blue then Silver/gold and it just passed right through me.
However, it's still a very relevant universe and Pokemon GO is a very different experience, so I don't find it sad that people are going outside and actually interacting with each other rather than staying inside playing Call of duty and calling each other moms names