*THE REASON NIANTIC DOES NOT CARE WHAT YOU THINK* about Pokemon GO anymore

My thoughts on why Niantic does not care what we think anymore
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[@dannnnny86]

Once the game ends up shutting down for whatever reason in the future, you just know Niantic is going to blame the player base for it.

[@lemonz1769]

It’s an evergreen product. It’s not going to shut down so long as Pokemon remains a popular IP.

[@bradwhite5884]

Well, seems like Niantic are purposely tanking their products including PoGo, this is all of their plan to get the game to shut down so they can get rid of the IP and Nintendo/GameFreak old over this, but that's my theory tbh

[@hantyumi95]

​@@bradwhite5884 running it to the ground. Making themselves look bad on purpose to get cut off by game freak and the Pokemon company. I'm sure it's expensive keeping it running

[@basedjj93]

@@bradwhite5884ehh that sounds a bit conspiracy-ish. But shit who knows

[@tomasramirez2914]

@@lemonz1769there are side games that had shut down before Pogo came around.

[@MasterBamarah]

Maybe a change in Management is what Niantic needs for Go to get better…?

[@bradwhite5884]

Niantic need to sell off all their assets (all their games too, active or no longer active) to a better company, that's what I think tbh, Niantic does not deserve what they do and need to sell all their assets to someone else, so yeah

[@Houndlock643]

Or rather a silent takeover; akin to Musk’s acquisition of Twitter/X

[@calhimself6552]

@@bradwhite5884 yea boy, sell the ip’s to someone who gives a crap. I would trust any one of you reading this to love Pokemon more and do a better job.

[@jonaskarlsson5901]

@@bradwhite5884 imagine if meta bought it. We would be walking outside with big AR headsets in no time LOL

[@JohnTruempy]

It's a private company they are not going to do that. The top took their money when the money was good.

[@BA0777]

Great for speaking clearly and with no fear of retaliation Poke Ak. I'm from Costa Rica and watch a lot of content creators and PvP in Spanish but you're one of my favorite English speaking PokeTubers.

[@Axecon1]

I've been playing Pokemon Go since Day 1 but I find myself playing significantly less now than I ever had. The last two years Niantic has made some pretty boneheaded decisions and the in-game events have been super crappy relative to the early game events. I'm not buying a Go Fest ticket this year for the first time. Honestly, the only thing keeping me in this game is I want to catch all Unowns, Mega Evolutions, and Arceus/Manaphy before quitting for good.

[@Axecon1]

@@bobbyrdayton9866 I don't think I'm really missing out. Solgaleo, Lunala, & Necrozma will be available to all players and Marshadow will become free later on next year Spring. The other bonuses this year don't seem worth the price.

[@babydollbecca]

​@Axecon1 Everything always comes back, you're right. Niantic's decisions since 2021 has made the game pretty stale and stunted their growth. Nerfed spawns, remote passes, quality boxes, gym system, rocket grunts, and nerfed their own integrity 😢

[@basedjj93]

@@Axecon1and mega ray is coming back in July-August!!!

[@GwendolynDHill1234]

They properly never Arceus/Manaphy before GTA 6 announcement for PC (TBA)

[@Lylizabeth]

@@GwendolynDHill1234go fest

[@calhimself6552]

Niantic is just bitter they couldn’t branch out from Pokemon and all their other games failed, that’s why they only spite-support it.

[@mom2artists]

the only reason their game is successful is POKEMON fans; no one cares about peridot.

[@Shizaya4ever]

@@mom2artists I care about Peridot. I like it more than Pokemon at this point and I gave up on the Pokemon show after Dawn and never played the other Pokemon games

[@somedude8873]

@@Shizaya4ever You’re a tiny minority my friend.

[@Angelfirelord]

@@Shizaya4ever gonna be a dead game in a year, just like the vast majority of Niantic's games.

[@Shizaya4ever]

@@somedude8873 True

[@XavierP333]

Stop giving money to a company that don't give a f**k about you.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Yeah

[@MikeNerdlaw]

The worst thing a company can do, even worse than ignoring, is to disable comments. Thanks for telling it like it is my dude!

