How much more booming can it do? Demand is already so high or at least it feels that way from my ebay sales. Insane considering the state of the economy in the UK where I am.
I think that there will be a new boom. Pokemon Pocket might not be the best catalyst but just like 151, the Rocket set and Gym trainer sets might. And if you combine everything... 2025 might be a good year. I started selling some cards too on the side and since 151 all the conversations I have are with many new collectors. I hear other people share the same vision as this person, like PokeNE. I was also thinking the contrary, like opening packs digitally might affect opening IRL negatively instead but it might not be a bad take that it increases physical sales.
@@le_med In some sectors but personally most of my international business is done with America and Japan so it didn't really affect me. The reckless money printing during 2020 hurt our economy far more than Brexit. Can't see it lasting anyway. The elites want Brexit undone and they usually get what they want no matter what the people think.
I think it's about boosting the Pokemon physical TCG (and the Pokemon brand as a whole), but also cornering another area of the market. There are a lot of mobile gamers now. Digital cards have a much higher return than physical ones. You create them once and that's it. There's no overhead other than servers/more development. Physical cards have a never ending overhead. You have to keep spending money to create the physical cards and to ship them across the world. Every move Pokemon makes is to boost the entire ecosystem of Pokemon (like Apple), so I get where you're coming from, but I don't think the end goal is physical cards. I would even argue that they prefer the digital versions, as it's more accessible and has less overhead
The overhead has never been an issue… they’ll just keep inflating MSRP for packs like they did when SV was released. Consumers will continue to buy stuff at or above MSRP. I think this is mostly a move to grow the brand of pokemon/continue to bring good PR to increase eyes on the IP
@@DLegend16 The overhead isn't an issue for them of course, but if you could minimize that overhead and increase profit margins, why wouldn't you? There's also a certain point where the cost of the product gets too high and the demand drops, so even though you are charging more for the product, you're selling less, so you end up making less money. Tackling a different market is a brand move. They're doing both
Further more I can see Pokemon creating a system where you could redeem virtual cards for physical ones sent directly by pokemon which then will have your address and could market directly to those households. You will also have themed cards obtained by opening a certain number of packs or on a special day at a certain place (like worlds) using geolocation making it just not about opening packs but chasing rare cards requiring you to have the app opened in a certain place etc... They have too many options to expand upon and those cost less than printing a single set
Hearthstone has been a successful digital card game for over a decade now. If Pokemon can execute their game properly, they could make a massive profit. Of course there will always be those who prefer the physical cards, but we are moving more and more to a digital era.
After the announcement my first thought was what if they connect future pokemon sets with TCG Pocket? So you have both (physical und digital/immersive pokemon cards of the same artwork)
Well the ones that are interested are already on the existing app which is the same thing as the new one coming out. It's a way to get people to purchase packs all over again to play in the new app, which is unfortunate
I absolutely agree - it's a marketing strategy to create an overreaching pull effect on the physical ptcg. Especially, if it is free for the majority of people. In economics, it's well known, that if a product is free, than actually you are the product. So their service is not free as they simply invest by buying your attention, interest and attuning/conditioning people towards their franchise. Sadly it's aimed mainly towards kids and yes, it is gambling... getting kids attuned to this gamble/franchise overall is the holy grail of cash cow generating. Besides this main goal, they also aim for so called 'whales' with their microtransactions. I also agree, that mobile is the perfect way of reaching basically everyone globally. Even people with little to no time to spare, got a moment or two on their phones between meetings, on the train etc... the accessibility is insane.
No this is not to help sell cards as they are already selling billions without any advertising. This is clearly to capture whales and extra cash without having to print, distribute and manage physical assets. It could even double their revenues because people will have the super convenience of being able to buy packs instantly and prey on the instant gratification. Collections and trading will be emphasized so that virtual cards will get values and kids won t have to carry their binders of cards. I think they are thinking about lowering physical printing in the long run and push virtual to cut down on costs.
Cross posted in another video: I love your channel. Am I correct in thinking you invest and/or collect more Japanese pokemon? I prefer Japanese with their higher quality but the English version command higher prices and returns... How do you see the Japanese market and your investment of it when it seems English just dominates. Do you invest in English as well?
Dispite making a lot of japanese cards video, my position in english is slightly more, i would say around 65% english and 35% japanese in terms of seal products. I can't tell you which version is better, but I can tell you that for the most part of poekmon card history 1996 - 2018, japanese cards were cheaper than english...only between 2018 - 2024 japanese cards became popular and mainstream. As a collector i collect a lot of japaense pikachu cards, but as an investors i only pick japaense seal sets such as 151 or the high class set to invest.
