Pokémon GO's BIGGEST Problem in 2024 is NOT What You Think!! Why the Game is Declining!!

For the past couple of years, Pokémon GO has been seeing a drastic decline in player sentiment and excitement. Many players will attribute that decline to Niantic's bad decisions, the game being a buggy mess, or how Niantic handles monetization. But the single reason why Pokémon GO is declining is because of something else. Let's talk about it!
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Pokémon Go is a 2016 augmented reality (AR) mobile game developed and published by Niantic in collaboration with The Pokémon Company for iOS and Android devices. A part of the Pokémon franchise, the game is the result of a collaboration between Niantic, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. It uses the mobile device GPS to locate, capture, battle, and train virtual creatures, called Pokémon, which appear as if they are in the player's real-world location. The game is free to play; it uses a freemium business model and supports in-app purchases for additional in-game items. The game launched with around 150 species of Pokémon, which had increased to around 500 by 2019.
Pokémon Go was released to mixed reviews; critics praised the concept, but criticized technical problems. It was one of the most used and profitable mobile apps in 2016, having been downloaded more than 500 million times worldwide by the end of the year. It is credited with popularizing location-based and AR technology, promoting physical activity, and helping local businesses grow due to increased foot traffic. However, it attracted controversy for contributing to accidents and creating public nuisances. Various governments expressed concerns about security, and some countries regulate its use. By early 2019, the game had over a billion global downloads, grossing over $3 billion in revenue. The game also had over 147 million monthly active users as of May 2018.

[@ericp1139]

The avatar downgrade did serious damage. They need to roll it back asap.

[@LeDogueDeBroceliande]

I personally don't think it's as bad as the overall way they're managing the game and gameplay, the insane amount of bugs, etc. Not sure why people are outraged by this avatar update, it just made me laugh and shake my head. But I'm glad it's helping people open their eyes on Niantic

[@ericp1139]

@@LeDogueDeBroceliande because the avatars are atrocious, and any coins spent on outfits should be refunded.

[@llusix]

@@LeDogueDeBroceliande yea well leave it to the pogo community to cry and complain about everything, i’ve never cared about the way my character looks aside from the outfits and i don’t see a difference so why does it matter lol, when you’re playing pogo you’re typically playing to catch pokémon not to look at your face ☠️

[@destroyervegeta9512]

Since the new avatar i totally unistalled is like it doesnt exist to me anymore

[@TreFKennedy]

Dope vid Count, from my perspective what’s wrong with Pokémon go is , 1. Nerfantic is spiteful, 2. They ostracized the remote raid community, 3. They ostracized women with the avatar update

[@foxfireglo8290]

Well said

[@Sailor_Samara]

I still think the males got the worst of it, with the avatar update.

[@xdwdx]

@@Sailor_Samarano my friend it’s the opposite, the males at least have breasts for some reason. Women got their buttocks, breasts, and hips basically removed or disfigured for sure.

[@bradwhite5884]

They ostracised all the changes that fans like from the time where we were in the lock down that made the game a lot better, they ostracised the incenses too, also ostracised all those who cannot explore because of where they live or cannot get out of the house because of their disabilities, but all the Nerfantic shills defend the company for doing such and never speak up or request to keep the changes, so yeah

[@TreFKennedy]

@@bradwhite5884 nailed it

[@Dgtahauazhi-]

Well, the lack of releases of new pokemons is indeed one of the reasons why pokemon go is declining. Nevertheless the pokemon franchise has still a lot of potential to be implemented in the game. This leads us to how things are being handled by the company and we know exactly what kind of company Niantic is. Pokémon go is doomed to fail if Niantic keeps being Niantic

[@bradwhite5884]

Agreed, they should of released Wattrel for the flying event (maybe Rookidee maybe, but that would be awhile for them to add in tbh), but yeah

[@Live2BScene]

1 day for Komala does not count as adding *new pokemon to pokemon go* neither does adding 1% chance for larvesta in eggs. May as well not play and wait for community day. For those of us who have more or less finished the dex we only play for shines and feel robbed every event they clog up These spawns or cheat us on boosted rates.

