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‘Pokémon Go’ Maker Nears $3.5 Billion Deal to Sell Games Unit (finance.yahoo.com)
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(Bloomberg) -- Niantic Inc., the company behind the 2016 hit Pokémon Go, is in talks to sell its video-game business to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc., according to several people familiar with the discussions.

Representatives of Niantic and Scopely declined to comment. Scopely is owned by Savvy Games Group, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

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[-] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc.

Are they buying it for the business opportunity or the massive amounts of geolocation data to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 23 points 2 months ago

to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

Gotta catch 'em all. Pokémon!

The plot is right in the catch phrase.

[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago

to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

I will travel across the land Searching far and wide

They even specified their tenaciousness

[-] N00b22@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Oh fuck no.

They ruined Stumble Guys, don't let them ruin Pokémon GO

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

That sounds bad. I like Pokemon Go. What kind of ruining are we talking about?

[-] robbinhood@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I missed "Go" and thought they meant Game Freak and I was quite shocked lol

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