A subscription for the shop in Pokémon GO is apparently on the way. Dataminers are now revealing what this is all about. Players have a bad feeling after the findings.
What was found? During datamining by PokeMiners, hints of a subscription were found that are said to be related to the Pokémon GO shop. It is believed that the game will adopt such a model for its in-game shop in the near future.
On reddit , martycochrane from PokeMiners writes: “We saw hints of a subscription service a long time ago. But now a subscription category has been added to the shop area.” How exactly this subscription is intended to work and what the plan behind it is – that is still unclear.
In the comments on reddit, trainers are skeptical. While there are less problematic methods of implementing such a shop, there are also many bad ways to do it.
Initial signs of such a subscription service were already found by the PokeMiners months ago. On reddit, they published in June the information that the datamining of update 0.177.0 provided hints of a subscription service.
“I have a really bad feeling about this subscription”
This is what trainers are saying: The reddit thread is being actively discussed. While the datamining also offered new, exciting findings on Mega Evolutions, the subscription is concerning many trainers. What could one receive in the game for a regularly debited price?
This is what SirAwesome789 writes (via reddit): “Megas sound really good, but I have a really bad feeling about the subscription.” Another trainer replies: “Imagine if they move all the good stuff they added during the pandemic into a Pokémon GO Premium subscription.”
Other speculations are:
- This could be related to research that repeats monthly (for example, 1€ research for C-Days)
- It could work in such a way that players receive additional items and a special medal monthly
- Other trainers suspect there could be in-game advertising that would then be turned off with the subscription
This is important: Remember that these findings came to light through datamining and are not official information from Niantic. It is unclear when a subscription service will come to Pokémon GO and how it will work.
Would you pay for such a service? And if so, what should it offer?
What is certain are the participants of the next Community Days. You have voted and declared these two species as the winners.
