(Bloomberg) – Niantic Inc., the company behind the 2016 hit Pokémon Go, is in talks to sell its video-game business to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc., according to several people familiar with the discussions.

Representatives of Niantic and Scopely declined to comment. Scopely is owned by Savvy Games Group, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

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    Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc.

    Are they buying it for the business opportunity or the massive amounts of geolocation data to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

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      to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

      Gotta catch 'em all. Pokémon!

      The plot is right in the catch phrase.

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        to assist in kidnapping and murdering women and dissidents around the world?

        I will travel across the land Searching far and wide

        They even specified their tenaciousness

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    Oh fuck no.

    They ruined Stumble Guys, don’t let them ruin Pokémon GO

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        They turned Stumble Guys p2w, not to mention that when you open the game you get like 4 pop-ups for real life money stuff

        There are emotes that can punch or kick a player to get them eliminated, and these are OP and locked behind the battle pass