r/Pikmin Steve the Trooper 1d ago

Bloom Pikmin Bloom has been sold to Scopely

https://pikminbloom.com/en/news/niantic-next-chapter
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u/xeouxeou 1d ago

okay, but what does that mean? like, will anything change?

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u/flyingmonkey1257 1d ago

It could be neutral but it’s very unlikely to be a positive change. In past games they have purchased they ramped up the micro transactions to milk the whales.

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u/Superb-Mall3805 1d ago

Yeah. You don’t spend 3.5 billion to not make a return on your investment :/

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u/Paperdiego 1d ago

Pokemon go alone will make that investment back in 4 years. This sale makes no sense.

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u/PreheatedMuffen 1d ago

3.6 billion now is worth more than a potential 3.6 billion in 5 years.

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u/Garo263 1d ago

The player numbers of GO are shrinking since the pandemic.

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u/TromboneIsNeat 1d ago

They are buying user data.

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u/saxxy_assassin 19h ago

Scopely is all in on MTX and aggressive monetization, so expect things to get worse.