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think-man on 13 July 2016

Too long. I've started unfollowing ppl now that post stuff on my news feed.



 

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Metallox on 13 July 2016

I was thinking two weeks after release on each country...



My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first. 

Nuvendil on 13 July 2016
IkePoR said:
As it gets colder outside, it will begin to slow greatly. Can't quite hunt for pokemon when there's 3 feet of snow on the ground.

That would only apply to certain regions of the world.  Plus, people still go out when it's cold in many areas unless it is REALLY cold. 



Luke888 on 13 July 2016

At this rate probably for 4/5 months, but if Niantic manges well the updates with all of the other Pokémon, PvP, trading etc. maybe more...



Miyamotoo on 13 July 2016

Really hard to tell, but I dont think it will last only few months, game becoming world fenomen and and still isn't out on most of markets, also game is already biggest mobile game in history of US.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/business/intelligence/pokemon-go-biggest-mobile-game-ever/



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JLC215 on 13 July 2016

Will taper off each week then will be forgotten When the next 3DS Pokemon comes out



Alby_da_Wolf on 13 July 2016

 

tokilamockingbrd said:
The hype will last a few weeks at most until the end of the summer, however it will not somply die out. The reason being you can do it passively. Stuck at the mall with wife or girlfriend? Catch some pokemon. At boring family reunion? Eating lunch at place.that happens to be a.Pokestop? What will die out is the hundreds of people going on all day expeditions.
IkePoR said:
As it gets colder outside, it will begin to slow greatly. Can't quite hunt for pokemon when there's 3 feet of snow on the ground.
Nuvendil said:
IkePoR said:
As it gets colder outside, it will begin to slow greatly. Can't quite hunt for pokemon when there's 3 feet of snow on the ground.

That would only apply to certain regions of the world.  Plus, people still go out when it's cold in many areas unless it is REALLY cold. 
Miyamotoo said:
Really hard to tell, but I dont think it will last only few months, game becoming world fenomen and and still isn't out on most of markets, also game is already biggest mobile game in history of US.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/business/intelligence/pokemon-go-biggest-mobile-game-ever/

 

I'm flabbergasted nobody thought about it yet:

Pokémon Go + Role-playing (and possibly cosplaying too) Pokémon-themed casual sex = 2B+ sales


And it would work even with cold weather, maybe even better.   



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Never on 13 July 2016

“The game requires couch potatoes to get off the couch, and the novelty will wear off when they get tired or when their phone batteries die. I give this four months at the top of the charts, then it will fade.”
-Patcher

I don't see Patcher logic being right because many players won't be couch potatoes. They'll be people with jobs or students who have active enough lives to travel around anyway with or without pokemon.



fleischr on 13 July 2016

Of course it'll pull back in winter - but I'd figure next Spring when you introduce Gen 2, it'll be a whole new frenzy again.



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

Aeolus451 on 13 July 2016

Probably 1 to 3 years depending on updates and if anything becomes the new thing.