I think the hobby would benefit more from a de-boom. From all the scalpers, investors, flipers, cheaters and commercialized poketubers that artificialy hype cards, the hobby has become incredibly toxic. It needs de-booming...
We are going to see sets in december printed to the ground, and price will likely hit it's lowest during dec~ and after that things will start to climb again.
I know that feeling, between 2016 to 2018, I opened alot, I wish I have kept it sealed. Look at my old video which I've open an entire case of 20 boxes of CP6 booster box...each one of them is worth usd2000 - 2500 if sealed.
Literally just hold them and grade them. They always go up, from kids losing them, family throwing them out. Then people want to finish sets so they will buy the shitty cards. Thats what I'm teaching my sons. Hold them til they're worth something lol
I thought pokemon united would be the one that brings people in, but it did not happen. So we will have to wait and see if pokemon pocket brings ppl back in. However, while the number of ppl that come back will be less than pokemon go, this game will definetly "groom" ppl into opening and collecting cards
Nah, it wont be a game changer, its basically just another TCG Live with an extra feature of trading. Its a cash grab for nintendo. Pokémon TCG live hasnt changed the game, most serious collectors dont even care about the code cards and sell em off in bulk for $20 per 1000, they have already done this, going from the TCG online app to TCG live. Its a move they make every 5 years or so to make more money. If you dont play live or havent used it, then sure this seems like something new, but its not.
Not available in the netherlands and belgium 😢 due to gambling regulations wich is complete nonsense sinc codm and pubg crates are available here for years. Thats way worse
They do it every 5 years to make another cash grab, first TCG online, then TCG live, now pocket. The dude in the video is talking about microstransaction possibilities like trading credits for packs, but in the current game you just trade em for the card you want, which is way better than buying packs and hoping you get it 😂
I despise mobile games with a passion lol, always had top of the line phones, never played anything on them ever. As much as a Pokémon fan I am I never touched Pokémon GO, never touched Masters because it's a gatcha not to speak of the other random gimmik games, that said EVEN I am thinking of playing it. So yeah... If they make it somewhat fun I think this is going to be big xV
the next pocket boom is crypto boom. because we are paying real money to buy digital packs, store in digital binder. we have the rights to download it and then sell it or trade. here comes the new bitcoin on the secondary market.
I think you’re not seeing it from the company’s perspective. You’re using a more collector/card shop perspective. The company sells cardboard, slivers of cardboard that cost a penny to make and they sell them for $4-$5. The margins for the company are huge, the margins for a reseller are tiny/nonexistent. That’s why it’s not really about the money but more so making it easier for the next generation to become addicted to opening packs. Now they’ll be spending nothing for digital art and sell it for $1-$2. The margins are even bigger. Pokemon the company doesn’t need a boom in sales or hike in prices to make more money, they just need to shift their model to the next generation of younger children.
Let me rephrase, pokemon will be making a lot of money from this, but out of all the different apps and digital game they can make, they choose to make a tcg pocket. They could simply modified tcg live and get ppl to access digital cards in that way, why a new tcg game using the same ip, which other company may consider to be canabilism of your own ip? I beleive pokemon's plan is trying to create something that will expands it's reach and solve the problem of accessability.
feels like a late entry into the NFT bullshii. Why have something that you dont physically have and is controlled by a large corp and can be taken down and away from you at any moment? Pokemon Cards can be stolen but having the cards and guarding them is a possibility. Guarding against something going wrong in the digital world and also the digital world is an infinite resource reality is not an infinite resource.
Naa, this doesn't make any sense. These kids aren't going to go running to the old SV stuff, just whatever is available. Don't see this causing any sort of value increase in SV boxes and people just keep acting like TPC is magically not reprinting boxes anymore because we haven't seen a reprint yet.
A lot of Pokémon collectors are jumping over to One Piece. S&V doesn’t have excitement anymore, I think Pokemon Company need to reduce the number of sets, like 3 times a year max.
gym heroes and team rocket coming, my wallet will not recover
I recorded a video talking about this tmr, spoiler, I do beleive the gym heroes 2024 is gonna be more or less a gimmik
How much more booming can it do? Demand is already so high or at least it feels that way from my ebay sales. Insane considering the state of the economy in the UK where I am.
