>Actually, Nintendo just entered into a $30 million partnership with Niantic and the Pokemon Company to create the game. Niantic used to be owned by Google, and its crown jewel in augmented reality so far has been the excellent, but niche Ingress title, which took the fusion of game and real life to the next level by utilizing the power of Google Maps. Niantic was spun off when Google did its restructuring that turned it into Alphabet, and continued the collaboration with Nintendo, while the Pokemon Company is just a venture created to manage the licensing of the Pokemon characters, of which Nintendo owns a third.
>Apple and Google, on the other hand, collect a third of the sales that happen on their application stores, so each time you buy PokeBalls and other Go paraphernalia to level up, they earn a chunk of change, too. In fact, analysts estimate that out of $100 spent on Pokemon Go in-app purchases, the Silicon Valley giants take their respective 30%, then 30% go to the game developer Niantic, another 30% will go to the Pokemon franchise, and about 10% are left for Nintendo.
Holy shit, this is a disaster for Nintendo considering this was supposed to be their savior.
Brody Long
>30% will go to the Pokemon franchise Who?
Aiden Turner
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Brayden Campbell
>Holy shit, this is a disaster yeah having their stock rise 12% is a fucking nightmare they're fucked
Lincoln Hall
10% is a big cut for something they had little to do with. You would know this if you weren't underage. This game is going to make millions and millions of dollars.
Stuff like clash of clans was making 900 million a year at it's peak, and Pokemon Go is looking like it's gonna be even bigger than that. It's fucking everywhere.
Isaiah Wood
The pokemon company
Which is owned by nintendo.
I only downloaded the apk, and not from the play store. Does Google still get my money if I decide to spend some?
Dylan Lee
Not even going to lie, this shit makes me want to grab one of my shitty go-phones and enable a cruddy data plan just to try playing it.
But I don't think I've anything modern enough laying around that could.
Hunter Ross
>Analysts estimate... In other words, take it with a grain of salt.
Also, Nintendo owns 33% of the franchise, so even if this estimate holds some ground, they'd actually be earning maybe around 20% due to equity in the Pokemon company. The 12% boost in stock is nothing to sneeze at either.
Not only that, but Niantic is a developer right? Wouldn't they have been paid already for their work before hand, or do they have some contracted deal?
David Carter
>10 percent of a billion dollars >plus their share of whatever the Pokemon Company makes off the deal
Yeah, Nintendo is doooooooooooooomed ;^)
Parker Hughes
100 million is chump change for big tier companies. Apple alone holds 250 billion of cash RESERVES.
Joshua Carter
The initial hype will wear off once normies can't sperg out about how big of a special snowflake they are for playing the game anymore.
It'll probably do pretty well though, i just wish it wasn't everwhere i fucking turned
Robert Morris
they should totally go third party with these margins
Lucas James
Can't companys negotiate different rates? I assumed that the one third that apple takes is mainly for regular jackoffs not companies whith products who could easily earn them hundreds of millions.
Nathan Thomas
>The initial hype will wear off once normies can't sperg out about how big of a special snowflake they are for playing the game anymore. Literally nobody thinks this. Everyone knows that everyone is playing it, autistic fuck.
Ryder Morgan
>what is leverage
Apple doesnt need nintendo, they need apple if they want to be on the most popular smartphone on the planet. Can you imagine Go not being available on ios?
Jeremiah Perez
this. also nintendo has some stock in gamefreak and creatures inc (who own the remaining 66% of pokemon) so nintendo indirectly profits from there as well
Dominic Thomas
FAKE
Ryder Morgan
Clash of Clans does these money because it's P2W and normies get butthurt when they lose in P2W game. Pokemon Go is not.
Alexander Cooper
Android has more marketshare than iOS, doesn't it?
Carter Bell
>This was supposed to be those savor
No No one ever said this, it's a fucking app. Pokemon isn't even fully owned by Nintendo. I fucking hate you retards constantly shitting up the quality of the board with your retarded threads
Nolan Gray
You'd be surprised how many faggots out there still think they're nerds for playing pokemon
Consider suicide
Colton Long
>Consider suicide Maybe you should considering you're acting so offended at people enjoying this game. Maybe then, you'd truly be happy.