[@spacemannick1251]

i have not really played the game since the remote raid update. here and there ill play for like an hour on a comm day, other than that i don't really touch the game anymore.. sad days bc pogo really cured my depression at one point in time. till they actually care about the game i don't really care anymore. only time will tell if the game can ever seem fun again

[@dannnnny86]

Talking about the players who spend money on the game, I remember that the first HearUsNiantic had quite an impact. A lot of KZbinrs refused to spend money or raid until the radius of the player reverted to its increased state, and I really respected that. But there was one KZbinr that made no mention of HearUsNiantic, just kept spending money, just kept raiding non stop, just kept hunting for new shinies. So that’s when I realized Niantic will always have their cash cows and most players who throw money at the game will have a hard time to stop.

[@lemonz1769]

They learned their lesson from the first “Hear us Niantic.” They increased communication and response to online feedback….and the people never stopped and expected them to listen to everything. Besides Google, Nintendo and TPC are majority investors in Niantic and at the end of the day this is their game, Niantic is just the developer. TPC and Nintendo are always getting hate and public complaints about their products but they don’t have open communication with the community and follow their vision. Niantic is following their lead in the way they handle Go.

[@JuanJunior-b4r]

Let me guess JTValor right 😅

[@babydollbecca]

​@@lemonz1769I take this comment was sarcasm?

[@ItIsMeJamesE]

I used to be a whale but I can't justify giving them money further it's one of my main games but I have a soul.

[@rjb639]

The only problem I have with these statements is that Niantic did lose half of its revenue. And they had to cancel games and fire people. So they are not doing too well

[@McSkinny336]

You can tell that by their 20, 30 and 50 dollar featured boxes in the store… 😳

[@ericp1139]

At the very least, boycott spending coins on outfits. They will definitely have to notice a drop in that aspect.

[@udajs]

I can't do that because I have never purchased avatar items. :D Only incubators, raid pases and premium items.

[@TylerorT93]

Everyone will still buy raid tickets, etc. But I can see avatar item purchases going down. I wish I could see the graph sales chart for just that.

[@babydollbecca]

​@@bobbyrdayton9866Women are gone now. Only heavier women feel included and women's representation was already too small in gaming. Plus the hands and feet are dirty, the faces are ugly. There were a lot of people on social media that liked to have style competitions.

[@great-white-lynx825]

​@@bobbyrdayton9866Look at the model and try to say it isn't ugly. Niantic did good with the new biome backgrounds, how did they mess up with the player model?

[@corriszucs4066]

@@bobbyrdayton9866 They suck for females, no curves unless you make your avatar fatter. Only one face with pink lips and it looks weird..the rest are all ghost face with colorless lips. My son wanted the cesar cut but it makes him look like K.D Lang

[@asseyez-vous6492]

@@bobbyrdayton9866It depends on if you’re a bloke and what outfit you’re wearing. The original avatar (female) is my body type. Now I have no waist and huge man hands and feet. So, outfit is all black and not going to be changing any time soon. Tasks that include avatar items? Pffft, forget it.

[@impactsuit9871]

@@bobbyrdayton9866 It´s sad you cannot see the difference...

[@ddfbzfgh]

I don't understand why they didn't just include a gender neutral avatar option? Why take away the male and female options? It's almost as though someone in management is trying to get revenge. Like they grew up being bullied into identifying male or female and now that they're in a position of power they want everyone else to suffer the same way they suffered growing up which is not being able to identify however you want.

[@184Switch]

The problem is, the men are still men (though much less human lol), but the women are now gender neutral. If it neutralised both genders then sure, but just the women is weird.

[@riggsvsoliver]

@@184Switchbut but but reeeeeeee equality, or something, remove women by adding more men who think they’re women 😂 equality! According to certain groups

[@impactsuit9871]

Did you see their community manager?

[@JasonPlayZ_MainChannel]

They really need to listen to feedback to see what they can fix *this is why I barley play anymore

[@chrisjohnson748]

The company has really not listened to us in first place.

