(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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[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 53 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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?

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 days ago

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