Current Events > Niantic reneges on their dumbass decision for pokemon go

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Wetterdew
08/26/21 12:11:22 AM
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They have decided not to shrink the stop radius. I guess a lot of people lost interest in the game or maybe it was the social media outrage that did it.

In any case I'm not gonna applaud them for fixing the situation they put themselves into

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DarkRoast
08/26/21 12:15:54 AM
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It's amazing to me that they somehow managed to dramatically increase the player base and profits during a lockdown pandemic, then decided "well let's not do that"

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Irony
08/26/21 12:16:31 AM
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I forgot this existed

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nothanks1
08/26/21 12:16:59 AM
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What do you do in this game cause I might get it
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gunplagirl
08/26/21 12:17:22 AM
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Considering they already had to re implement it in nations that closed down again? They should have realized how to correct the issue right no later than that. Instead they uh. Formed a committee to study the issue and figure out the solution?

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Solar_Crimson
08/26/21 7:45:07 AM
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Link:
https://twitter.com/pokemongoapp/status/1430644448929718274?s=21

gunplagirl posted...
Considering they already had to re implement it in nations that closed down again? They should have realized how to correct the issue right no later than that. Instead they uh. Formed a committee to study the issue and figure out the solution?
Just New Zealand. The rollback was initially slated for just the US and New Zealand, but when NZ went back under lockdown, they reinstated the increased PokeStop radius. Whether it was because of the outcry or their realization that the pandemic is still pretty bad here in the US or that it was starting to affect their cash flow (or some combo of the three), they finally decided to do the same here as well.

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Cthulhu_Fhtagn
08/26/21 7:58:47 AM
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I don't even get the point of making people walk closer to a stop. What do they gain from it? Increasing the distance could mean not having to cross a busy road or something

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Wetterdew
08/26/21 10:03:36 AM
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Cthulhu_Fhtagn posted...
I don't even get the point of making people walk closer to a stop. What do they gain from it? Increasing the distance could mean not having to cross a busy road or something
It's possible the sponsors were telling niantic they weren't seeing as many people visiting their stores ? But that could also be because we're just in a pandemic and fewer people are going to coffee stores to hang out.

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Pogo_Marimo
08/26/21 10:23:28 AM
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I don't get how super profitable companies can not understand their product this badly. Same thing with ThatSite banning porn. Fucking donkeys.

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