[@Polaroxide]

Stop complaining 🤦

[@Miklo_1]

It’s not the main reason in my opinion. The main reason I think the game is declining, is that they doubled the price on remote raids. Raiding is an exciting part of the game, being able to help your fellow trainer friend defeat the boss. is exciting. going in a lobby and seeing that other people are supporting you and are paying the game is exciting. When you now go into a lobby and no one is there it’s demoralizing. Makes you feel like no one plays anymore. with no one else playing it’s a boring game.

[@sabaton001]

They don't have any good events anymore. Every week we get the same events over and over. It has become very tedious in my opinion. They can't seem to add any form of difficulty in special research anymore. If it is lengthy it is because you have to spin a stop of feed a buddy 10 days in a row. Just let us catch 500 of a certain species or something.

[@RandolphCarter_Randy.C]

500 catch is fine, it’s the 30 day in a row sh*t that just kills it. I’ve still got Apex Master and Shiny Jirachi Master Research that I haven’t completed, because try getting 23 or 25 days through it then forgetting a day and bam, back to the start you go. It’s happened like 4 or 5 times for both. I’ve come to terms that I just won’t complete these and have stopped trying. As someone who bought every single research, I just don’t buy any of them anymore as a result.

[@mc3628]

I respectfully disagree. My list of changes for improving the player experience: 1. Increase rural spawns 2.. Fix buggy PvP 3. Revert Remote Raid Pass price and end daily limit 4. Bring back Legendaries in Weekly Research Reward 5. TMs should not be random 6. Improve Egg pool, allow egg deletion, and stop putting Pokemon behind rare egg hatches 7. Remote trading 8. New item that gradually improves IVs 9. Foster the online community by asking questions and listening to feedback

[@theshotgundog]

Mostly agree but add on the avatar. Even some spoofers (which would give you a lot of what you'd like from the game) are/have dropped game due to the avatar update. 🤷

[@llusix]

don’t revert the remote raid nerf >

[@ronaldthompson2328]

That shirt looks great on you

[@CountJinsulaOfficial]

Thanks!

[@Fyre0]

IDK why but I thought the same thing LMAO. Count, adjust your wardrobe accordingly and see how the world changes around you lol

[@DavidSmith-wd4ny]

I pulled back from the game when I hit level 50. I resented all the work it took to get there. It's just not worth it. As a result, my gameplay has been whittled down to the most basic form of collecting new Pokedex entries. I'm much happier this way.

[@mrcteddy20]

I'm about 10 million xp to getting to level 50 myself and I'll probably be in the same state gameplay wise.

[@Polaroxide]

That’s pathetic grind daily

[@DavidSmith-wd4ny]

@@Polaroxide Pathetic is literally getting a jacket for your avatar as a reward for 6 years of working your ass off. Trust me. . . not worth it.

[@Polaroxide]

@@DavidSmith-wd4ny it’s called just play I been playing for 8 years now it’s not a big deal

[@DavidSmith-wd4ny]

@@Polaroxide It's big deal.

[@lowdowndirty100]

There’s hundreds and hundreds of Pokemon so why does it feel I’m always catching the same 50 Pokemon every event, every day. There’s so many mons that get no spotlight

[@Antarctica17308]

Fr like Pokémon like Popplio, and other starters haven’t gotten a spotlight and every time I used the daily incense, I always get Pokémon I already caught.

[@ninettekelly8315]

Ive been playing since 2016 and I'm pretty much spining, catch, close these days, the content is stale (for me) and I'm still pretty salty about the remote raid nerf, tbh, it used to be my fave aspect of the game.

[@JayDoranTO]

There's still a lot from Kalos and Alola regions that haven't been released yet, and then Niantic started to release from Galar and Hisui only to just stop. We've had more releases from Paldea (gen 9) than Galar and Hisui (both gen 8) combined, which makes no sense!

[@TreFKennedy]

Nailed it

[@bradwhite5884]

Yeah, still no Galarian Corsula and it's evo yet and been waiting for years for it ever since Gen 8 came out while other regional forms and evolutions from Gen 8 already came out and Corsula is the only one left, so many Pokémon are left out and Niantic are slowing down their release where each event feels lacking tbh while their events are least interesting then what I used to be, so yeah

[@maganhassan2627]

I don't mind them mixing up the pokemon releases who says they need to release them in dex order??