Carson Edwards
>30% goes to Apple/Google >30% goes to Niantic >10% goes to Game Freak >10% goes to Nintendo >10% goes to Creatures Where does the remaining 10% go? Also, while Game Freak is completely autonomous, Nintendo has an undisclosed stake in Creatures. Some of what Creatures get is Nintendo's as well.
Luis Anderson
So they gain 10% of the cut for doing absolutely nothing other than lending the name of the franchise.
What a rip off.
Noah Anderson
Profits matter, ios fags spend much more money overall.
Brody James
They actually don't. That money is overseas and is in long-terms securities. That also doesn't take into account all of the debt Apple is accruing.
Jaxon Bailey
>or do they have some contracted deal? I would assume they're also in charge of the servers and most likely are still under contract for developing future updates like trading.
Henry Garcia
>Where does the remaining 10% go? It goes to (You).
Juan Richardson
Yeah but Clash of Clans was never this popular either.
Anecdotal, but I went for a bike ride in a park near my neighborhood yesterday and saw literally about 100 people aged 15-35 walking around with their phones out talking about Pokemon like giant fags.
It could be short lived but this is one of the biggest smart phones game ever and everybody has a smart phone now.
Jackson Moore
>You'd be surprised how many faggots out there still think they're nerds for playing pokemon
Thinking you're a "nerd" for playing Pokemon and thinking you're special/unique for playing Pokemon are different things, you hyper-autist. Kill yourself. Don't even just "consider" suicide, go do it.
Josiah Cook
Nintendo also owned large share on gamefreak albeit not majority
Jacob Ross
Their debt is neglible in comparison to their assets.
Logan Roberts
I was never interested in the game even when i saw the trailer. I don't have an issue with pokemon although i haven't played a game since gen 3, but i do have a problem with the fact that everyone spergs out when you point out the fact that it will go the way of all mobile games, i.e. into obscurity when the next flavour of the month app comes out
People get so vehemently upset when you show disinterest in the game you'd swear it was a cult. It's fucking annoying to have to go on a 10 paragraph essay about how "you just aren't interested in pokemon go"every time some fag calls you a contrarian for not liking it
Brody Perez
The overlap is pretty big
Also no thanks I'm not a faggot like you
Grayson Evans
That's not surprising. Niantic will litearlly have to do all the work, all the maintenance, all the patches, all the legal crap, along with working on implementing new Pokemon and events and other shit. Nintendo will just happily collect money from it.
Nintendo wouldn't want to waste any people outside of 1 or 2 people to oversee things every now and again. Nintendo needs every single person they got to be working on new games for NX if they want any hope of keeping their brands relevant.
Camden Hughes
Not being interested means you should be ignoring the hype, not fuming at the mouth and writing an essay whenever it's discussed on a chinese virtual novel masturbation forum.
Adrian Reed
>Also, Nintendo owns 33% of the franchise nope. nintendo is a majority shareholder of Game Freak which is a 2nd party developer. they have a stake in Creatures Inc too.
Luke Ross
Nintendo is making money doing nothing, how is that bad for consoles or handhelds?
Henry Anderson
Nintendo does not deserve more than 10% DESU.
Carson Hill
Wtf?! I hate PokemonGo now
Brandon Edwards
>Nintendo can't even make a brand new mobile game.
Brandon Mitchell
>pokemon company and gamefreak shit out endless rehashes without innovation for 2 decades >people ask for a 3d open world pokemon game that entire time >gamefreak refuses >eventually go the opposite direction and make a mobile app instead >its breaks records People who actually want to play good games really do get fucked every time
Landon Wood
That's a lot of money considering all Nintendo did was say "okay, you guys can use the character" and marketing. Ten percent just for permission is something a mafia don would do.
Connor Gutierrez
Even if you don't download the apk from them, the microtransactions send you to the Google Store for payment
Nathaniel Rogers
Wait, pokemon is now more popular than it was? I must hate these series now and shitpost in all Pokemon threads.
Adam White
Nah, a part of the appeal is the hype train. Everyone I've talked to about it is talking about how everyone else they know is playing it, and I've even seen people sharing pictures and videos of big crowds gathering at pokestops.
You're probably projecting that you want to be a special snowflake like the other assblasted anons on Sup Forums who are mad because they think they are special mlg for only considering playing real pokemon games.
