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Re:Apple says Pokémon Go is the most downloaded app in its f... by dmoy on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:52PM (#12147033)
Yea, count me as one. I have literally never played any Pokemon game before, and half-caught maybe one episode of some TV show featuring some comical evil cat villain thing.

But, I'm catching pokemon on my walk to/from work (makes it less boring, and doesn't make it take any longer). My wife is now dragging me to the park every other day to run around in circles catching pokemon.

I'd be interested to see some survey results on what percentage of people playing this are actually pokemon fans.

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Re:Apple says Pokémon Go is the most downloaded app in its f... by stepanhruda on Friday July 22, 2016 @06:11PM (#12147134)
1. We know pokemon is a powerful phenomenon people get hooked onto. 2. You were previously not a fan of that phenomenon. 3. You now started liking that phenomenon. 4. The survey would show how many people started playing because they were hooked onto the phenomenon already.
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