[@RepostProductions]

Freddy’s IVs?

[@CountJinsulaOfficial]

100% always 15 Cuteness 15 Loyalty 15 Health

[@mrmoose6619]

The current Rivals Week event is also emblematic of Pokemon Go's issues. The regionals that should be at least semi-common have been quite rare, at least in my case. The Rediscover Kanto event has squashed the regionals. As a veteran player, I am much more interested in the regionals that I cannot get otherwise (Zangoose, Sawk, Heatmor) and the regionals I can get but aren't usually featured (Seviper, Throh, Durant). I can only recall a handful at best of of Zangoose and Sawk spawning.. and I don't foresee Heatmor getting a lot of spawns either. Then next week the for Catching Wonders there are ZERO feature spawn... UGH

[@bradwhite5884]

Yeah, that is worse, even when it comes to collection challenges, I had issues with those collection challenges where the ones I wanted to spawn don't spawn for me even from incense, worst was last years Go Fest where the collection challenges only lasted for a day when the event lasted for two days (especially for those who want to catch up on the day they missed few Pokémon), but Niantic did not do that, so yeah

[@WolfenYT]

Niantic has been doing weird things since the pandemic was over... First the RRP affair, the lack of communication with the player base, the launch of features nobody asked for, the new avatar affair... And of course the lack of new pokemon or ones in old generations still being missed, like Manaphy, Phione, Arceus, or the majority of the Galar dex If they don´t change some of their view of this game, it is going to fall off in no more than a year or two, if not even faster

[@WolfenYT]

Apart from your solution, adding exclusive mons ONLY for GO with an agreement with TPCi, another one should be if we could really help friends with the gifts we send: - I am lacking max potion, or a green raid pass, I can ask my friends ingame to send me one, and once you receive it, if another friend gifts you with another one, it goes back to the sender

[@Dannyzerk]

I believe the lack of releases is a factor, but also from their perspective, it feels as they want the community waiting and get hyped up for new upcoming releases, like paradox pokemon and such. From their view, I Think Niantic is trying not to release much at once to keep players playing. It's the way they go with other events and options, plus the nerfings and avatar update that ruin more of the game than anything else honestly.

[@Spectre-zw2hh]

Returning player. 1.The research events are chores that give limited rewards not worth the grind. I find that I lose more than I gain trying to complete these events (stardust & Daincie) 2. The good stuff is hidden behind VERY challenging and inaccessibile raids. The fact that 5 star shadow raids cannot be remote passed make them impossible for rural players. 3. Remote raid nerf is a blatent money grab and put the most fun, exciting, and rewarding aspect of the game behind a pay wall. 4. Repetitive wild spawns are incredibly boring and not worth the Pokeballs. Overall, it feels like players are getting less and less for their time, energy, and money than ever before, while also spending more and more. The work-rewarding balance is way off.

[@KnotSoProGamer]

I like the routes feature! It inspired me to get a bike and get more active. But you're absolutely right about the slow slow drip of new mons and shinies. And being in a rural area its really tough to get involved in all the big raids without breaking the bank 😢I also think you're totally right about needing more pokemon go specific mons like Meltan. I think the battle system could use some sprucing also. I hope to see some changes soon ❤

[@uhhhpersoniguess]

Their customer support is also beyond terrible. The concept is so so good, but Niantic is just a godawful company

[@tonycarletello669]

Bruhhh!!! Finally! This is so valid! Great video!!!

[@RichardSmith-pb8qk]

It’s definitely declining. I can feel it. They blew it with the remote raid nerf, but still could have bounced back. Then, they buried it with the first half of this year and honestly… I don’t think they’ll recover. The die-yards, myself included, will take a while to peter out, but with Niantic refusing to listen, with them just recycling the same bosses, and with them focusing on stuff we haven’t asked for and ignoring what we DO ask for, they can’t possibly be surprised that people are finally giving up.

