Pokemon TCG Pocket Crosses 30 Million Download Mark in a Week, So Yep, We’re Doing the Pokemon Go Thing Again

Are you coming to terms with a crippling addiction to trying to get your hands on rare critters? Well, you’re either someone who should probably be kept away from animal shelters, or you’ve been playing Pokemon TCG pocketalong with everyone else who contributed to exceeding the 30 million download mark.

Yes, as the game’s official account announced via a tweet, the game about collecting cards and then doing something with them has surpassed that impressive total in just the first week of its existence, putting it firmly on what seems like a Pokemon Go-like trajectory in terms of becoming a very popular thing that is physically impossible to avoid.

“Ttt-thirty million?! How many packages have been opened?” the message reads. “From everyone working on the game and me: thank you for all your support! Seriously. If you haven’t downloaded it yet, give it a try and let us know what you think.”

I’ll tell you what I think, Pokefolks, I think at least three of my colleagues have had their lives stolen by you so far, so if you can at least ease their fraying minds and give them some nice cards give, that would be nice.

Anyway, the impact on the lives of VG247 staffers aside, to put this into a bit of context: Pokémon Go hit 30 million users by the end of the first month, and of course has made it a rotton of money over its lifespan, even though in the heyday of 2016 there are headlines like ‘Pokemon Go players have been bombarded by residents of a Sydney suburb, police called(hey, he still works here!) are long gone.

We already know the TCG Pocket raking grease piles So far, to use the right business terms, there’s a good chance that there are a number of suits sitting in a building today toasting each other and thinking about buying another Bentley, this time with a shawl that looks a bit like this.

Anyway, so we feel less bad about what we did to Connor and Kelsey by encouraging them to get into TCG Pocket even more than they already were. Please check out our huge range of helpful guides for things like get started And putting together the best decksand stay tuned for coverage of all cool stuff The TCG Pocket community does it.