Elijah Harris
Normies who were never into Pokemon are suddenly playing Pokemon Go. It will get Ingress popularity real fast.
Chase Rogers
Nintendo must get more than 10%, they own share in the companies involved and the ''Pokémon'' trademark belongs to them.
Hunter Turner
>supposed to be their savior
>implying they need saving >implying their stock didn't go up billions >implying they aren't laughing all the way to the bank >implying Zelda isn't going to give them more billions >implying the NX isn't going to give them even more billions
John Cox
>Apple and Google always take a cut from every purchase >Op can't figure out 30 apple + 30 niantic + 40 nintendo >Op can't figure out 30 google + 30 niantic + 40 nintendo You are a fucking simpleton.
Blake Allen
>owned by nintendo Isn't it a joint ownership between Game Freak and Ninty?
Dominic Brooks
>Which is owned by nintendo.
It's a joint ownership between Game Freak, Creatures Inc, and Nintendo actually.
Cooper Watson
Damn even when Nintendo is involved with something that takes off into a cultural phenomenon people still find a way to shitpost about them being doomed.
Jayden Evans
>cold hard facts come out that maybe Nintendo isn't making the billions you though they were >"THE SHITPOSTING ILLUMINATI STRIKES AGAIN SPREADING BLATANT MISINFO AGAINST LORD NINTENDO"
Colton Davis
Wow, they get a chunk of a mobile game's money every day for doing literally nothing? Sucks to be them.
Angel Adams
And guess what, it's still less than Uncharted 4's 200 million gross
Easton Jenkins
You know what's gonna gross way more than that?
Sun and Moon.
Joseph Barnes
It's a joint ownership, but since Nintendo has stakes in Game Freak and Creatures, they own about 80% of the Pokémon Company.
Zachary Ortiz
>Cold hard facts But they're not, Nintendo owns a piece of everything around it so they're making more money.
Benjamin Williams
3ds install base isnt big enough. once nintendo starts developing primarily for mobile (next year) their cash shop sales will be huge >kids buying rare candies for $2 a piece this is the future nintendrones chose by defending nintendos cancerous actions for the last decade
Parker Myers
The real question is how they're making any money.
John Bennett
>he thinks go is gonna stop the trend of declining pokemon sales when it's srllibg point is that it only had genwun in it Apex kek, never stop dreaming
Asher Richardson
Thai damage control
They got swindled and Pokemon company is just as independent as retro studios , they only pay a small dime to Nintendo for using their IP.
Stock rising doesn't mean shit
Blockbuster stocks rose many , many times before they eventually bankrupted and rose again after bankruptcy.
This is nothing new Nintendo is still going to either go full mobile and start lending IPs or become a bigger arrogant company than last thought to be and go full console exclusive with nx
Owen Russell
>another 30% will go to the Pokemon franchise, and about 10% are left for Nintendo. So nintendo gets 30%? Because the pokemon company is owned 66% by Nintendo 33% by gf
Caleb Taylor
>reading conprehension
I was saying Sun and Moon are going to gross more than Uncharted.
Even in "decline" Pokemon sales are fantastic.
Jayden Cruz
And this is why they'll never stop making mainline Pokemon games you fucking retards. Sun and Moons sales will be average for a Pokemon game despite the explosion of Who's popularity. That's when Nintendo will realize the only people playing this game are poorfags who can't even be arsed to buy a Nintendo system
Ethan Butler
>thing that happens literally every app also happened Nintendo/Pokemon Company
Wow. Amazing news.
Isaac Allen
>Who's *Go's
Wyatt Edwards
>but since Nintendo has stakes in Game Freak
This explain why tembo is on WiiU
Adrian Lewis
>since Nintendo has stakes in Game Freak and Creatures, they own about 80% of the Pokémon Company. This.
How do people not know this already?
Juan Perry
>Pokemon company is just as independent as retro studios
Who was talking about Damage Control?
Logan Brooks
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Juan Hall
Nope, they haven't. Game Freak is completely independent.
Carter Cox
I like how regardless of how much dosh Nintendo is definitely making off of this game for basically doing nothing, people here will spin it someway into how it's bad or how Nintendo is still doomed.