[@leotang6783]

I’m fairly new player, averaging around 200 Pokemon a day still. For me, if there’s more to do, and less redundant things to do the better :) I hate animations once I’ve watched it for the 1000 time! Biomes could be nice if all released Pokemon were available just based on rarity instead of events. Catching the same thing over and over again means less chances of me going “oh wow” during the week. Raids and gyms battles are fun because there’s way less animations. Could be the same for go battles and catching Pokemon and trading?

[@pinkspot1998]

Yeah this season was revolved around more paldea pokemon being released but all weve had practically nothing. I miss when events would switch around as soon as 1 finished.

[@Schniebel89]

First the avatars, then the turkish dicount nerf, now you cant even throw balls. I wonder why player lose interest.

[@maxg0th]

I miss playing GO... like, when there were things to do I mean. I keep watching your videos waiting for a reason to open the app again. No such luck this time. Appreciate your content.

[@Sailor_Samara]

I hate how overpriced the remote raid passes are. I don’t think they should be over 150 coins. I’m still missing out on so many legendary pokemon because remote raiding is so important to get some of these. I also don’t think they cycle thru pokemon often enough. I quit playing the game for two years. I got back into the game last year and I’m still waiting on certain ones to appear to get more candies for them or better IV versions. Seeing the same ones all the time or only seeing different ones during a short event, gets frustrating after awhile.

[@iubalum2013]

@2:54 Count bringing the receipts! Well done.

[@blairbabylon8504]

The beldum event was such a huge disappointment. Not very many spawned. I got almost no XL candies from all the catches. Very disappointing.

[@Spencerguitarplayer]

What beldum event?

[@pokepizza]

People aren't quitting the game just because of the lack of Pokémon. It's the behavior in the way that Niantic is acting towards their customers. They're not treating us with respect. And they're not listening to our feedback. There's many things we don't like about this game, and Niantic refuses to understand that and consider changing something that would satisfy us. Most people in the world do not like the avatars except the devs themselves. That's the biggest thing that has triggered many to stop playing the game. Some players even had their purchased avatar items removed and back in the store due to a bug. That is absolutely anti-consumer and also illegal. Those players legit got robbed of what they paid for.

[@Polaroxide]

It’s not a big deal

[@pokepizza]

@Polaroxide Maybe not to you but to many others around the world, yes it is a big deal! Even Japan doesn't like the new avatar update, and many Japanese players have been sharing their disgust with how the new avatar models look in the game.

[@suddenlystupid1152]

I think the real problem is the aging player base. It looks like most serious players,..based on observations during events, are adults. Some kids enjoy it but teenagers think anything their parents do is lame so fewer and fewer new players will join the game. Unless Niantic does something that connects with them,..which would be like friendship gift streaks, or being able to send catch videos from in the game.

[@bh6029]

A lot of the problem is how much Pokémon has hitched their wagon to shiny Pokémon. This game is realistically about strategy and power. Since they decided to make it more of a beauty pageant, players have responded and that's all some people care about now. Appearance does not impact performance in this game but the game has fallen into a rut because now players dont care about events unless they get new Pokémon and/or shiny monsters.

[@shamebyram7285]

They need to add shadow raids to remote pass as some of us live in areas that have very little or no players to be able to raid with.

[@bradwhite5884]

Honestly, shadow raids should of been done remotely from day 1, don't need to be an in person things, the same with other in person event raids tbh, just Niantic hate on things that make us fans happy, hence why they removed nearly all the features they added into the for the covid lock down thing that made the game a lot better and where more helpful for those who cannot do things physically like wheelchair or home bound people who have disabilities, so yeah

[@shamebyram7285]

@bradwhite5884 I agree, it opens up the game for everyone and gives people a chance to catch all types of Pokémon and get the shadow versions. Overwise people with physical condition/limitations and people who live in remote areas fall behind in the game.

[@bradwhite5884]

@@shamebyram7285 Indeed, especially when it comes to such, also for those doing collection challenges and competing their dex, dunno why they reverted all those changes tbh

[@mrzitro]

Yo, Freddy, looking good!

