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(Bloomberg) – Niantic Inc., the company behind the 2016 hit Pokémon Go, is in talks to sell its video-game business to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc., according to several people familiar with the discussions.

Representatives of Niantic and Scopely declined to comment. Scopely is owned by Savvy Games Group, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

  • Carmakazi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    534·
    3 days ago

    Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc.

    Are they buying it for the business opportunity or the massive amounts of geolocation data to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.socialEnglish
      312·
      3 days ago

      to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

      Gotta catch 'em all. Pokémon!

      The plot is right in the catch phrase.

      • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        122·
        3 days ago

        to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

        I will travel across the land Searching far and wide

        They even specified their tenaciousness

  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Can’t wait for the one free pokestop spin a day and one free Pokémon in a gym a day. Better hope multiple Pokémon don’t come home at once, you’ll be charged to let them come back and still won’t get any extra coins for it. Coins from gym are put into escrow until your watch ten ads.