therealvampiratelycan:

pokemongomon:

I read an article today that mentioned how the CEO of Niantic doesn’t like Pokévision because he thinks it “takes the fun out of the game” and that we might find that sites like that don’t work in the future (meaning they’re planning on blocking the access to the data). I have things to say about this.

First of all, your nearby/footsteps function is broken, so you have absolutely no room to talk. Come back to me when you make it functional again.

Secondly, I strongly believe that it could cut down on the number of accidents from pedestrians or players that stupidly PoGO while driving. If you know exactly where a Pokémon is going to be, you’ll go right to it and wait for your phone to vibrate, not walk in circles looking down at the screen to see if the steps function has increased or decreased (which, again, is BROKEN), all while totally ignoring your surroundings and putting yourself in danger, despite the opening warnings.

And lastly, no, it is absolutely not taking the fun out of the game. Do you know how much fun I have wandering in circles? Not much, thanks. But when I found a Snorlax the other night and a friend and I excitedly got dressed (yes we has already traded in our say clothes for our sloth clothes) and drove over to it and bonded over trying to catch it, THAT was fun. When we saw that there was a Rhydon on a very specific street corner the other day and walked several blocks to get to it and then RAN because we were worried the time would run out (and yes, it did run out for the people who crossed the street seconds after us, but we both got the Rhydon!) THAT was fun. We’ve been going to places we’ve never been before because we see on Pokévision that there are good Pokémon in the area. How can you say that it’s not fun?

That may be your opinion dude, but it’s certainly not mine, and from a business perspective I honestly believe that you’re just trying to drag out the original 151 to make more money for your app/company before you start releasing the other batches. If people know exactly where Pokémon are, they’ll catch them all faster and your profits will suffer. This is America, you’re an American company, we know how this works.

I agree with this 100%! They have really shot themselves in the foot! Especially as they’ve removed the steps completely now. And blocked Pokévision. We’re now expected to play blind! No thanks.