[@mr-fh2be]

Seasonal migration for flying types would be interesting. Stop shiny locking new releases. Reworking the mechanics in gbl to be more balanced and less meta reliant ( Locking in auto picks after reaching level 15, switching from a charge move system to a count down timer on strong attacks that increases the count down after said move is used, and introducing a speed stat to ivs that determine how fast a fast move is fired.)

[@evilras]

Weirdly ive been absent from the game since 2019. Ive just rediscovered it a few weeks before they started the rediscover kanto season. Im enjoying it so far levelling up from level 27 to 36 in 3 weeks. But i can see how it would be dull for a level 50 player.

[@apokemongoaccount]

In my opinion they are so scared of releasing content for the future of the game that they are forgetting about the present.

[@rastaboo3607]

I can see what you're saying, but Niantics HUGE problems is taking the humanity out of its relationship with their player base. They could care little about disabilities, they completely ignore the community on MULTIPLE occurrences, failure to fix crucial issues with pillars in their game (GBL, etc), while being able to jump all over stuff that doesn't matter and is completely innocuous. It could be the whole 'we don't care if your avatar was your friend, here's a new one.' It seems that at every single point, they could give an eff less count. I think we want it to be about these things, but the company is only about money, and when that's simply the driving force, instead of catering to your audience and let them pay your bills, you tell them to lump all of their concerns with AI responses, deaf ears on social media, and a LACK of accountability with their product. But yes, Pokemon are the issue ... eventually. Great vid count.

[@Silvery1313]

Hi Freddie! :D Good boi!

[@ryanschoonover4699]

Community Days only being 3 hours is also a huge factor, at least for me. I work weekends and obviously I’m not the only one.

[@LoveFreak18]

At the start I did GBL and got a shiny cobalian from that, then they decided to move legendries to the top tier of wins and you still would get a stupid pollywag. the grab bag of the weekly research was a factor for me as well, I looked forward to doing my daily spin each day to work towards a mon I wanted for good ivs or a shiny chance, but the pool aspect was just another middle finger on Niantic's FU sandwich to the players. The remote raid pass nerf was rather stupid but at the same time understandable, if people can just play from home then they don't get out to move around, maybe they could have fixed that with some sort of research that rewarded a daily remote pass for walking a certain distance or something. I don't know how the recent avatar debacle is impacting trainers leaving the game, I haven't played much for months now (mainly just community days). Pokemon go always seemed to be a game set in it's ways, made more for the developer and not the fans, here's the game here is how you play and if you don't like that there's the door.

[@stephenpetrovich2383]

I pretty much only hunt for shinys at this point, unless I have a specific task to do something....what I think would be cool would a way to increase shiny chances, like the daily incense...make there be some sort of way to get this incense thing...but not too easy...but not as ridiculous as the galarian birds...i gave up on the need to use the daily incense....here nothing great that spawns because of it for me.

[@nasimadolly1108]

Can anyone make me clearly that is necrozma a legendary or ultra beast?

[@marmyyetter5674]

Hi, Freddy!

[@Mauu7n7]

Hi Freddie 👋😊

[@mrcteddy20]

Also still waiting on megas for Pokemon like Lucario, who have been advertised since they were initially released.

[@olddog2706]

Mega 2.0 about to be released in main game ZA , while pkm go still not released all the mega from the Og list. Like common man

[@russkidj19zeta7]

i would totally dig it if there were exclusives that could be moved into the main games, especially if they went as far as giving them move pools and stats like you would see in the main games. it's because of scarlet and violet having that brief moment before the dlc dropped that i could get pokemon i couldn't yet catch in the game, in the game, that basically got me onto GO, at all. from the get go i saw POGO as the great value option for the real games. it's kinda disheartening that now i'm getting into it, it's basically falling off, from the sounds of it.

[@babyseal8822]

Especially the fact that we wont get any new pokemon game this year, but i think they still cant go all out on paldea mon yet until they release gen 8 starter (they always put upcoming starter in anniversary poster, except 2022) and they mostly release it after few months, also this year will became 8th anniversary of pogo and i wont suprise if galar starter appeared on the poster

[@kingenemythegreat3829]

Yesterday Spotlight hour was trash I didn’t get no shiny nor 3 stars of hionchan and hitmonlee

[@GoldStandard000]

The events being mostly unimportant are a big reason. New releases definitely a factor too. I definitely think they are holding some stuff back for the summer months.