[@Ace360gamer]

Many poketubers promote the whale lifestyle by spending tons of money on incubators and raids. I understand that this is their livelihood, but some content creators care much more about their pockets and addiction to this game more than the health of the game as a whole. There’s too much of a conflict of interest for big change to happen. The remote raid change is a prime example. Some KZbinrs were more upset that there was a raid limit then the price being doubled, and then spend Ludacris amount of money when they “remove” the limit. There are many content creators that have a healthy balance of content and honesty, but others are pathetic in how easily they will bend to the will of niantic and their content. Again conflict of interest from the people with a voice of this game is why things won’t change. Next time you are wondering a content creators stance on hot topics in PoGo, see how many incubators they have and remote raids they do for your answer.

[@Theparadoxd7]

Gotta say this is one Trainer Tips has been the most consistant on.

[@christina5354]

It doesn't help that when people continue to complain about remote raids or the avatars on Social Media after the initial outrage dies down they get told to "stop whining and deal with it" or "cry harder" by their peers. So the people that are still trying to be vocal and hold Niantic accountable get shot down by the very same people who were upset about the change themselves, but are willing to roll over and let Niantic do whatever they want.

[@garyroache]

@7:15 - “GBL has fainted. Please wait while it recovers at a poke-center”

[@herminquijano]

You know what I hate ? My charge move is FULLY charged and I’m pressing and pressing . And some how my opponent some how beats me to the charge move ? Do you guys have the same problem ?

[@Rejii16]

It’s crazy how much fun go is in Japan compared to everywhere else. Raids always full, big player base and some cool regional pokes

[@mom2artists]

Poke AK; regarding clothing. When they made the avatar update, I went into the shop and tried to find a cool free outfit. I grabbed the sparkly gold getup. Two days later, my avatar was wearing something else. I had saved the outfit in the place where you can save it. I went and put it back on, and the game wouldn’t let me wear it because it wanted 500 coins for it. I contacted support and they tried their stupid bot help and once I said I tried all that and that I wanted them to return the outfit to my inventory since I bought it before they changed the price. Effing crickets, no response.

[@robster1321]

Niantic would of tested the avatar update and asked for opinions on it before releasing it worldwide.... So how on earth did it get approved and who did they ask??

[@ashleyberkebile5806]

The point is Niantic isn't nurturing the Pokemon franchise like other companies might

[@zombie8hunters]

Sadly,I've lost %100 of my interest in the game now... Gonna finish off my buddy ribbon on my last shiny eeveelution then sign out for the last time.... I'm even gonna spend my free coins on poffins to make it go faster... With the way it's going, it's not my cup of tea ...❤❤ Much love guys and hope some of y'all stay if you do like it❤❤

[@ashleyberkebile5806]

Niantic needs to take a page out of the company responsible for Pokemon sleep, I'd love to see guys like you and the count Jinsula cover Pokemon sleep, it's more relaxing and there's nothing to complain about

[@ogrlab]

I appreciate creators who make content about Pokemon Go, but I hate the top ramen ahh curls hanging off the top of boul's head.

[@MultiGcash]

😂😂 don’t cook homie like that

[@golden_angel84]

I appreciate the honesty of this video at the end of the day niantic will still profit and make money off those who still want to play the game but for some of the loyal dedicated players (myself included) they may take a step back and decide is it worth playing if the company don’t care about the communities opinion.

[@Smittywermanjagermanjensen]

After all the time I've spent on this game theres no way id let these little "problems" cause me to quit the game. This shit means too much to me. I love pokemon and pokemon go allows me to keep it in my life because im not a fan of the newer pokemon games on switch. Just let it go and cherish it while we still have the chance the play pogo❤

[@jeff_uchiha]

The Pokémon company should remove niantic rights off and have the game go under maintenance and have another company that would be passionate to work on the game, would be a fresh beginning

[@Fluttershiez]

I noticed a lot of the people filling up those large city raids tend to be spoofers. I don't think Niantic will lose too much money in the end.

