hey guys.

sorry if this topic is actually not related to the Pokemon GO at all. just doing some research and out of curiosity. lol

how do you think Pokemon GO makes money?

ive read the article about Pokemon GO it stated that they has over 1 billion revenues. but how? i mean sure they sell pokegold through the game but who'd ever buy it. the pokegold can easily be obtain through gyms and the item isnt that expensive either. so how?

what do you guys think?

they also get capital investment from firm

i see. but what does the investment profit though? usually mobile games gain money from ads or paid apps for profit. but since Pokemon GO apps is already free and there no ads in it.

never underestimate whalespeople who willing to throw their disposable money for games like this.

Company sponsor for the gym stop . Example Aeon

True it's actually cheaper and more environmentally friendly too. Versus driving around looking for gyms to take down. Only to have spoofer kick you 5 minutes later.

Yeah and Japan got lots of sponsorship like McDonald, Softbank etc..

The game has a great potential in the market. During the start of it's campaign until the launching, the game become famous from different countries in the world. They know their targets and the game is known before on different platforms. Imagine if there are billions of users that played it and 1% only purchased for 1$, how much money do they got? 10M$

The Pokemon GO fever lives until now but most of players were quit like me because of the hackers. But there are still players that are willing to purchase from them. Even old games makes money so why not Pokemon GO which was launched 2-3 years ago?

As a senior member of Pokemon Group says : Play to entertain yourself ,.Not to accomodate others

The boxes are very worth while now. Compared to 6 months ago. And they have sale almost every 2 weeks.
I usually spend RM60 getting 2x ultra box and play for 1.5 month no need to buy anything else . By then my 50 coins everyday will be enough to get another box.

Not bad la for a game that makes you socialize a bit more and make new friends .

This post has been edited by kahyeec: Apr 28 2018, 11:29 AM

one unker i was raiding with says Niantic probably owes more to flyers in this neck of woods... after all whats the fun of flying and raiding if you can only do i once a day with free pass.. they probably are buying passes by the buckeloads... which is why, they will not seriously ban spoofing.. just that unker theory..

in app purchase

have you even go thru a day playing this game?

got sponsorship.

some gym got sponsorship, those company is like paying to have their brand advertised in the game

Demographics mattered also. It's played by mostly adults... And auntie uncle's that have more financial freedom. Alot of them won't hesitate to spend on the game.

Gym will only give you 50 coins max per day.

Will take long time to accumulate enough to buy enough important items ...

As the experience increases, it is more difficult to level up ...

Some people will purchase the coins to move faster ahead ...

Since launch in 2016 till Sept 2018, Niantic made USD2 billion on Pokemon Go.

Kiasu rules