[@UnableToLoadUsername]

I think one of the things I really don't understand, is how games like Pokemon Unite can have such fun and interesting costumed pokemon, but Pokemon Go's are very tame in comparison more often than not. Just not sure why they can't start adding stuff like this. On top of that, I feel like they could lean on the Shadow versions more as well so as to promote more people to work on completing those pokedexes. Maybe consider breaking out the shiny pokedex into Shinies and Shadow Shinies/Purified Shinies. Just more things to add to longevity of the game.

[@thndercat1]

Lagging a lot and it’s getting so hard to find or get new Pokemon

[@evilras]

Trubish was a great way to farm stardust tho!

[@mrcteddy20]

There should be a new season or very long event for Pokemon from Sword and Shield, we still don't have the starters and many others. The games themselves came out in 2019 so it's been 5 years since they could've added them bit haven't.

[@pambulama973]

Ps love your puppy dog 😍

[@picsl8ed867]

I respectfully disagree. I remember when this game used to be nothing but 1st gen, and I was happy. The reason why is because the core gameplay was also better. For example: The gym system was fantastic back then, and it was exciting to take down enemy gyms. Today it's not even a fight, it's just 1shotting enemy pokemon and scrolling through menus for several minutes. That's BORING, and the reward was cut in half! We used to get 100 pokecoins for doing this, now we get 50 and no stardust. They added PVP and raids, but both are extremely lackluster. PVP feels like rock paper scissors, and not in your favor since we know it uses an algorithm to match people. Raids excluded the rural players, and having most legendries locked to them essentially cut out half the focus of the game from that point on. And I'll be entirely honest, I don't like having so many events they overlap now. Not a fan of fomo sh*t. I enjoyed this game a LOT more when I felt like I could put it down for a week, and not miss out on anything.

[@user-iq4sq7ux3n]

I completely agree with You. I cannot recall a meta relevant Pokemon being released… Just as a game: the last meta relevant new Pokemon is probably Frigibax, I play Pokemon GO every (but I am not a hardcore player…) sofar I have encountered five… What else did we get? Maybe You can count Annihilape (for PvP) and Clodsire but those are “only” PvP Pokemon… Larvesta and the other rare egg hatch Pokemon are pay walled and You simply cannot get them either What was the last meta relevant raid attacker Pokemon newly released into the game and when was that? I would probably say Kartana, but if I’d ask for a non legendary (non ultra beast…) Pokemon which You can hunt in the wild, which one would You nominate as the latest meta relevant raid attacker?

[@near3d945]

The last Meta PVE pokemon we got was Mega Heracross and the valentine's day Elite raid one i dont know the name. But if your talking about in the wild I think your right.

[@karlembleton4042]

I wish there was something to do with my pokemon besides leaving them in gyms for a limited reward (50 Coins) or levelling a handful for PVP and Raids, the game's problem is that it is boring and very little imagination goes into its development in my opinion, would enjoy hearing how you would improve the game or new features you could imagine Count Jinsula! Thanks :)

[@michaelfragoso6572]

They should release all the mythical Pokémon as a method to complete the Pokédex in the main games

[@TheACcam]

I uninstalled the game when they messed with the remote raids last year and never looked back.

[@danielmalinen6337]

A lot of Kalos, Alola, Galar and Paldea pokemons are still missing, but all Legend Arceus pokemons have been released recently.

[@vatarants]

I hope they hide some legendary pokemon or guarantee shiny in some very hard to find place. For example, top zone of Mt. Everest. And just don't throw them into the public easily. That would be so interesting for collectors.

[@LoveFreak18]

from day one Pokémon go was a game with only one goal, to get people outside and socializing with others. The remote raid passes failed because they allowed people to play solo which distracted from Niantic's core play style. Now it's a bit more of a divide between run out for hours and catch things versus spend additional hours on end battling in pvp to rank up esport style, probably the route the game is going. I think the main failure is the lack of value gained from the game versus energy expenditure for many people.