[@dinoboyruss2288]

The games are good but we have to admit the company sucks with this being only one of the thousands of issues relating the company denying the community

[@somedude8873]

It’s so sad. Pokemon Go is easily one of the biggest cash cows in mobile gaming; hell, gaming in general. Being tied to the real world and to the Pokemon IP means they literally have hundreds of games to pull ideas from to make money, make the player base happy and still stick to their goal of getting people outside. Hell, Routes is one of their best ideas, and I theorized that they would add NPCs to them. They could easily do events on routes, NPC trainer battles dependent on buddy Pokemon or an event, Legendaries on Routes… (Im hoping we some more utilization of routes with ZA coming out, we’re definitely getting a Zygarde cell event when ZA comes out) Ugh. I just wish they’d communicate instead of clamming up.

[@JohnTruempy]

I did not stop playing just spending. The thing is the players that are still the whales need the trickel players. The cost of a game never goes down. They did layoffs a year ago, even before this. They cut back with the tent pole company. They are really spending time promoting the other products. But staff is going to want raises taxes. Bills will go up. The current remaining whales may carry them for a while, but will they be enough?

[@Pokemon_Trainer_Red]

Am New York City but am not buying anything else just free passes . I already got the go fest tickets. Nothing after that

[@Toddis]

It does piss me off thinking about how awful Niantic is at running a game, while I'm buying pokecoins for the third time that day 😆

[@shahazhakim6919]

Please stop purchasing, let em feel it. No more nia tic, means no more fomo. Stop giving your money to a company that's doesn't care about their customer.

[@Dannyzerk]

Also got to keep in mind that Niantic has other games and projects going on. Even if many boycott Pokemon Go, Niantic can do the "let's go to the next cash cow" way, and get rid of Pokemon Go, not caring at all and hunt for the next money making game. If people want to truly want to boycott, they need to boycott the company and not just the game honestly

[@emanuelfer456]

And the game is just applying for ESG money given by governments + most of their profit is from selling data

[@COMZ96]

None of their other games are anywhere near as successful, that's why they're milking PoGo players...

[@COMZ96]

@@emanuelfer456 That's what they want you to think, I have a hard time believing that they make more off of location data than people shelling out 5s, 10s, 20s, and the occasional 100s. I have met a surprising number of people who don't bat an eye at spending $20+ on Pokemon Go regularly. They probably make more consistent money from location data and they might make slightly more over all but to say what they make from the store is insignificant compared to what they make from location data sounds off.

[@theshotgundog]

I think the entire commute is fed up with and done with Niantic. Issue is most ppl who enjoy the game aren't done with the game. Everyone agrees EFF Niantic as a company, but damn, still enjoy that game.

[@tumekemuch]

A platform not caring about their player community is unprofessional and then not fixing the issues they have in their game is bad business

[@Polaroxide]

cant wait til zygarde full form is in raids

[@ovxk1014]

I think that Niantic and social media is skewing the information they're trying to make it seem like people moved on.. and in other countries like my friends in the Philippines, they don't understand that it really is a battle against this kind of media in America

[@HarbingerYT]

I can sum it up in one question. Why bother trying to please your playerbase if you know it's full of suckers who will play regardless of how badly you treat them? It's like an abusive relationship.

[@PlayKun]

You are forsure right, Pokémon go is my hobby and my girls hobby on our free time lol we have a ps5 and we only use that for Netflix and Hulu. Sometimes we play fall guys but I don’t think I’ll ever quit pokemon go since me and my girl both been playing since 2018, great video also

[@roadsofjapan6009]

One point , raid days go to the mall here in Japan 50% of the people are on their phones doing raids and our malls are packed. Gym control here it’s shares one team does night run one team does day run no one knocks them out till that gyms made the coins for the players , remote invites I get worried to send invites to my Japanese friends cause they keep accepting them…. I mean it’s got me I walk 10km a day playing and that’s in the country side. Go to a main train station it’s crazy 😂

[@COMZ96]

Stop giving them your money, period. It's beyond become beyond stupid at this point, vote with your wallet. Their priorities have been messed up from the start, the game need's a massive overhaul. They need to fix the most basic of features and have from the start! Why won't they make batting and trading with your friends fun, that's what Pokemon is about.

