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Pokemon GO may actually help small buisnesses

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Durden77

Member
Stories are popping up all over the place on how lures, Pokestops and Gyms are bringing Pokemon GO players to shops and businesses that they may have never went to before. And many Pokestop/Gym businesses are all on board. Places that are gyms have been seen advertising themselves as such. Shops have discounts for people that use lures there, discounts for certain teams, ect.

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GDGF said:
Finally a thread for this.

Yep. Mentioned a few times in another thread that my girlfriend runs a double decker carousel in Savannah that also happens to be a Pokestop. When Pokemon Go came out, business jumped significantly. Like double the number of riders she was getting this time last year.
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I know one of my local bars in Atlanta, Argosy, gives 2 dollar shots to anyone on the team that owns the gym next to them. It's fucking awesome.

Any local businesses in your area on this train? To me, the idea that a video game could actually have some sort of effect on the on the real world economy is fucking Zubat-shit crazy awesome.
 
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Visualante2

Member
Nintendo are going to start a revenue share with all of these small businesses trying to capitalise on their intellectual property. pokemon company lawyers will see to it.
 
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Sophia

Member
Local grocery store as well as the local library here are both gyms. The businesses initially had no clue as to why all these people are on their phones for, but they're not complaining.

My tablet crashes the game and I don't have a smartphone to play it on. Lame.
 
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gngf123

Member
I can see it. Today I took a walk and discovered a nice little art shop that was marked as a Pokestop.

Never would have discovered it otherwise.

Also there's a pub not far that is a Stop. I might go there on Friday and have a pint while luring Pokemon.
 
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RadioJoNES64

Banned
Well these fads usually die in about a week or two so I wouldn't expect a strong increase in profits for them in the long term. I'll still be playing it though because I need to be king.
 
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Makki

Member
I visited a Greek food place in Deland, Florida only because they were a Pokestop. When I saw how packed it was I decided to have lunch with my girlfriend there and OMG the flavor of that gyro.... I would have never stopped otherwise so I believe it. I will go there again next week!

dragonzdogma said:
Are Gyms randomly generated or do people put them in certain locations?
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I was told a lot of the locations are remnants of the previous game from Niantic. Markers and pictures set by an older game.

Sidenote, I walked/jogged 2 miles after work today trying to pinpoint the location of a Pikachu.... turns out my game stopped refreshing because of a glitch and it forever showed 3 steps away for it. I only realized what had happened when no Pokemons were showing anywhere.... No Pikachu and tons of exercise for no reason lol
 
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Iksenpets

Banned
massoluk said:
1. Combats American's Obesity
2. Promotes cultural/ethnic diversity
3. Teaches and promotes Metric System
4. Saves local small businesses
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I don't know about #1 anymore. I kind of cancelled out all that walking by eating at the Pokestop/kebab shop.
 
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Azuran

Banned
Killer Queen said:
I grabbed the apk and there's already tons of gyms and stops in my immediate area.
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I know, that's how I'm playing it.

But there's no socialization aspect in this country right now because the average Joe is not going to download an apk. If it's not on the Play Store, 90% of people aren't going to bother.
 
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Fisty

Member
It certainly does help small businesses, judging by how many websites are posting oodles of Pokemon GO articles
 
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LowSignal

Member
This would have been a killer app for google glass and it would have been fat advertising money for google and Nintendo
 
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TheSpoiler

Member
If businesses were smart, they'd stay on top of the popular apps in general. Even miitomo could have been utilized for its brief period. But as always, the sooner, the better.
 
