People really weren't joking about needing extra batteries to play Pokémon Go. Battery pack sales doubled in the US during roughly the two weeks that followed the game's release, according to The NPD Group. It reports seeing a year-over-year growth of 101 percent, with 1.2 million mobile battery packs being sold between July 10th and July 23rd, just days after the game's July 6th release.

 

 

For those extra-long pokéwalks

 

 

Pokémon Go really seems to be the only explanation here. NPD notes that while battery pack sales have generally been increasing from 2015, sales were only up 4 percent in the weeks prior to the game's release. So Pokémon Go very much seems to be what triggered it. The custom pokéball batteries that popped up may have helped, too.

 

The question now is how battery packs — and Pokémon Go — will fair in the weeks ahead. It's not outrageous to assume that the Pokémon Go phenomenon will fade with time, and battery pack sales are likely to go down along with it. How soon will that happen? Niantic still has most of the world to roll the game out to, but it'll want to do that without annoying existing players too much.

 

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I have a handful of younger family members that I believe are addicted to Pokémon Go. :big_ha:

I have played with it. It gets me out walking more then I did before. I used to walk at least 2 miles a day. While hunting those little creatures I find I'm walking at least double the miles. Walking for walking sake to keep healthy is boring. This makes it more fun.

My niece put 76 miles on her vehicle the other night.

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The question now is how battery packs — and Pokémon Go — will fair in the weeks ahead. It's not outrageous to assume that the Pokémon Go phenomenon will fade with time, and battery pack sales are likely to go down along with it. How soon will that happen? Niantic still has most of the world to roll the game out to, but it'll want to do that without annoying existing players too much. and

Tech Crunch article sent me to Google to confirm the difference between fair and fare.

 

Off topic question: --- Will the use of voice-recognition software, poor grammar/spelling/editing skills,

and computer-generated translations get our country in hot water someday?

 

Remember this?

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1880208_1880218_1880227,00.html

Embarrassing Moments

That's Not What I Said

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Are you from Poland? Then President Jimmy Carter wants to sleep with you. That's what his translator, Steven Seymour, told the then-Communist country during the U.S. President's 1977 visit. Carter said he wanted to learn about the Polish people's desires for the future; Seymour said that Carter desired the Poles. Carter said he was happy to be in Poland; Seymour said he was happy to grasp at Poland's private parts. Carter talked about leaving the U.S. to go on a trip; Seymour said that he had abandoned America forever. Then he spoke Russian — to a nation struggling under the thumb of the Soviet Union. Yikes.

I cringe, constantly.