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leafy sea dragon
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 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:14 pm
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Now's a good time to be a mobile developer. Unless it's something you don't want to do.
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AnimeLordLuis
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:45 pm
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Despite the recent update it looks like Pokémon Go is still rising in popularity and profits. The only question now is how long will it last. 
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Katamori
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:02 am
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I can't play it lol it needs android 4.4 and my phone capped out at 4.3.Oh well new phone time was overdue anyway it's been 3 years.
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Mr. Oshawott
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:15 am
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teferi
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:20 am
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The whole issue with the tracker was overblown. People complained about it and then probably went to their local park with 3+ pokestops lured 24/7 and realized it doesn't matter all that much.
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kotomikun
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:41 pm
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| leafy sea dragon wrote: | | Now's a good time to be a mobile developer. Unless it's something you don't want to do. |
Well, unless you're one of the 99.9% that make no money because everyone's too busy playing the 0.001% of games that achieve mind-boggling levels of popularity. Though you might get to be the 0.099% that see moderate success...
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leafy sea dragon
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:00 pm
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| kotomikun wrote: | | Well, unless you're one of the 99.9% that make no money because everyone's too busy playing the 0.001% of games that achieve mind-boggling levels of popularity. Though you might get to be the 0.099% that see moderate success... |
You could say the same thing for any other industry in a boom period. Mobile gaming, however, requires an incredibly low amount of capital to jump into.
Though you might get caught in an economic bubble.
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Kadmos1
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 9:45 am
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With that $200 million, a good percentage goes to Nintendo/Game Freak. After all the deductions, I wonder how much Niantic gets. For a newer company, getting a few million would be nice.
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Katamori
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:01 am
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| Kadmos1 wrote: | | With that $200 million, a good percentage goes to Nintendo/Game Freak. After all the deductions, I wonder how much Niantic gets. For a newer company, getting a few million would be nice. |
Nintendo actually only gets 13% of the profits so...
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leafy sea dragon
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:48 am
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| Katamori wrote: |
| Kadmos1 wrote: | | With that $200 million, a good percentage goes to Nintendo/Game Freak. After all the deductions, I wonder how much Niantic gets. For a newer company, getting a few million would be nice. |
Nintendo actually only gets 13% of the profits so... |
Of the profits only, or of the total revenue? (Then again, I'd say at this point Pokémon GO is mostly profits, as sales are totally automatic and nothing tangible is being bought. The main costs are paying the people to maintain it and upkeep of the facility where they do it.)
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Katamori
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 11:29 am
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Can't say for sure though what I read a few weeks ago said profits so idk.Though to be fair at this point that's 26mil which isn't too bad for something that is basically just them renting out their IP lol.
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