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This is what I have noticed in just my friend circle.

I was never an active Pokemon Go player, but few of my friends were really into the game. Every Friday we would go out for a walk, in near by park and they will have their phone out and be catching Pokemons. I guess it was just how much more I can catch thing. They always wanted to get the rares ones. Who doesn't right? Last 2 weekends I have noticed 2 of my friends didn't care much. And, slowly, the interest faded away. Now we all going for paint ball.

I don't know if it's Ninatic not coming up with good updates or its just a common thing with every mobile game. Angry birds, Candy crush and now Pokemon Go?

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> I was never

> Every Friday we would

> They always wanted

> Last 2 weekends I have noticed 2 of my friends didn't care much. And, slowly, the interest faded away.

"Every", "always", "slowly", and the overall feeling of a long tradition.

Er... guys... can you remind us how long this fad lasted? When was it introduced? 6 years ago? 6 months ago? No, that's 6 weeks ago, men! So, 2 weeks ago was just 4 weeks after the beginning...

Is it the CADT at work, describing an extremely short, transient fling about a lousy game as a tradition?

I was amazed by people pretending this was (another) revolution in gaming and life, that allowed them to socialize (ever heard of walking down to your local bar? apparently not) and to take a walk (wow). And now, just one month after all that fuss, it's already scrapped and life goes on as it was before that was a thing. Or was it never a thing and people rushed into making theories about it without thinking further than their nose? That would be surprising. Ahem.

I think I was more focusing on the rise and fall of famous "mobile gaming" in general. There was time everyone I knew was into Angry Birds. Every guy I meet tells me how their wife or gf are into candy crush and just addicted to it. And now everyone has jumped on the Pokemon go bandwagon. Hence, the interest fading away eventually. This is just what I have noticed among the people I know.

So, to be clear, you think the basic mechanic of geography based gaming (there must be a better name for it) is a fad and it's already fading?

I strongly disagree. In my opinion what we just saw was the initial burst of public enjoyment of that game mechanic, and now that the concept has very widespread familiarity, the ground is set for better games to come along and dwarf Pokemon Go.

It actually was a revolutionary moment, but it seems many want to assume the initial burst was the big bang. I think that's very wrong.

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