What?! What will you tell me next, that these phones are not sold in the United States and are likely sub $100 prepaid phones for developing markets too?
The majority of Android phones are basically third world phones, even the ones that aren't sold in the third world.
Clickbait title based on incorrect calculations derived from a guesstimate. There's a prominent "we presume" from an analyst outside of any of the companies involved, as well as a very obvious omision in the AI article of mention of the explicit "however" in the Bloomberg article.
Plus the expected but completely unnecessary and unrelated poking at Android. Jeebus, talk about a broken record DED.
Having just become familiar with the concept of this game in the past 2 days and not yet done the detailed research I intend on doing, as a law enforcement officer this game sounds like the perfect game for robbers and pedophiles to trick unsuspecting young people into visiting a discrete location unsupervised and not paying attention to their surroundings due to an intense focus on the game. I certainly hope there are safeguards in place to prevent such actions, but if it only took me 30 seconds to think of it then I'm sure it wouldn't take a thug or perv as long to think of the possibilities.
But, earning vs profit. Nintendo is only contributing IP for it's 10% (minus small legal/admin overhead). So, it's 10% is effectively profit vs Apple's 30% dealing with upkeep, maintenance, marketing, etc... you know, business stuff. So, Apple keeps a fraction of that 30% and in fact they say they don't really make money on the App Store, so probably only making a tiny profit.
Having just become familiar with the concept of this game in the past 2 days and not yet done the detailed research I intend on doing, as a law enforcement officer this game sounds like the perfect game for robbers and pedophiles to trick unsuspecting young people into visiting a discrete location unsupervised and not paying attention to their surroundings due to an intense focus on the game. I certainly hope there are safeguards in place to prevent such actions, but if it only took me 30 seconds to think of it then I'm sure it wouldn't take a thug or perv as long to think of the possibilities.
Nice try DED. You should actually go outside and head to your local Pokestop and meet the players.
The majority of players I have met are on an android phone. AR runs great on all of my android phones (when NIA and PTC servers are not going up in flames). Bugs and glitches on gyms not fixed from beta are another issue. Most people buying lures and eggs are android players using Google Opinion Rewards. Players like me that have $50 reward credits to buy in app items.
But sure go ahead and quote yourself on twitter and use that as the gospel. I saw someone on twitter once say Apple was doomed. I guess cause one guy said that it must be true. Better yet I saw someone on no name tech blog say that your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate said Apple was bankrupt, so it must be true.
Nintendo should directly release titles like Mario and Zelda to iOS. They'd make a fortune.
No, they wouldn't. This is a stupid idea.
You should wind down commenting.
Take you own advice...the only thing that staves off bankrupcy for Nintendo is Class-A titles distributed on iOS. Literally the only relevant revenue stream left for them to take advantage of.
What you've seen so far is just them testing the waters and preparing for that eventual INEVITABLE time.
... random listings of chinese manufacturers and brands that there are some Android phones that can't run a game...
Sony & HTC aren't Chinese brands. Motorila Droid Max was a popular US phone. Huawei is the #2 Android vendor globally.
Also, requirements for the game exclude ~25% of Google Play installed base (virtually all outside of China) simply because Google can't/doesn't care to ship updates for phone users stuck on Android prior to 4.4 KitKat.
Nice try DED. You should actually go outside and head to your local Pokestop and meet the players.
The majority of players I have met are on an android phone. AR runs great on all of my android phones (when NIA and PTC servers are not going up in flames). Bugs and glitches on gyms not fixed from beta are another issue. Most people buying lures and eggs are android players using Google Opinion Rewards. Players like me that have $50 reward credits to buy in app items.
But sure go ahead and quote yourself on twitter and use that as the gospel. I saw someone on twitter once say Apple was doomed. I guess cause one guy said that it must be true. Better yet I saw someone on no name tech blog say that your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate said Apple was bankrupt, so it must be true.
"The majority of players that i have met..."
Your anecdotal evidence vs marketshare of iOS and Android devices in the U.S. There is a slight edge to Android sales, but likely, Apple has more iPhones in use that are compatible with Pokemon Go than does Android.
My expectation would be that there is a fairly even split between users in the U.S.; frankly, it doesn't matter anyway. The question I would have is which platform is giving the best experience.
Nobody is "guessing" that The App Store gets a 30% cut.
30% off the total leaves 70%, and it's a guess about how much of that Nintendo sees, especially since they'll get more than one cut. The clickbait headline paints it as a known factor.
you can't actually, can you? I mean really, what interesting new thing have you said in years? Just spewing hate and disrespect.
Write a single article about iOS that stays on point and doesn't devolve into Android shit slinging and I might find some respect. This was an article about Pokemon revenue and you still couldn't help yourself. It seems to be pathological at this point.
No hate, just disappointment, as sometimes you can be a good writer. A little more brevity and lot less tribalism and you could be called a journalist, instead of a polemicist.
I didn't eve download it. It's just not my type of game. Glad people like it and it's doing well. Which means games can still do really well in the App store and make a good profit. Nintendo needs to bring their classics on over. Games from the NES up to the N64. You could even advertise that a new Mario or whatever can be played only on the Wii U. So it's some free advertising. Sell the games at $3.99 or so, because you're going for volume. When there's so many iOS devices compared to a console, there's no need to have high prices. Sell for a reasonable price and people will buy it up.
30% off the total leaves 70%, and it's a guess about how much of that Nintendo sees, especially since they'll get more than one cut. The clickbait headline paints it as a known factor.
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not bad at all!
all the work is done by others, and they get a paycheck.
Plus the expected but completely unnecessary and unrelated poking at Android. Jeebus, talk about a broken record DED.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/thieves-pokemon-find-players-rob-missouri-article-1.2706417
The majority of players I have met are on an android phone. AR runs great on all of my android phones (when NIA and PTC servers are not going up in flames). Bugs and glitches on gyms not fixed from beta are another issue. Most people buying lures and eggs are android players using Google Opinion Rewards. Players like me that have $50 reward credits to buy in app items.
But sure go ahead and quote yourself on twitter and use that as the gospel. I saw someone on twitter once say Apple was doomed. I guess cause one guy said that it must be true. Better yet I saw someone on no name tech blog say that your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate said Apple was bankrupt, so it must be true.
That's true, IFF you assume there are zero Android sales.
Spoiler: There are Android sales.
Wait, this is a DED piece? No way!
What you've seen so far is just them testing the waters and preparing for that eventual INEVITABLE time.
Motorila Droid Max was a popular US phone.
Huawei is the #2 Android vendor globally.
Also, requirements for the game exclude ~25% of Google Play installed base (virtually all outside of China) simply because Google can't/doesn't care to ship updates for phone users stuck on Android prior to 4.4 KitKat.
If you want to be taken seriously you can't be a garbage pail troll
Your anecdotal evidence vs marketshare of iOS and Android devices in the U.S. There is a slight edge to Android sales, but likely, Apple has more iPhones in use that are compatible with Pokemon Go than does Android.
My expectation would be that there is a fairly even split between users in the U.S.; frankly, it doesn't matter anyway. The question I would have is which platform is giving the best experience.
No hate, just disappointment, as sometimes you can be a good writer. A little more brevity and lot less tribalism and you could be called a journalist, instead of a polemicist.
http://www.shacknews.com/article/95801/how-much-money-is-nintendo-going-to-make-off-of-pokemon-go