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[BennyBlanco]

It was actually insane. Came seemingly out of nowhere and was the biggest thing on the planet for like a year. Everywhere I went I saw groups of people of all ages messing around with it. Parks, malls, wherever else that had those hot spots were inundated with people that first summer.

Now something like GtA6 or Mario Kart will sells dozens of millions of copies but it still seems like nothing compared to Pokemon Go. Being a f2p phone game your install base is basically endless and Pokemon is the most popular IP on earth. If they released a full blown sequel that was way better I still don't think they could replicate that first year or so's success.

 

[LordOcidax]

100% is going to happen again.

 

[HRK69]

Of course

 

[Esca]

Something will come along. I had a great time with go. My ex and I would sit in this church parking lot all night since it had 3 places to fight all in one spot if you parked in the right spot. Cops knocked on my window to see what we were doing and they lol'd and busted out their phones too for a minute when we told them.

 

[Puscifer]

Some asshole almost ran his car into my work vehicle to get into my lane and you could clearly see him playing PkmGO in the car moving it around like a fucking retard.

My only memory of this game if I'm being honest.

 

[Deerock71]

COMING SOON:
Palworld Going!

 

[Exede]

It's really hard to imagine to have a game with this impact on actual society ever again.

 

[Raven117]

Eventually, yeag

 

[Spukc]

No shit

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

everything will happen again over an infinite amount of time

 

[Draugoth]

Gta 6

 

[Plies]

The next biggest thing? Pokemon Twerk.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

I am pretty sure I saw people playing it today.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

I am pretty sure I saw people playing it today.

It's still popular in Los Angeles surprisingly

I usually spot a few people playing it when I go out doing errands

 

[IFireflyl]

The next biggest thing? Pokemon Twerk.

 

[Adapting]

Yea probably. There was that Harry Potter Unite game that had success in the beginning then it died in like a year, if it even lasted that long.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Gta 6

Will not come close to it. Install base being the huge limiting factor.

 

[Adapting]

The next biggest thing? Pokemon Twerk.

They have Pokemon Sleep
Gonna have Pokemon Twerk

Then...

Pokemon... Jerk

 

[Magic Carpet]

Dress up in squid caps and run around in public with super soakers filled with ink.

 

[CrimsonTide]

Difference is. That game got people OUTSIDE and socializing with other humans

So will we see a game like THAT again? Maybe. But not anytime remotely soon.

It forced you to "touch grass" which .000001% of all games are designed in such a way

 

[ReyBrujo]

Came seemingly out of nowhere and was the biggest thing on the planet for like a year.

Me as an Ingress player

 

[BennyBlanco]

Me as an Ingress player

I remember Jeff Gerstmann talking about Ingress a lot and thinking it sounded utterly bizarre

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

We'll have some stupid augmented reality shit with headset/glasses that everyone's playing outside at some point I'm sure. Once all that crap can be integrated into a pair of glasses

With some IP like Pokemon or Monster Hunter or Mario

And then it will happen again when we first fully integrate into some nightmare metaverse like ready player one or whatever

 

[Lambogenie]

Probably.
Depends what tech and innovation happens that can go beyond location and AR but just as easily accessible for anyone with a device. May be some other brand, who knows.

 

[Sooner]

Something will come along. It's just human nature.

 

[blacktout]

I am pretty sure I saw people playing it today.

Both of my sisters still play it, even though they were only very casual Pokemon fans before it came out.

 

[Rockondevil]

Probably not for quite some time, but it's inevitable really that something else will be bigger at some point in the future.

 

[crackajack]

"ever" No, definitely not. lol.
Furby, Tamagotchi came and disappeared with a smaller hype, but some other current or future Nintendo or Disney IP might actually be able to compare some day. It needs to be on mobile and appeal to young and old.

There are some robot dogs with some basic functionality right now. I guess once we reach close the original, this might sell like crazy. Artifical cats, dogs, hamsters, birds, fish... and girlfriends... I can totally see how not everyone but many will want one of these, with all the perfection it can provide without the negatives.

 

[struggler_guts]

No, nothing's gonnah get people out in swarms like that. Especially after covid and with how antisocial the world has become. There will be games that everybody plays and is talking about like when elden ring came out, but nothing will get people outside like that again in those numbers around the world

 

[Cyberpunkd]

100% is going to happen again.

And it will be much larger.

 

[Valonquar]

Well it def wasn't that Harry Potter Go thing they tried to push. Maybe Pokemon Go 2.

 

[MMaRsu]

Ofcourse

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

Pac-Man Fever is apparently becoming resistant to antibiotics, so expect a worldwide resurgence soon.

 

[Davevil]

yeah with pokemon go 2

 

[DeepEnigma]

IQs are dropping, so most definitely.

 

[Lunarorbit]

Definitely. Last summer on poke day or whatever it's called there were a ton of people playing and sharing.

 

[Smasher89]

We will see if the sequel, pokemon Run (after people can beat Go and Sleep) will have an actual impact.
Nah but it could be something noone predicts.

Like above, 10th year aniversary coming up next year for the game, i bet they are already planning for making that big.

 

[Bond007]

something will always come along, lol.

 

[Tommi84]

No. Pokemon GO served it's purpose and whoever wanted to, already have the data they wanted

Niantic uses Pokémon Go player data to build AI navigation system

Visual scans of the world have helped Niantic build what it calls a “Large Geospatial Model.”…

arstechnica.com