Polymathic Pedagogue on Nostr: Niantic has sold its third-party games division, including Pokémon Go, Pikmin Bloom, ...

Niantic has sold its third-party games division, including Pokémon Go, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter, now, to Scopely for $3.5 billion, raising concerns about user location data.

Pokémon Go relies on real-time location tracking for gameplay and ads, and the sale means this sensitive data could now be managed by a Saudi Arabian-owned company, sparking privacy concerns.

https://www.nintendojo.com/news/pokemon-go-has-been-sold-to-spokely-as-part-of-a-3-5-billion-deal-with-niantic

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