Pokémon Go is changing how Remote Raid Passes work — and raising prices

polygon.com:

Niantic is changing how PokémonGo’s Remote Raids work. The company behind the mobile gotta-catch-’em-all game is raising the price of Remote Raid passes and limiting the number of Remote Raids that players can do in a single day. Niantic says that Raids played from far away have not only become a shortcut to play, but have “come to dominate the experience of playing Pokémon Go in a way we never intended.”

Here’s how pricing is changing: The price of a single Remote Raid Pass will increase to 195 PokéCoins (up from 100 PokéCoins); and the price of a Remote Raid Pass three-pack will increase to 525 PokéCoins (up from 300 PokéCoins). Players may be able to earn a Remote Raid Pass from Research Breakthroughs, however.

Niantic is also limiting the number of Remote Raids per day, up to a maximum of five — though the company notes that may change (and increase) for special events.

“We plan to keep Remote Raid Passes as part of Pokémon Go,” the developer said in a blog post. “However, we believe this change is necessary for the long-term health of the game, and we do not make it lightly. We feel this is a necessary step toward our goal of preserving and improving the unique experience of playing Pokémon Go—a game we hope you continue to enjoy long into the future.”

For more information about the change, Polygon spoke to Ed Wu, VP of Pokémon Go at Niantic. You can read an edited version of our conversation below, which begins with Wu explaining the philosophy behind the changes.

Ed Wu: As you might imagine, with any change of this kind, we’re going to really evaluate every possible option, look at a bunch of data and think through a lot of different plants. But at the end of the day, the actual changes that we’re making are