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FZZ

Banned
Yeah even though I think a lot of the articles were premature as fuck

IF Niantic can keep content and players playing, this game is going to become a literal way of life for the next few years

As of right now I'd definitely call it a phenomenon, but that fact that it can even go beyond this boggles my mind

More people are playing this than any Pokemon game in history, and it's not even out in other territories across the world
 
KyanMehwulfe

KyanMehwulfe

Member
Killer Queen said:
I grabbed the apk and there's already tons of gyms and stops in my immediate area.
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yeah basically everyone I know here is playing it lol... I had no idea it wasn't officially released here if that's the case ;p friend said he must have saw 50 people this weekend stop by some 'stop' or something (dunno how it works exactly) at the superstore parking lot haha (there's a bench so they chilled) said the go traffic was crazy

heck half my apartment building seems to be playing if their WeChat is any indication hehe
 
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CrisKre

Member
True story: was battling a gym next to a small liquour store on Temple st. in in Echo Park, when the owner, an old man that had a lot of BO walks out and asks me to tell him what I´m doing with my phone. I explain to him what Pokemon GO! is and ask him if a lot of people had been coming there. He says yes, and that its creepy lol. I tell him he might want to put a sign or something and tell him it might be good for business, He says no and walks right back to his store, visibly pissed off. I decided not to get a coke there due to his attitude. Lost opportunity.
 
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Galang

Banned
Azuran said:
I know, that's how I'm playing it.

But there's no socialization aspect in this country right now because the average Joe is not going to download an apk. If it's not on the Play Store, 90% of people aren't going to bother.
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Yup. More like 99.9% I'd even say. Crazy there seems to be a decent amount of people playing it in Canada already. Personally not downloading it until it goes up officially
 
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soultron

Banned
Fascinating stuff. If this can go longer than a month, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Nintendo would be wise to try to work with businesses on this.
 
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GDGF

Soothsayer
Finally a thread for this.

Yep. Mentioned a few times in another thread that my girlfriend runs a double decker carousel in Savannah that also happens to be a Pokestop. When Pokemon Go came out, business jumped significantly. Like double the number of riders she was getting this time last year.
 
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Yaranaika

Member
Azuran said:
Still not out in Canada.

Thanks a lot Niantic for fucking up our economy even more.
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And still everyone and their grandmother is playing it here.
There are lures everywhere downtown, and even in the suburbs you will run into people playing every few minutes. Seriously, I can't hold a gym for longer than an hour.
 
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Zubz

Banned
soultron said:
Fascinating stuff. If this can go longer than a month, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Nintendo would be wise to try to work with businesses on this.
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Definitely. If they can steadily drip in content (PvP, Pokèmon interaction, Gens II-VII), I can definitely see this lasting until winter.
 
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Deleted member 17706

Unconfirmed Member
LelouchZero said:
It's amazing how Pokemon Go is helping to bring people together and has developed a strong community in such a short space of time, I don't think an App has ever done this.
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You definitely saw some similar stories with Ingress, but not even remotely on this scale. Combine that with it being based on an IP with a long history and a bit more of a casual/cooperative focus in terms of gameplay and you create an environment where it becomes really easy to meet and talk with people.
 
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Azuran

Banned
Yaranaika said:
And still everyone and their grandmother is playing it here.
There are lures everywhere downtown, and even in the suburbs you will run into people playing every few minutes. Seriously, I can't hold a gym for longer than an hour.
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Of course but there could be a LOT more if they officially released the thing. Right now it feels like nothing but typical gamers are playing which removes half the fun when it was supposed to be a game where you could meet anyone playing this if they haven't touched a PS4 in their lives.
 
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HowZatOZ

Banned
It very much is a gateway for foot traffic into businesses. I was chatting with my boss who runs a cafe and if we could create a PokeStop on our location he'd very much put down the cash for Lure Modules because we know it'd work. Also you can claim it on tax which is even better.
Azuran said:
Of course but there could be a LOT more if they officially released the thing. Right now it feels like nothing but typical gamers are playing which removes half the fun when it was supposed to be a game where you could meet anyone playing this if they haven't touched a PS4 in their lives.
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I don't know about you but everyone I've met here in Brisbane, Australia is very much not a gamer. It is hitting far and wide outside of the gamer niche, and only Pokemon could do that.
 
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