Pokémon GO: The Data Behind America’s Latest Obsession

Re:Pokémon GO: The Data Behind America’s Latest Obsession by panglott on Monday July 11, 2016 @09:17AM (#12070811)

Pokemon Go reminds me of nothing so much as the Macarena in 1995. It's a fad that will run its course. But a game getting that level of cultural penetration will be a real watershed.

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Re:Pokémon GO: The Data Behind America’s Latest Obsession by AndrewOMartin on Monday July 11, 2016 @10:20AM (#12071198)

I speculate that Tetris (possibly even just the 1989 GameBoy version) was bigger than the Macarena.

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Re:Pokémon GO: The Data Behind America’s Latest Obsession by iwontreddit on Monday July 11, 2016 @10:31AM (#12071271)

Tetris wasn't that big before the Gameboy version. It was "big" in the tiny new computer/tech world, but it was gameboy which brought it into the mainstream.

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Re:Pokémon GO: The Data Behind America’s Latest Obsession by panglott on Monday July 11, 2016 @10:50AM (#12071413)

The difference is that smartphones have a lot higher penetration than Gameboys did.

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Re:Pokémon GO: The Data Behind America’s Latest Obsession by knodi123 on Monday July 11, 2016 @12:09PM (#12072038)

Yes, but that difference is mitigated by the fact that tetris was the first mobile videogame that was popular or even socially acceptable for the post-college crowd to play.

Now, the adult mobile gaming market is saturated.

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