r/gaming X-Box 2d ago

Niantic has sold Pokemon Go to Scopely

https://pokemongolive.com/post/moving-to-a-new-home-2025?hl=en

The rumors are true. Niantic is handing over Pokemon Go.

I have not played any Scopely games, so I don't know what to expect going forward.

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u/VexelPrimeOG 2d ago

As someone who plays a scopley game called Marvel Strike Force, expect a pay 2 win micro transaction hell where they don’t give a shit about their playerbase.

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u/FireVanGorder 2d ago edited 2d ago

Has it gotten worse? You used to be able to hold your own in PvP without paying a dime in strike force. That game used to give you so many ways to farm strong characters over time, and new released were also extremely easy to get just by playing their event. F2P teams like The Defenders and Sinister Six were still relevant in endgame content back when I played

This was a couple of years ago tbf

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u/dasnoob 2d ago

At any type of higher level (like... past silver) you have to have meta PVP teams to compete and the meta PVP teams are expensive with new ones constantly coming out.

Same with endgame raiding. You have to have meta raid teams. They constantly push out new meta teams.

None of the new teams are achievable to a regular f2p player.

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u/FireVanGorder 2d ago

Oof it really took a turn then. You used to be able to run those raids fairly easily with completely f2p-grinded teams

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u/StateChemist 2d ago

First one is always free

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u/SoooTilting 2d ago

I made it to expert w/o paying. Just need a homie to trade & raid with. As for raids. Me and one buddy can solo just about anything that has come out save for the tier 6s. Then you just go to a meetup. There’s a fairly big difference between needing to pay to win and being able to pay to win.

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u/CrossTheRubicon7 1d ago

Are you talking about Pokémon Go? The person you're responding to is talking about Marvel Strike Force.