I think that there will be a new boom. Pokemon Pocket might not be the best catalyst but just like 151, the Rocket set and Gym trainer sets might. And if you combine everything... 2025 might be a good year. I started selling some cards too on the side and since 151 all the conversations I have are with many new collectors. I hear other people share the same vision as this person, like PokeNE. I was also thinking the contrary, like opening packs digitally might affect opening IRL negatively instead but it might not be a bad take that it increases physical sales.
were not even in a boom lol.... were in a inbetween of two 5years gap anniv... market barely took back after the crash in 2022 plenty of room here
To be fair you guys decided to get out of the european market and are still paying the price for it
@@le_med In some sectors but personally most of my international business is done with America and Japan so it didn't really affect me. The reckless money printing during 2020 hurt our economy far more than Brexit. Can't see it lasting anyway. The elites want Brexit undone and they usually get what they want no matter what the people think.
@@kedjfj798 Yeah that's what's mad about it. We're not in a boom and yet business is still so strong.
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I think it's about boosting the Pokemon physical TCG (and the Pokemon brand as a whole), but also cornering another area of the market.
There are a lot of mobile gamers now. Digital cards have a much higher return than physical ones. You create them once and that's it. There's no overhead other than servers/more development. Physical cards have a never ending overhead. You have to keep spending money to create the physical cards and to ship them across the world.
Every move Pokemon makes is to boost the entire ecosystem of Pokemon (like Apple), so I get where you're coming from, but I don't think the end goal is physical cards. I would even argue that they prefer the digital versions, as it's more accessible and has less overhead
The overhead has never been an issue… they’ll just keep inflating MSRP for packs like they did when SV was released. Consumers will continue to buy stuff at or above MSRP. I think this is mostly a move to grow the brand of pokemon/continue to bring good PR to increase eyes on the IP
@@DLegend16 The overhead isn't an issue for them of course, but if you could minimize that overhead and increase profit margins, why wouldn't you? There's also a certain point where the cost of the product gets too high and the demand drops, so even though you are charging more for the product, you're selling less, so you end up making less money.
Tackling a different market is a brand move. They're doing both
Further more I can see Pokemon creating a system where you could redeem virtual cards for physical ones sent directly by pokemon which then will have your address and could market directly to those households. You will also have themed cards obtained by opening a certain number of packs or on a special day at a certain place (like worlds) using geolocation making it just not about opening packs but chasing rare cards requiring you to have the app opened in a certain place etc... They have too many options to expand upon and those cost less than printing a single set
Same thoughts as I 😊 Pokémon community will grow bigger and bigger!
Hearthstone has been a successful digital card game for over a decade now. If Pokemon can execute their game properly, they could make a massive profit. Of course there will always be those who prefer the physical cards, but we are moving more and more to a digital era.
After the announcement my first thought was what if they connect future pokemon sets with TCG Pocket? So you have both (physical und digital/immersive pokemon cards of the same artwork)
I think this is another way for Pokémon to try to capture the school kids who are totally on their phones.This is a great plan.
I love your username~! you will hear kids scream suddenly and you will know they pulled a secret rare on their phone
Well the ones that are interested are already on the existing app which is the same thing as the new one coming out. It's a way to get people to purchase packs all over again to play in the new app, which is unfortunate
@@CollectPokemonthey can already do that...
I absolutely agree - it's a marketing strategy to create an overreaching pull effect on the physical ptcg. Especially, if it is free for the majority of people.
In economics, it's well known, that if a product is free, than actually you are the product. So their service is not free as they simply invest by buying your attention, interest and attuning/conditioning people towards their franchise.
Sadly it's aimed mainly towards kids and yes, it is gambling... getting kids attuned to this gamble/franchise overall is the holy grail of cash cow generating.
Besides this main goal, they also aim for so called 'whales' with their microtransactions.
I also agree, that mobile is the perfect way of reaching basically everyone globally. Even people with little to no time to spare, got a moment or two on their phones between meetings, on the train etc... the accessibility is insane.
No this is not to help sell cards as they are already selling billions without any advertising. This is clearly to capture whales and extra cash without having to print, distribute and manage physical assets. It could even double their revenues because people will have the super convenience of being able to buy packs instantly and prey on the instant gratification. Collections and trading will be emphasized so that virtual cards will get values and kids won t have to carry their binders of cards. I think they are thinking about lowering physical printing in the long run and push virtual to cut down on costs.