[@trentcofaxmtg7501]

The remote raid nerf has me struggling wish they could at least double it

[@shamebyram7285]

They should also allow for more remote raids and reduce the cost of remote raid passes and allow you to open unlimited amount of gifts but only one of them a day counts towards your friendship growth.

[@RichardSmith-pb8qk]

Also, the ComDays and raid bosses have absolutely sucked for the most part this year. I have had ZERO interest in all raid days save one so far, and May will be no exception. I haven’t joined any raid hours save one, no raid days except MewTwo and Mega Heracross (and Kyogre/Groudon origin forms). If GoFest this year is a bust I may well consider taking some time off.

[@RichardSmith-pb8qk]

And if I do that, it’s unlikely I’ll come back when I realize I’m not missing much.

[@egosworldegosworld5373]

I don’t mind the lack of pokemon but Niantic have been nerf pokemon go the most compared to their other games so much 😢

[@WolfenYT]

We still miss almost all Galar mons

[@MarkRinaldi-rp7ip]

The updates are killing the game, avatars and go snapshot is awful

[@pambulama973]

Well said and great ideas. Wish you were working at Niantic. Thankyou

[@CountJinsulaOfficial]

Even if I was, I don't think I would make any difference considering how the higher-ups are running it :(

[@donaldebert692]

I would like to see more research with decent rewards and that is not filled with things like "Spin a Pokestop 15 days in a row" or Catch a Pokemon 30 days in a row. It should not cost anything to do it and it should not be timed. I would play more and catch more, even if the spawns wern't that good, if there was a reason. Maybe have different research in the store. You could go to the store and select one you want to do.

[@shadowdrakes]

To be honest if Niantic is showing down due to getting caught up to main games, I'd think its time to begin partnering with Pokémon to create either new Pokémon or new forms. Like imagine very specific shadow Pokémon actually evolve to a new Pokémon or make shadow Mega's

[@MrWhitmen1981]

They just don’t have an idea what they are doing. They need to move raid hour to Friday would be the perfect time to build the friendships in the community. They don’t know what they are doing.

[@rrogers2370]

Good. They need to get a clue.

[@thiagolima4677]

Meltan appears in Alolla anime

[@rneves43]

Niantic doesnt create, just copy and re-use assets. Their creativity is close to 0, even event pokemons just get a hat or a flower crown. Shinies is the only thing they can control to keep some of the players. The biggest issue imo is mainly the selected wild spawns, only the dragon week some months ago was interesting enough, not to mention the Last com days.

[@bizz1331]

I was a daily hardcore player from day one. I have scaled back probably 90% in the last year since the raid nerf. I’m not even a raider but just kind of soured me to the game. I also think the game is just so stale.

[@nicolebacon3230]

biggest problem is you can't access it, two of us in this household have the same kind of phones and over the last three weeks it went from very buggie to not even being able to get in for more than half a second. The game is just to glutten and resource heavy, seriously 12 gig ram requirement is rediculous on a phone.\ unless you are rich and can get the most recent phones every 6 months.

[@anthonyc4999]

Had my phone for 3 years and it still works, can’t expect to have an iPhone 5 and it still run well smfh

[@DarkReefRising]

Your dog is a cutie bro 😁

[@botanist62]

One thing they don’t realize is that aLOT of us have been playing for 8 YEARS. Meanwhile, our lives have changed to adulting from the carefree days of youth. During the pandemic, we relied on affordable and unlimited remote raids to connect with our global communities so we could still collect those legendaries through raids when our kids went to sleep. Niantic will NEVER recreate the phenomenon that Pokemon Go was in 2016. But I am sure they have stats on their loyal players who have played since 2016, and we are getting bored. When we all just quit, the game is in big trouble.

[@wesleylebron3840]

First of all Freddy is so cute second of all I don’t understand why niantic keeps on skipping all over the Pokédex ever since the kalos region

[@bobbyrdayton9866]

Idk, that's definitely a big reason but how does that affect newer players? Who haven't caught a quarter of the Pokemon released already ? I'm a newer player I have plenty of Pokemon too catch still but I'm close too quitting because of crazy lag now with the biomes the messed up avatars the events are feeling just thrown together with no care or thought...raises in prices, I can keep going IDC that there's not as many new pokemon but I still have many serious problems now u add less new pokemon too older accounts n yes pokemon go has made it's home in the toilet n it's sad

[@HotShiznit]

Events were one of the worst things they’ve ever come up with. Most of them are awful. Imagine for a week straight seeing the same sh*t spawns. It goes against what a Pokémon game is!