[@doughboyz0]

Honestly the one thing Ill be buying from POGO is the shiny mythical field research because finding shiny jirachi legitametly in the mainline games is basically impossible.

[@azimuthclark462]

My hometown was tuned into a 3rd world hell hole. People don't come here anymore. No one comes to play Pokemon go. Theres no community. Back in 2018 it wasn't as bad, but now it's horrible. I hope where you live it still resembles America and Haiti.

[@biondu8699]

I feel you too. This game just only makes real sense for Japan and USA big cities...

[@biondu8699]

@AustrianPainters_TopGuy 💀

[@RhondaLeaKirkFries]

I gave up and uninstalled in February. I continue to maintain my Discord, but even with nearly 500 members, there's little activity. Pokémon GO could be the perfect game, but unless the megalomaniac-in-charge is cured of his control freakiness, nothing will change. I'm sad, but otherwise my life is far happier now.

[@herminquijano]

I feel The same Way bro .

[@Buster5ive]

I haven’t touch the game after the avatar update. I moved on. Although I still watch videos related to Pokemon Go.

[@abhijeetborkar8137]

My masterball from previous research is missing. I am 100% sure I've not used it nor discarded it. I contacted Niantic support and they're seriously not responding properly. Sending automated replies and not helping at all. Really disappointing experience.

[@NeronDc]

There was someone that we met while playing POGO that had two master balls, but one disappeared suddenly. They contacted Niantic and they confirmed data, showed that the player did have two master balls and when it changed to one, the data shows that they hadn't used it. Niantic advised there is nothing they can do about it.

[@tORIpeejbJorK]

AK, I love you in this video - so balanced and chill, and many good points made 😊

[@dolphin1975]

With players willing spending why should they worry.

[@rjb639]

Finally, I live in Toronto, lobbies don't fill up unless it is something special

[@LapisTiger]

I uninstalled when those horrific avatars made their debut. I will now focus my attention on trolling Niantic and playing other games

[@lemonz1769]

Pretty balanced and thoughtful take.

[@Blueblur599]

Because they are to deep in our pockets 😂😂😂

[@Quackerz2023]

Noticed how the "comp" side of pvp like to gaslight us Try to make out like it's fair, that theirs no manipulation. For example lag. Someone playing will have lag and the commentators are like "hey see even pros get lag, nothing shady to see here" Bullshit Man I'm sorry if I'm ranting I'm just rlly pissed off, it's like it doesn't matter how good you are you'll never reach certain ranks, Why try to make a comp scene as if its something everyone can do? That's gonna put a lot of hope into ppl who think because they're skilled at the game, that they can pursue it as a career type thing? When reality is, they will be stuck at 50%ish win rate at all times, and it'll waste their time and effort. Been thinking about the problems in this game and how it could affect ppl, there's probably 100 more ways it can be damaging for people , especially if they're trying to kind of make a living out of it idk. Even just the time/money investment is incredible for niantics lack of awareness and lack of morals to the people who put food on their fckn table

[@waveydon2343]

Yea I slowed down alot and stop making videos but if it's not going to get fixed then I'm just going to go back and play

[@chrissanatee5435]

I use to spend lots of money but I stopped and I soon stop playing cause its getting boring

[@corriszucs4066]

I've been going hard since 2021, never missing time unless I absolutely couldn't play but lately I'm just missing events, going days without playing and even some days, not opening the app!! My sons introduced me to Balders Gate3 and I'm obsessed but that's been since Nov so it's not just that but seeing the difference with how those creators treat their customer base vs Niantic..is just night and day (obviously the games are too but..) and it makes it harder to wanna support their constant shadiness. What player wants the graphics on their avatar to look worse when they've been waiting so long for an update? What fan wants to pay for things they previously had for free? What fan wants to be scolded for how they enjoy to play the game? My 14 year old niece had to lie to make an account when she was 13..like wtf? Can't have 2 accounts? Why??? Yeahhhh..I think I need to scale back cause this hatorade I'm drinking is giving me too much gas 🤣🤣

[@Angelfirelord]

The thing about the whales is that they are only whaling while there are other players to show off to. If most of the average players quit/stop caring/barely play, the whales also move on. Sure, 10,000 whales monetary-wise might be better for Niantic, but, if the whales have no one to show off to, it is over. And right now, tons of normies have dropped off. My community is barely alive, most of those remaining are free to play and only 2 whales remain.

