@nocdaes I can't call good a forecast that relies on factually irrelevant data (missing almost the whole lifespan of the game and not reflecting any players who already got it from a foreign app store) and ignores the facts beside it. I wasn't suggesting using the foreign app-market install data either. There are other means to gather how popular it really is. With social media it's easier than ever since people love to post their interests and activities, and form communities to talk about games. Just the fact that we have social media communities not only for PoGo in general but even for specific cities and towns as well, shows that there is clearly interest. Yasha is supposed to acknowledge that, not ignore it. If he wants Nintendo to prosper in this country he should stay in touch and be aware of the audience's interests and demands, not blindly assume and decide for them. Really, social media is an extremely important evaluation tool that should not be overlooked. It's not just anecdotal evidence, you could count the numbers of members, comments, likes etc. on these communities as well. Even if it doesn't have the exact precision as the number of downloads, it's still far more relevant in this case.
@nocdaes The fact is, no charts or stats can accurately represent Pokemon GO's popularity in Russia. There's no data on it for one simple reason: the game actually wasn't officially released here until just two months ago. So as far as most stats and charts are concerned, it wasn't there.
Yet it was. From my experience, it's been quite a hit here, it's just all this time (two years!) people have been downloading it from another regions' app stores and playing.
So if Yasha is basing his assumption on "official" data despite its irrelevance due to that fact, I'd say that's a poor forecast indeed.
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@nocdaes I can't call good a forecast that relies on factually irrelevant data (missing almost the whole lifespan of the game and not reflecting any players who already got it from a foreign app store) and ignores the facts beside it.
I wasn't suggesting using the foreign app-market install data either. There are other means to gather how popular it really is. With social media it's easier than ever since people love to post their interests and activities, and form communities to talk about games. Just the fact that we have social media communities not only for PoGo in general but even for specific cities and towns as well, shows that there is clearly interest. Yasha is supposed to acknowledge that, not ignore it.
If he wants Nintendo to prosper in this country he should stay in touch and be aware of the audience's interests and demands, not blindly assume and decide for them.
Really, social media is an extremely important evaluation tool that should not be overlooked. It's not just anecdotal evidence, you could count the numbers of members, comments, likes etc. on these communities as well. Even if it doesn't have the exact precision as the number of downloads, it's still far more relevant in this case.
Re: Russian Nintendo CEO Caught Ranting On Official Live Stream As Management Breaks Down
@nocdaes The fact is, no charts or stats can accurately represent Pokemon GO's popularity in Russia. There's no data on it for one simple reason: the game actually wasn't officially released here until just two months ago. So as far as most stats and charts are concerned, it wasn't there.
Yet it was. From my experience, it's been quite a hit here, it's just all this time (two years!) people have been downloading it from another regions' app stores and playing.
So if Yasha is basing his assumption on "official" data despite its irrelevance due to that fact, I'd say that's a poor forecast indeed.