❘ Published: 2023-04-02T18:08:33
❘ Updated: 2023-04-02T18:08:46
Pokémon Go players believe that developer Niantic is raising the prices of Remote Raid Pass following news that prices would increase and daily uses would decrease.
The news that Pokémon Go developer Niantic plans to increase the price of Remote Raid Passes and decrease their number of daily uses has not gone down well with the gaming community.
Trainers have started a massive petition on Change.org to get Niantic’s attention, while others have already said goodbye to Pokemon Go ahead of the ever-approaching April 6 update.
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Now, some gamers have started theorizing that Niantic is simply threatening to raise the prices of the Remote Raid Pass to generate outrage, and then lower the price slightly so that trainers pay more overall.
Pokémon Go Players Theorize About Remote Raid Pass Changes
Posts surrounding Remote Raid Pass nerfs have generated a lot of attention in Pokémon Go. subredditwhere some have created conspiracy theories about the advancement of Niantic’s plans.
an user created a thread titled “Tinfoil hats on: Hanke is playing 4D chess with us,” which garnered nearly 2,000 upvotes in less than 24 hours. The post featured a meme essentially saying that Niantic doubled the price of the Remote Raid Pass to spark outrage.
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The fan goes on to suggest that following that outrage, Niantic would lower the Remote Raid Pass prices from 195 Pokecoins to 150, where players would celebrate the “lower price”, all while paying 50% more than before.
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Other mail on the same subreddit he proposed a different theory and claimed that data miners had discovered that the Remote Raid Pass prices were meant to be set at 150 Pokecoins with a cap of 6 per day, which would suggest that Niantic’s blog post was intended to generate false outrage.
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Reputed Pokemon Go data mining team PokeMiners found evidence that Niantic had planned to lower the daily usage limit on Remote Raid Passes long before the announcement. However, there was no indication that the price would be set at 150 PokéCoins.
Whether or not these fan conspiracies carry any weight remains to be seen, but one thing is clear: fans are not happy with Niantic’s decision to nerf these Passes.
