Pokémon GO Recreation Director Responds To ‘Hear Us Niantic’ Social Media Backlash

Keep in mind the Pokémon GO replace final month that elevated Distant Raid Go costs and restricted every day participation? It did not go down effectively with the group, ensuing within the hashtag ‘HearUsNiantic‘ treading on-line.

Now, effectively over a month later, the Pokémon GO sport director Michael Steranka has responded to the fan backlash, acknowledging how the event workforce has “undoubtedly taken be aware”. He goes on to reiterate the way it was a troublesome choice however believes it’s needed for the way forward for the sport and the way in which gamers interact with it.

This is a part of his response (through Dot Esports):

“Yeah, we’ve undoubtedly taken be aware. It’s laborious to disregard, proper? I’m personally being tagged so much in a variety of these tweets. So we learn the whole lot, and we see the whole lot…That was a really, very painful choice to make even for me. However once we take a look at kind of the general well being of the sport, and the kind of behaviors that distant raid passes have been introducing, it simply actually didn’t align with the form of expertise we have been making an attempt to create. And I can actually say even for me personally, it turned kind of an unhealthy approach to interact with the sport. I’d simply kind of throw cash at Poké Cash in order that I can spam legendary raids as a lot as attainable.”

“And we’re speaking about legendary Pokémon; they’re alleged to be the epic epitome of all Pokémon content material. And that is one thing that gamers together with myself are doing over a dozen occasions a day, for some individuals over 100 occasions a day. And in order that’s one thing that we actually actually let go on slightly bit too lengthy and in the end wanted to course right.”

Steranka went on to say how the workforce wouldn’t make compromises on the mission:

“So once more, tremendous, tremendous painful choice that’s not one thing we took evenly. Nevertheless it’s one thing that we felt is important for the longevity of the sport and to additionally make sure that we’re not likely compromising on our mission.”

On the time of this announcement, Pokémon GO VP Ed Wu talked about how the change was needed for the “long-term well being of the general sport” and Niantic’s personal rules of encouraging gamers to get outdoors and discover the world collectively.

Within the ‘HearUsNiantic’ social media marketing campaign, followers voiced their considerations about this replace – labelling it the “worst choice” attainable and accusing Niantic of limiting the expertise.