Pokemon Go is now Pay to win.
So just to preface, been a long time on and off player of pokemon go, reached Legacy 40 around late 2018 and then quit in 2019 till late 2021 and proceeded to hit level 50 in December of 2022. Quit again after level 50 and recently came back in August of this year looking forward to the level 80 update. Now level 71 with enough xp to reach 80 but this game has changed some for the better but in my opinion much for the worse. Every, and I mean every little event they have is now a paid ticket and an increased odds or the only chance to get a shiny pokemon or the event pokemon mentioned. Ex. Mew Research, Keldeo, Jirachi, Eternatus every event has an event ticket, every month has a pass, wait you already bought that months deluxe pass, oh we have a 2nd pass this month celebrating a seperate week within this month so now you have to buy this pass but you will only have the 1 week to complete the smaller pass inside of the month pass. Oh, and none of these passes have remote raid passes so if you're a rural player, too bad. Shall I go on? This game has been getting increasingly worse the last 5 months and honestly, think this is my sign to just completely quit playing after I complete this months pass and that hurts. Scopely has shoved the exclusive mon thoughts into people. Backgrounds are neat but now becoming the new pay to enjoy experience. As someone who has a special place in their heart for Pokemon I've come to understand it's just business at the end of the day and a long rant from someone who doesn't want to make a hobby of spending a few hundred bucks a month on this game to get the full experience. Thoughts?
Posted Nov 14, 2025, 7:05 PM UTC