Is Pokémon Go Boosting the World's Economy.

This thread is a nice diversion from the usual Trainz griping. Whatever the pros and cons may be, I see the participants having FUN. So when did that become a crime?
 
steamboateng said:
EEEEERRRRR!
Not according to the latest Wall Street reports!
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eeeeeeeerrrrr! With Google shares going above eight hundred dollars per share at one time in the last week, how can anyone not say that "pokemon go is benefiting the world economy". Nintendo shares have fallen back due to fears of the amount of the overall revenue they will receive, but that is down to the contract with Google, Apple and another developer. There are also concerns by way of no advertising on the app at present in some parts of the world .

However, I believe that Google and Apple have stepped in to help Nintendo out with the huge amount of server space required due to the demand for the game. Also, advertising will be on the app in the next week or so worldwide according to media reports, which is also advising that current daily revenue from the game is at a staggering ten million dollars per day for Goggle and Apple.

What has become known as "augmented reality" is now seen very much as the future of gaming on the mobile platform along with virtual reality which is now developing rapidly on high end smartphones. Of coarse Microsoft now have very littles stake in a platform that has developed in a few years to become around fithty percent on the overall gaming market.

Watch out for what is to follow Pokemon Go, as it is being reported that many developers have stopped work on other game projects and platforms to get "a slice of the action". All good for the world economy as Pokemon Go and what is to follow is and will continue to get people exercizing, socialising, laughing and spending, and what could be wrong with that.

Bill
 
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I'm actually neutral on the whole Pokémon Go fad, but my Pokémon phase was short lived only when they first came out in 1999/2000. I just think Pokémon Go is just basically a heavily modernized version of the anime, trading card game, and the Gameboy Games of the same name from back in the day. I know some friends (online and offline) who are now hooked on Pokémon Go and two them even tried talking me into downloading the app and play it. I just decided not to because I have better things to do (Trainz, art, studying for driver's permit, etc.), but I have no problem with them playing it though. I have no problems with my friends having a simple hobby of collecting and trading Pokémon as long as they're doing it safely in real life.

Not only people will get injured or killed for running into traffic or going into a bad neighborhood, but they could also get their phones stolen. I learned there are jerks out there running around in public places looking to steal the latest iPhone or Samsung Galaxy from someone and trade the stolen phones in for money (e.g. using these drop-in phone machines at a mall). That's why I pay attention to my surroundings when I'm a public place while looking stuff up on my phone. I will feel sorry if I hear one of my friends get their expensive phones stolen or get injured or killed. It's really not Pokémon Go's (Nintendo/Pokémon Company or Niantic's) fault, it's the people using it is.

I am also not in the mood for the competition of collecting Pokémon since there's only one team that keeps winning every time (Team Mystic/blue) because most players choose it and I think it does get boring after awhile. Team Mystic wins, end of story you Team Valor/red and Instinct/yellow losers. I just learned that from videos and I do think that's the most boring part of the game would be besides walking around in areas that don't have Pokémon or have the same Pokemon. I also don't want to spend money on Pokepoints since I'm not passionate about Pokémon collecting or trying to "be the very best like no one ever was". I'd rather spend the money on other things than some in-app purchases for a smartphone app game that I wouldn't really care about and I did however learn that from playing Angry Birds back in 2012 for a short time.

I had some Pokémon trading cards including some from Burger King when they had Pokémon kids meal toys and I got rid of them. Now, I just learned that they can be worth money and that could be a good thing. I never had a Charizard card nor care about getting one, but I do think that's more valuable than catching a virtual Charizard in Pokémon Go. If I suddenly "catch" a Charizard, it would be a card (say it's in good condition and someone forgot about it) and I'd definitely throw it on eBay and make some money for things I truly care about like more payware Trainz content. From learning about Pokémon Go, I also think this fad is just basically a shadow of its former valuable self despite of the popularity it gets.

I'm not sure when this fad will go away since this is like a "rebirth" of the Pokémon franchise, but I do get annoyed by Pokémon stuff on the web now and it's just as annoying as the 2016 election and the ongoing Olympics in Rio which I don't really care about. I just cleanse my mind with metal, drive some Trainz, and that day when this app is no longer popular will come up.
 
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I LOL at Pokémon, when people play the game while driving a automobile at 65 mph in a 15 mph school zone, sideswiping parked cars ... there have been several dozen Pokémon related deaths
 
RRSignal said:
Pokemon Go isn't new or even vaguely original. It's just geocaching. Been around a long time. The difference is, geocaching isn't marketed primarily to 10-14 year-olds, so you don't get as many idiots traipsing around people's property or into traffic or off of cliffs, though geocaching has had issues of it's own.

Of course, we need people to spend more time with their heads buried in their phones like we need a hole in the head, but I suppose this potentially has some pluses as well as minuses. Me, I enjoy laughing at the zombies.
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Your point of view on this makes me wish there was a like button here. I have been thinking this same exact thing! As if people aren't already lost in their devices way too much, now there is a new distraction and hazard for them. And people pay attention to the world around them even less and become more anti social.
 
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