[@baddragonite]

Unrelated: I like the Team Rocket Jacket you rockin

[@DeathSniper4201]

PoGo is taking a turn for the worst… the people still raiding are the spoofers that Niantic will do nothing about…. Soo of course it’ll still go on

[@homieoliver680]

I say this is going to fail, people want things that they could prob never get back, example the remote raid cost went high and people didn’t like that but it’s now 2024 and their prices didn’t go down meaning that the company doesn’t care.

[@drew4176]

i remember when niantic took over every one bashed niantic and essentially predicted these recent days

[@AdamGaron686]

Lols I had a battle start before the word GO happened - full service- lucky I was tapping already 😂

[@aligok7330]

well they also cut alot of their purcheases by messing coin pricess in Turkey which is still an issue and anyone in major groups i know literally stopped buying a single coin (also spoofers and stuff probably)

[@Toddis]

As for the community leaving comments This cowboy hat Caterpie everyone constantly comments about, more than anything else, isn't in the game, so that says something

[@Shizaya4ever]

Oooo is it a Mandela Effect?

[@Toddis]

@@Shizaya4ever do you know what the cowboy Caterpie is? I don't

[@Shizaya4ever]

@@Toddis I think it was a limited special edition Pokemon but I don't really know.

[@jaredfry6446]

I’m going to keep saying it. The neglect of Gen 8 is upsetting. I know you, Poke AK, prefer the old gens, which is fine, but my goodness they mishandled it all. They wanted to match the release SV, but what about the release of SwSh? Didn’t care then I guess.

[@meliodas5136]

Problem is if you youtubers dont stop doing stuff then we have no chance as you guys have the power to change things not the normal player.

[@Voices_29]

Great video!!

[@jakejaydog7366]

I can't lie I don't like the avatar update but I don't even look at it so don't really mind to much it's bad but still one of my favorite games on my phone

[@TreFKennedy]

Dope vid Ak

[@baddragonite]

I recently got back into the game, I don't care for the avatar changes, doesn't affect me much, but I can see why alot of people hate it tho. The one that really makes me more likely to not stick with the game and fall off again is the remote raids issue

[@plazem5016]

What should I do if I bought clothes and they took them back without refunding my pokecoins back and I have to buy those clothes again ? I contacted them four times and haven't had a reply yet.

[@Quackerz2023]

Just wanna say the recent update that's fckd pvp up even more is really passing me off. Having to deal with a game that mix and matches you with people on purpose to force you to win/lose is hard enough as it is. Lag was less of an issue. Now it's fckn both, why the fuck are they making you 'skip turns'? My Internet is perfect bro, no issues on any other app/device. I was gonna hit veteran for the first time, and 3 sets in a row, I had a move, that move was my win. I'm tapping the fckn thing and it's just farming up? I lost so many games back to back to back because of this shit. I've seen it happen with others too it's a fckn joke. They rlly need to sort this out or there'll be fuck all left for the player base to do in their game

[@st4rzyPKMN]

Hey Poke AK love your vids! ❤

[@RVFQ4881]

Everyone stop buying avatar items.

[@Smittywermanjagermanjensen]

Fr though i dont play gbl as much anymore because i swear i get matched up against the perfect movesets and pokemon to wipe me off the map lol and i used to think of myself as a pretty good player in gbl too

[@LoveFreak18]

I wonder how many people actually pay attention to the player avatar?

