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NEWS: Japan's FSA Considers Regulating Pokémon Go's In-Game Currency




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Cutiebunny



Joined: 18 Apr 2010
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 7:50 am Reply with quote
PokeCoins have no real value. You can't cash them in and exchange them for real currency. So by what exchange rate will they use to figure out how much real money people have tied up in PokeCoins...the arbitrary amount the game establishes if you want to buy coins to purchase in-game items?

This seems like the Japanese government wants a cut of Niantic's profits...
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Asrialys



Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:06 am Reply with quote
So just the amount of unused PokeCoins in general? You can (slowly) accumulate PokeCoins without spending a bit of real-world currency...
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Hikarunu



Joined: 23 Jul 2015
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:06 am Reply with quote
I only spent $1 for 20 pokeballs and now I stopped playing P.Go already.
Thank you for boring game Niantic because I was willing to pay but you dont want make something more like Pokemon should become.
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Emmanuel Farrar



Joined: 21 Oct 2016
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 6:10 am Reply with quote
Everywhere every government is trying to find money they can get their hands on. This is sad.
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