WHERE DOES POKÉMON GO FROM HERE?
One thing I’m sure of is that it’s mathematically impossible to sustain the level of growth we’ve seen over the last couple of weeks.
And just like in Westeros, “winter is coming!” With all the walking it takes to catch monsters, you won’t kids playing on every street-corner once school starts and the days begin getting shorter and colder.
Pokémon Go is, by almost every measure, the most successful mobile game ever created.
But maybe that isn’t the point. When Pokémon are involved, all bets are off in terms of what’s next. And when a new game captures lightning in a bottle, it’s a great opportunity for game designers to watch and learn from what the developers do with all that light and power. I did with Pokémon 20 years ago, and I’m doing it again today.
The success of Pokémon Go has given Niantic has a huge opportunity to try out new ideas. And maybe it has a plan to take its success to the next level. I’m very curious to see what the game looks like a year from now, and if Nintendo will get more involved.
Meanwhile, these adorable monsters have, for a second or third time, shifted the direction of mobile gaming. Maybe, just maybe, Pokémon Go can become the very best Pokémon game of all