Think we will ever get another Pokemon Go like phenomenon?

Will we ever get a game this big again?

  • No, it will never be surpassed

    Votes: 13 27.1%
  • Yes, something else will come along

    Votes: 35 72.9%

  • Total voters
    48

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