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Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data
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I've tried some of scopely's games. They're following this playbook to the letter.
You'll be getting freebies when your friends spend cash. You'll get time limited offers. You'll be paying to "try again", against other players.
Who wins when a wall street broker and an oil sheikh use their wallets to fight over a Pokémon gym? Scopely wins.
Good video. Nailed a lot of game behavior.
Scopely games are just a bunch of mixed dark patterns reskinned with some popular IP
https://www.darkpattern.games/