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Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data (www.404media.co)
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[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Scopely games are just a bunch of mixed dark patterns reskinned with some popular IP

https://www.darkpattern.games/

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 5 points 2 days ago

Good video. Nailed a lot of game behavior.