„Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data“

Niantic is selling Pokémon Go, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now to Scopely, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Saudi Arabian company called Savvy Games, which itself is owned by the Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investment Fund. Scopely, Niantic, and Savvy Games have collectively published six separate blog posts about the $3.85 billion deal, none of which specifically address what is happening with the location data of Pokémon Go’s 100 million players and none of which address how location data collected in the future will be handled under Scopely and its Saudi Arabian owners.

404media | Jason Koebler

Done.

Polygon fasst die öffentlichen Informationen über den neuen Eigentümer zusammen und erinnert an Monopoly Go! – einen „Free-to-Play“-Giganten im App Store. Ein Wailord, wenn man so will.

Scopely’s library of free-to-play games also includes hits like Stumble Guys, Bingo Bash, and Scrabble Go. But its biggest hit is Monopoly Go!, which grossed $3 billion in revenue faster than any other mobile game, according to research firm Sensor Tower. Monopoly Go!, which launched in 2023, is routinely one of the top 10 games in terms of revenue, according to Sensor Tower.

Saudi-owned Savvy Games Group acquired Scopely in 2023 for $4.9 billion.

Polygon | Michael McWhertor

Die Ortungsdaten haben bestimmt einen Wert (und beinhalten ihre ganz eigenen Bedenken), aber ich vermutet, Scopely sieht hier schlicht ein F2P-Spiel, dass sich viel zu großzügig komplett kostenlos spielen lässt.