09-14-2018, 11:45 PM
Niantic touts 35 percent growth in active players for Pokemon Go
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/niantic-touts-35-percent-growth-in-active-players-for-pokemon-go.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p><strong>Newsbrief:</strong> Since <em>Pokemon Go’s</em> explosive launch, its playerbase has shot up and down on <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/279767/Pokemon_Go_is_losing_millions_of_users_still_has_millions_more.php">a rollercoaster ride</a> that can only be expected when a game has become one of the world’s most popular MMORPGs. But <a href="https://nianticlabs.com/blog/summer2018recap/">in a company blog post today</a>, Niantic has confirmed that its number of total active players has once again been ticking upward, touting a 35 percent growth since May of 2018.</p>
<p>The blog post, which also takes time to <a href="https://knightfoundation.org/articles/four-ways-cities-can-use-augmented-reality-games-to-bolster-civic-engagement">discuss the company’s partnership with the Knight Foundation,</a> slipped in this statistic while discussing how players have been coming together for the last few months. In June, Niantic released <em>Pokemon Go’s </em>social update, which implemented a full friend system and gave players the ability to send gifts to their friends. </p>
<p>These new features, along with a slew of community and company-organized events, appear to be the driving factor behind the new growth.</p>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/niantic-touts-35-percent-growth-in-active-players-for-pokemon-go.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p><strong>Newsbrief:</strong> Since <em>Pokemon Go’s</em> explosive launch, its playerbase has shot up and down on <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/279767/Pokemon_Go_is_losing_millions_of_users_still_has_millions_more.php">a rollercoaster ride</a> that can only be expected when a game has become one of the world’s most popular MMORPGs. But <a href="https://nianticlabs.com/blog/summer2018recap/">in a company blog post today</a>, Niantic has confirmed that its number of total active players has once again been ticking upward, touting a 35 percent growth since May of 2018.</p>
<p>The blog post, which also takes time to <a href="https://knightfoundation.org/articles/four-ways-cities-can-use-augmented-reality-games-to-bolster-civic-engagement">discuss the company’s partnership with the Knight Foundation,</a> slipped in this statistic while discussing how players have been coming together for the last few months. In June, Niantic released <em>Pokemon Go’s </em>social update, which implemented a full friend system and gave players the ability to send gifts to their friends. </p>
<p>These new features, along with a slew of community and company-organized events, appear to be the driving factor behind the new growth.</p>
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