10 Reasons Why Pokémon GO is Almost Dead, Just Like Note 7

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Low Kay Hwa
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Here’s the thing: both Pokémon GO and Samsung Galaxy Note 7 have got one similarity, and that is they were in the market for less than three months before they lost their popularity as fast as they gained it.

Now that the Pokémon GO is kind of dead (although a recent Snorlax appearance in MBS proves otherwise), here’re 10 reasons why we’ve all started to uninstall the game.

The novelty dies off
It’s just like a food fad—everyone goes for it because it’s the thing to do. You’ll be left out of a conversation if you don’t play the game, because everyone else is doing so. But just like food fads, they come and go.

It’s no longer headline-worthy
When it was first out, every news outlet, both online and offline, wrote about it, and every article that touched Pokémon turned to gold. But as less people are interested in it, so would be news outlets, leading it to receive less publicity—and in the end, no one cares about it anymore if it’s not mentioned in people’s Facebook newsfeed.

People are sick and tired of doing the same thing over and over again
The objective of the game? Catch them all. The first month was exciting, with new catches turning into hi-fives, the second month was a little boring since you’re still doing the same thing, and on the third month, when you’ve spent so much time doing the same thing over and over again, it started to get repetitive. Extremely repetitive.

After so long, it’s still glitchy
Eggs occupying gyms? Check. Pokemon mutating into other Pokemon? Check. Server down? Check. While this is understandable, it isn’t when people are were so obsessed with it.

Useless updates that didn’t make the game more interesting
Everyone is waiting for player-vs-player, trading or just Mew, but these never came. Instead, what we got were minor updates like Team Leader’s advice or Buddy Pokémon. Hey, Niantic, everyone’s Pokemon is fully trained—we just want new Pokemon or fight!

Development is slow…slow…slow
Remember all the promises that we read: from Pokemon trading to having sponsored locations? Yeah, they sound like a good idea—imagine having a goal to occupy all McDonald’s outlets because they’re all sponsored gyms. But nope; we just have a Pokemon walking alongside us.

It’s losing players, causing a snowball effect
If all your friends aren’t playing, you won’t be inclined to play it as well, causing a snowball effect in a sharp drop of players.

In this Internet age, if you don’t change, you die
Well, here’s what Pokemon GO didn’t do: they didn’t change much. If you let me see the app, I won’t be able to tell any difference between the gameplay now and three months later. People’s attention span is getting shorter, and Pokemon GO is taking too long to retain that.

Second-generation Pokemon took too long to emerge
While it took years in the franchise for the second-generation Pokemon to emerge, Niantic must have forgotten that years in the past is now equivalent to mere months due to our shorter attention span. If they think they could continue to make Snorlax interesting for years, they’re still living in 2000.

People can only walk this much
Whether you’ve walked kilometres or spent hundreds on the game, there’s a limit to how much one can offer before they finally give up. Unless there’re new Pokemon, people would have hit their limit and simply stop walking—and stop playing.

Featured Image:MobiPicker

This article was first published on Goodyfeed.com

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