By Emma Boyle
In a case of “better late than never”, it was recently revealed by Niantic Labs that its immensely popular Pokémon Go game would soon be making its way onto the Apple Watch, leaving Android users eyeing their own smartwatch in disappointment.
Now, Niantic’s CEO John Hanke has dispelled suspicions of exclusivity at TechCrunch’s Disrupt conference, stating that it’s looking “pretty likely” the game will be coming to Android Wear as well as other mobile platforms.
Expanding out to other platforms will be a key move for Niantic to keep interest in Pokémon Go alive.
Gotta retain ’em all
The game might well be the most downloaded app in its first week ever and the fastest mobile game to earn $500 million in revenue but it’s also recently been reported that its number of paying players has dropped by 79%.
Niantic Labs don’t seem to be particularly worried about this, though.
Building on their experience of creating and sustaining the mobile community around their title Ingress, Hanke revealed the developer has a few new features in its poké balls to keep player interest when the novelty of augmented reality Pokémon catching has faded.
The new “Buddy Pokémon” feature which allows players …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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