A new rumor is circulating about Pokémon GO. It’s not really credible, but it gets clicks.
On reddit, it didn’t last long before it was deleted. However, the German gaming press isn’t too concerned about that: After all, it’s a hot rumor, as hot as a frappuccino, and that gets clicks.
Hot rumors about their frappuccino?
A Starbucks employee, who naturally wants to remain anonymous, otherwise he would be fired, claims to have received a note, an “internal email” with secret actions that Starbucks is planning – advertising measures: Including a collaboration with Verizon but also with “Pokeman!” Pokeman Version 2 is supposed to be released on December 7. That can only be the 2nd generation of Pokemon GO, he concludes.
Then everyone gets Pokémon frappuccino. The recipe will be disclosed by management eventually. And there will be more of these lures in Starbucks stores – clever entrepreneurs lure Pokémon with them.
One of the largest German gaming sites headlines “Pokémon GO: 2nd Pokémon Generation from December? New Leak” (PcGames). Even non-gaming sites gladly jump on it with “Pokémon GO: Possible release date of the 2nd generation known.” (WinFutures)
Yeah… no, probably not.
Rumors about hot games are absolutely common, but rarely true
Generally, it is said among some journalists that the credibility of a rumor becomes less important the more spectacular it is and the more clicks it promises. This explains why so many rumors circulate about successful titles, while the rumor mill stays cold for flops.
That said, we have once dismissed a rumor as absolute nonsense that later turned out to be true. In Destiny, someone once caught wind that there would soon be free DLCs and that they were replacing the voice of the ghost.
Sounded totally unbelievable back in the summer of 2015, but turned out to be absolutely correct months later. Although: These two details were correct. For other things, Ahamkara as an enemy or the NPC Osiris, people still wait in vain. But Destiny 2 is still a while away…
Destiny in the summer lull: German site elevates reddit thread as “insider” info
But whether the Starbucks guy is right with his hot “Pokéman” info… that’s just reading coffee grounds.
