{"id":104101,"date":"2016-09-14T09:55:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T07:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=104101"},"modified":"2016-09-14T09:56:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T07:56:48","slug":"pokemon-go-paying-player-numbers-drop-dramatically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/104101-pokemon-go-paying-player-numbers-drop-dramatically","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon GO paying player numbers drop dramatically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go has seen a massive decrease in the number of paying players on the platform, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.slice.com\/pokemon-gos-paying-population-dropped-79-percent-still-profitable-mobile-game\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Slice Intelligence<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0paying population of the game is down by 79% from its\u00a0peak in July.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the drop in paying users,\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go\u00a0is still the most profitable mobile app in the US, stated the report.<\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go accounts for\u00a028% of all money spent on mobile games in America \u2013 more than six-times more than its closest rival, Candy Crush Saga.<\/p>\n<p>Apple recently announced that\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go will be available for its Apple Watch, and the\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go Plus accessory is set\u00a0to be released this month.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/179568-pokemon-go-paying-player-numbers-drop-by-79.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband <\/a><\/strong>and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Now is the best time to get a job in gaming in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/103943-now-is-the-best-time-to-get-a-job-in-gaming-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Now is the best time to get a job in gaming in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Nintendo unveils brand-new Pokemon animated series\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/104091-nintendo-unveils-brand-new-pokemon-animated-series.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nintendo unveils brand-new Pokemon animated series<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The beginner\u2019s guide to gaming PC components\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/103811-the-beginners-guide-to-gaming-pc-components.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The beginner\u2019s guide to gaming PC components<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go has seen a massive decrease in the number of paying players on the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":100066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2226,6],"tags":[31,21911,21913,20246,73,21354,19065,777,13986],"class_list":["post-104101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","category-nintendo","tag-active","tag-dropped","tag-falling","tag-go","tag-nintendo","tag-numbers","tag-player","tag-pokemon","tag-success"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104103,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104101\/revisions\/104103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}