‘Pokémon Go’ Maker Nears $3.5 Billion Deal to Sell Games Unit (finance.yahoo.com)
from Syrc@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 03:11
https://lemmy.world/post/25767523

(Bloomberg) – Niantic Inc., the company behind the 2016 hit Pokémon Go, is in talks to sell its video-game business to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc., according to several people familiar with the discussions.

Representatives of Niantic and Scopely declined to comment. Scopely is owned by Savvy Games Group, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

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Carmakazi@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 03:53 next collapse

Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc.

Are they buying it for the business opportunity or the massive amounts of geolocation data to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

ShepherdPie@midwest.social on 19 Feb 03:55 collapse

to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

Gotta catch 'em all. Pokémon!

The plot is right in the catch phrase.

bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 19 Feb 04:49 collapse

to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

I will travel across the land Searching far and wide

They even specified their tenaciousness

N00b22@lemmy.ml on 19 Feb 07:16 next collapse

Oh fuck no.

They ruined Stumble Guys, don’t let them ruin Pokémon GO

otp@sh.itjust.works on 19 Feb 12:34 collapse

That sounds bad. I like Pokemon Go. What kind of ruining are we talking about?

N00b22@lemmy.ml on 19 Feb 22:31 collapse

They turned Stumble Guys p2w, not to mention that when you open the game you get like 4 pop-ups for real life money stuff

There are emotes that can punch or kick a player to get them eliminated, and these are OP and locked behind the battle pass

otp@sh.itjust.works on 20 Feb 02:37 collapse

Some people say Pokemon Go is already P2W. But as long as Community Days/shinies are still as available as they are with F2P, then I’ll stick around and even give them some of my Google Play money, lol

robbinhood@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 12:35 next collapse

I missed “Go” and thought they meant Game Freak and I was quite shocked lol

RebekahWSD@lemmy.world on 20 Feb 07:47 collapse

Can’t wait for the one free pokestop spin a day and one free Pokémon in a gym a day. Better hope multiple Pokémon don’t come home at once, you’ll be charged to let them come back and still won’t get any extra coins for it. Coins from gym are put into escrow until your watch ten ads.