Summary
Pokemon GO’s leadership is quashing any potential rumors that it will be shutting down as original publisher and developer Niantic hands the reins over to Scopely. Rather, a recent meeting between the two companies included a message to players thatPokemon GOwill function in generally the same way under its new ownership, but with more innovative features on the horizon.
A recent meeting between the two companies, held in Japan on April 9, aimed to provide players with a better understanding of what to expect from the mobile game in the future. As reported by Japanese websiteITMedia Mobile, the message seems to break down into two parts. The first is that Scopely will continue to provide innovations inPokemon GOthat tie nicely into thePokemonfranchise, much like Niantic has introduced features like Max Pokemon and the GO Battle League since the game’s 2016 launch. The other half of that message is that most of the existing features will remain the same under the new leadership. This message seems to be a reiteration of game director Ed Wu’s comment from March thatPokemon GOwill not remain the same, “because it has always been a work in progress.”
Pokemon GO Will Remain Relatively the Same Under Scopely
One point of interest specified at the meeting was a statement by a representative, who was not named in the original article, stating that Scopely would not be ending service for the game. The representative indicated Scopely sought out the purchase because of a shared vision with Niantic andPokemon GO’s popularity, market performance, and reputation among players.
The meeting was not held specifically to calm the potential fears of fans, but to promote the Japanese release of the GO Stamp Rally event. That event is not available in other regions, but players in the western world still have plenty of new things to do, includingcatching a new Gen 8 Pokemon inPokemon GOand prepping for the upcoming Raid Day on April 13.