[@aarontrask7105]

Niantic doesn't care because at the end of the day they know that we are all Pokemon crackheads and we will pay to get that hit

[@instinctivekingcomte3512]

Have you seen marshadows moveset😮

[@dhruvshukla280]

Hi..poke AK sir..could u cover Mega rayquaza raid day for This upcoming go fest ..as a part of Ultra unlock bonus during go fest .I got some LEAKS❤.. JUST WANT SOME CONFIRMATION FROM YOUR SIDE❤❤

[@whk4041]

This is a very very causal game!! Their target audience is the grandpa and grandma! Play the game for free at ur own pace. Don't need to feel fomo

[@acelovesit]

Boycotts do work, they've pretty much always worked. It's the reason why apartheid in South Africa was stopped. If you're only thinking about your own KZbin channel, then maybe you're being biased towards advocating a boycott. So really you're part of the problem.

[@ReptileElite1]

I’m pretty sure I recently just heard Niantic just had one of the biggest financial gain years they’ve had in a while trust me they don’t care what you have to say about them when we keep buying things from the game

[@Theparadoxd7]

Diamond City Mall? Wheres that Indonesia? Or Japan is popping up too? Just always assumed it was USA he was in.

[@ZainKhan-kg6qr]

fan base in the eastern hemisphere has no issues with spending money to get ahead. so niantic will focus on these players, i.e "singaporean grandmas"

[@StrayTato]

Lol. Pokémon Go will just stay uninstalled on my phone then. Bought a GBA SP and a copy of Pokémon Gold and I'm having the time of my life.

[@Zataonias]

you are right, they dont care. I have played for about 6 years. I uninstalled the game, time to move on too

[@antonlydahlwestrin9388]

Thats is the reason i am happy that I don't buy clods in Pokemon Go at all

[@McSkinny336]

Just over here watching a digital chicken sandwich be made… once again… As long as they keep McD’s on their wallet, maybe they’ll be okay. Getting daily gifts from them is nice on this end. I don’t have to pay for them and with McD’s current prices, they can afford it… so, maybe a rebranding will happen… Pokemon Go by Niantic, Brought to you by McDonald’s…

[@mongchang8532]

Complaint after Complaint to Niantic of Admin spoofing their location at park. Knowing they are not there in person. Driving 70 mph 20 min away and killing Admin gym. Magically they are there aswell. Pumping berry after berry. Lol, fair play disclaimers? Garbage.

[@KAVEH08]

I’ve not bought a single thing in the game since the remote change. I’ve not even spent the free coins, I currently have 9300 sitting in the account

[@Anthony-uz5tj]

no company will ever revert good chance they will fix avatar items and its being worked on now but they probably will never revert to old avatars

[@Rainos62]

pokemon go is going the naruto blazing route where it will die a death by 1000 cuts. the more major stuff that is bad that it does it slowly kills itself. go parties suck, showcases who remembers that, routes still being broken and now the avatar update being bad, slowly but surely the game is losing money its not gonna be fast but more and more people are gonna quit to the point by the time they realize enough. The first thing a gacha game does when they are losing money is increase the sales insanely several games have done this brave frontier, tales of crestoria, digimon links and ReArise all did exactly this increase the amount of money coming from existing whales because creating a whale is way harder than milking the current whales and many of them are quitting. your not going to see it right away but its going to happen. A lot of whales are fickle as well. many play multiple gachas and if they feel a gacha isnt treating them right they will jump ship without hesitation . even in place like NYC i was having trouble filling up lobbies raiding is very dead. also whales only stay in a game if they feel their is value. tons of raid whales have quit the game and now a ton of costume buffs are starting to quit. I know 3 that have quit due to the raid nerf and 2 that have quit due to avatar update. personally and from data ive seen they lost a large amount of money with this change. Whales are 2 things they are the hardest to aquire and the easiest to leave because they usually have other games they can whale on. one of them i know switched his whaling to Fate Grand Order and another one has switched to honkai. the game is struggling to keep players attentive and by the time they realize TPC will be replacing them with the next new thing. even the monetary data is showing their profits dropped heavily from the remote raid nerf and they are trying to make it up with increased amounts of tickets its always the first sign a gacha is going to collapse.

[@Pink_Pig99]

Hey can you pls expalin this I got a gmail saying somthing D.D V. NIANTIC whant does it means ?

[@PinoyZo1]

Maybe we should start being happy when they fire people from Niantic