Niantic’s poorly planned Pokemon Go Fest back in 2017 has come back to bite them as they have been forced to pay $1.5 million to attendees who were ripped off, also being bound to earn Niantic the wrath of Nintendo for damaging their reputation.
Having already refunded the ticket costs to attendees, Niantic will also be paying $1.57 million to settle the class action lawsuit and pay for hotel and transaction costs and more for those whose experience was ruined by the event’s false promises.
Those looking for compensation however will need to provide proof that they were at the event; such individuals will had to have checked into the festival through Pokemon Go (how that will serve as proof considering the game was having connectivity issues is uncertain) and must provide receipts if they paid more than $107 in expenses – compensation will likely be meager due to all the fans in the same situation.
The Pokemon event promised rare items, eggs, special raids and other benefits but players were unfortunately denied by connectivity issues, bugs and technical errors, as well as more ridiculous problems such as the 3 hour queue to actually get into the park.
The catastrophic disaster may have little impact on Niantic as a whole considering the sizable income the game is still managing to rake in – an official settlement website will emerge come May 25th.
Someone still play this s♥♥t ?
Niantic is dreck. They have zero clue how to design a game so its actually fun for people that cant spend 10 hours a day moving around a areas with no spawns.
That’s endemic of mobage in general. Haven’t had fun with one yet.
try granblue friend
Because niantic is CIA and they want you to record your s♥♥t, not having fun.
pokemon go had a lot of potential but that potential was not utilized whatsoever, a true waste
A goofy precedent to set for events. Are concerts up for lawsuits now if the singers forget a line or if the lighting starts malfunctioning?
A goofy comparison. Of course concerts would be liable in comparable situations, like having people stand outside for 3 hours when it should’ve begun. Don’t know what you’re smoking to come up with the line or lightning s♥♥t.
Actually yes, plenty of musicians have been sued for any mishaps that cause an overall poor experience. This has been a thing for quite some time.