Pokemon Go Facing A Player Boycott over Remote Raid Changes
Niantic is facing a potential player boycott for Pokemon Go for changes to Remote Raids, but they seem determined to make the changes stick. This is a very sticky situation, but to understand why, first we need to talk about Remote Raids.
Pokemon Go’s Remote Raids are a special kind of raid where you don’t have to be at the physical location to participate. You will need to buy Remote Raid passes and be invited to Remote Raids to participate, but it was clearly designed to be a way for players to keep playing and collecting Pokemon from within their homes.
Niantic announced changes to Remote Raids on their official blog. Remote Raid Passes are going up from 100 to 195 PokeCoins, while a three pack of passes are raised from 300 to 525 PokeCoins. Players can also only join five Remote Raids per day.
As reported by Dexerto, the players are not happy about these changes and are talking about participating in a boycott. On reddit, one poster stated:
“we’re all aware of the predatory monetization schemes in the game shop with overpriced boxes and items, and the greediness of the corporation grows as a result.”
However, Niantic has taken the time to defend their changes, in an interview with Eurogamer. In this interview, Pokemon Go VP Ed Wu said:
“The world has largely moved back outdoors and Remote Raid passes have come to dominate the overall experience of playing in a way we never intended. It’s become essentially a shortcut to playing the game. We’ve seen an imbalance because the current price of Remote Raid passes is matched to the Premium Battle Pass which is distorting the game economy, and making the game unsustainable in the long term.”
Ed Wu goes on to say that they know that this change will prove unpopular. In fact,
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