[@mythicalcreaturesfantasy]

The Pokémon Go Security for the game could be way better then it is at the moment .

[@ovxk1014]

The most important thing was the look and aesthetic of pokémon. If you are not dead set on that art style there's nothing stopping players from collecting on any other game...we might as well split our investments on Digimon now right? Since looks Don't matter 😂

[@llusix]

i like the remote raid pass nerf, go outside explore and catch them the way a trainer is supposed to

[@alightinthesky7586]

my problem is lack of storage too boring to chose and delete good pokemon

[@Polaroxide]

U don’t need that many keep the best and trash the rest u don’t need 5,000 pokemon

[@alightinthesky7586]

@@Polaroxide if you play for some years and do raid, pvp and collect even just legends and shinnies, yah maybe you can delete but the choices are annoying as hell, which shinny do i trash, which powered up to 40 do i trash, do i trash old pvp meta that i powered up and took me long years to find, what if it comes back? so if you go out for a walk how many hard choices u need to make 10 20 30? u spend more time, stopping the walk to delete more, getting gut punched, rather than just casually catching and go like when i started was just go go go.. so when i cant even walk casually, is when it died for me, now they increased storage and im picking it up but in some days.... back to ok let me trash this legendary so i can keep walking, it kills the game for most that need to start deleting good pokemon, makes it less fun, and defeats the purpose of going out exercise and have fun when u need to constantly chose and delete, the yearly small storage increase is the lifeline, but its a dead end for pokemon go, sadly

[@Polaroxide]

@@alightinthesky7586 yeah I been playing since 2016 and have yet to hit 4,000 pokes I just keep relevant ones and trash ones that suck lol I go through monthly and make sure I am caught up and a-z all mine and keep my storage clean and tight only keep one shiny family in dex and save one shiny for a trade and trash the rest like with community days if I catch 50 shiny I trash 47

[@krushking643]

The pokemon release problem can be solved by making regional pokemon global or rotate them

[@JohnTruempy]

Before they can add more pokemon it might help if they just stop pushing players away. Community days are great till you see the numbers declining. Remote raids are only good if you have other paid members to join you. You can't go on any youtube, social media, game chat without the Avatars being brought up. even a flood of new pokemon is not going to get people back and caring if they are just not happy with Niantic.

[@EddieJiuJitsu]

Fresh cut Freddie in the building

[@Stroked302Mustang]

Cost to play how I want to play and bullshit temp bans made me quit

[@CrowziYT]

Give us costume community day.

[@NoName-pi3dx]

I want my native refresh rate back.

[@ichikanozomi2978]

as long as there not egg lockdd

[@Sokobansolver]

They need more mythical special research that isn't pay to win.

[@macelius]

People get sick of just waiting to pay for the next cooler looking pokemon. They need to bring some competitive goals back for those that don't like to PvP specifically. It's simple: make gyms pay by the hour/day, then there's actually a reason to try to win over and defend gyms, and build good gym defenders, not just put some silly mon in in hopes that it hangs around a better part of 8 hours before being knocked out. I have some mons in gyms in low population areas for almost a month, while in high pop areas they churn every few hours!

[@alvinwhitehead1069]

Just want regigigas and darkrai!!!

[@Cluckenstein]

As a long time pokemon fan pokemon go has always been a disappointment, we just play it because there's no alternative.

[@strikerz2912]

I don’t see anything wrong, they always have something to do. I would like to have different Pokémon in 7 km eggs, change all eggs every month

[@Lupinemancer87]

Pokemon GO, a game about catching Pokemon in the real world, so ofc we are not gonna give you Pokemon to catch. In fact, we've decided to skip Gen 8 and go straight to Gen 9 reducing the amount of Pokemon one can catch.