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Pokémon GO It is on its way to its 6th anniversary and it has been a long road full of positive changes and additions for players. Unfortunately, information about the game has just appeared that filled users with doubts, as they believe that the title could soon incorporate commercial announcements.
Niantic is constantly improving the title through updates. Precisely the most recent one is giving something to talk about, since the dataminers as soon as they had access to it, they made interesting discoveries about in-game advertising.
We know this thanks to the dataminer group PokeMiners, who shared that in version 0.227.0 assets or visual resources of the new Google Ad Library were found, which could show that Niantic (a Google subsidiary) has plans to incorporate commercial advertisements in the game.
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Check out all the new assets in 0.227.0! Most of them are placeholders for the new Google Ad Library, but there are also some fun things too! pic.twitter.com/mrNIi6vt0V
— PokeMiners (@poke_miners) January 5, 2022
Fans are angered by the possible arrival of ads to Pokémon GO
In free or free-to-play games with microtransactions, it is common for this type of game to have spaces to place commercial advertisements in the form of banners or videos. Even if Pokémon GO It is a free-to-play game, it does not have conventional promotional ads, which help creators to receive profits from the brands that are advertised.
However, the title already has sponsored content in the game. In fact, there have also been several collaborations with brands to promote their products in the form of PokéStops or Gyms or with items for the user’s avatar (such as a Gucci campaign). However, these are less intrusive commercial advertisements that offered content for the user.
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Thus, the players are in a very comfortable place, as they can enjoy the experience of Pokémon GO no intrusive commercials, which is why many reacted negatively to the possibility of commercial ad integration. Several even mentioned that they would be willing to stop playing it, while most hope that the announcements are not numerous or spoil the gaming experience so far. Some even think about the possibility of incorporating some kind of subscription to remove the ads, something of which there are already clues.
It is important to mention that all of this comes from a datamine from a recent update and Niantic has not confirmed plans to add ads. In addition, you should know that Niantic’s plans do not always come to fruition, sometimes it tests them in regions like New Zealand before releasing the content to the whole world and ends up canceling its plans earlier, on other occasions, once implemented throughout the world. world, backtracks after the negative feedback it receives, as happened recently with the cancellation of some bonuses due to the pandemic.
What’s your opinion about it? Do you think the ads in Pokémon GO could they ruin the experience? Tell us in the comments.
Pokémon GO is available on mobile devices. You can find more news related to this title if you visit our minisite dedicated to it.
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