Cross posted in another video:
I love your channel. Am I correct in thinking you invest and/or collect more Japanese pokemon? I prefer Japanese with their higher quality but the English version command higher prices and returns... How do you see the Japanese market and your investment of it when it seems English just dominates. Do you invest in English as well?
Dispite making a lot of japanese cards video, my position in english is slightly more, i would say around 65% english and 35% japanese in terms of seal products. I can't tell you which version is better, but I can tell you that for the most part of poekmon card history 1996 - 2018, japanese cards were cheaper than english...only between 2018 - 2024 japanese cards became popular and mainstream. As a collector i collect a lot of japaense pikachu cards, but as an investors i only pick japaense seal sets such as 151 or the high class set to invest.
@@CollectPokemon japans dead, you were wrong from your past videos. pump and dump. Vstar universe / vmax climax is dead.
My exact thoughts- glad to see it might not be so farfetched.
I think the hobby would benefit more from a de-boom. From all the scalpers, investors, flipers, cheaters and commercialized poketubers that artificialy hype cards, the hobby has become incredibly toxic. It needs de-booming...
There's a lot of good that comes with a larger pool of collectors & players. Most of those problems are consistent, no matter the size of this hobby.
i agree but really waiting on later sets coming end of year
We are going to see sets in december printed to the ground, and price will likely hit it's lowest during dec~ and after that things will start to climb again.
I’m already almost over pokemon … I’ve opened way too many packs to look at my binder and not even get a quarter of the money back 😩
I know that feeling, between 2016 to 2018, I opened alot, I wish I have kept it sealed. Look at my old video which I've open an entire case of 20 boxes of CP6 booster box...each one of them is worth usd2000 - 2500 if sealed.
Orrrr just buy the single
@@CollectPokemon no ur feeling it a little more than me bro lol … I feel better now
@@jamesh6441 that’s what I meant sorry I’m over opening packs 😩 I’m too attached to just give up 🤣
Literally just hold them and grade them. They always go up, from kids losing them, family throwing them out. Then people want to finish sets so they will buy the shitty cards. Thats what I'm teaching my sons. Hold them til they're worth something lol
Money 😮
As someone who came back into the hobby because of Pokémon Go I can’t see it having the same size of an impact but for sure I’ll get Pokémon pocket!
I thought pokemon united would be the one that brings people in, but it did not happen. So we will have to wait and see if pokemon pocket brings ppl back in. However, while the number of ppl that come back will be less than pokemon go, this game will definetly "groom" ppl into opening and collecting cards
Nah, it wont be a game changer, its basically just another TCG Live with an extra feature of trading. Its a cash grab for nintendo. Pokémon TCG live hasnt changed the game, most serious collectors dont even care about the code cards and sell em off in bulk for $20 per 1000, they have already done this, going from the TCG online app to TCG live. Its a move they make every 5 years or so to make more money. If you dont play live or havent used it, then sure this seems like something new, but its not.
Click click boom! 🔫
Not available in the netherlands and belgium 😢 due to gambling regulations wich is complete nonsense sinc codm and pubg crates are available here for years. Thats way worse
This idea is stupid and needs to be scrapped. Pokemon will likely scrap tcg live for this...
They do it every 5 years to make another cash grab, first TCG online, then TCG live, now pocket. The dude in the video is talking about microstransaction possibilities like trading credits for packs, but in the current game you just trade em for the card you want, which is way better than buying packs and hoping you get it 😂
@@robreeto Yeah lol
I despise mobile games with a passion lol, always had top of the line phones, never played anything on them ever. As much as a Pokémon fan I am I never touched Pokémon GO, never touched Masters because it's a gatcha not to speak of the other random gimmik games, that said EVEN I am thinking of playing it. So yeah... If they make it somewhat fun I think this is going to be big xV
I do beleive that this app/game is going to be a very kid friendly one. I believe it will be a very casual grind. We shall see each other in game!
the next pocket boom is crypto boom. because we are paying real money to buy digital packs, store in digital binder. we have the rights to download it and then sell it or trade. here comes the new bitcoin on the secondary market.
It’s never about making money? Dude you sound like u dont know how business works EVERYTHING IS ABOUT MONEY
I think you’re not seeing it from the company’s perspective. You’re using a more collector/card shop perspective. The company sells cardboard, slivers of cardboard that cost a penny to make and they sell them for $4-$5. The margins for the company are huge, the margins for a reseller are tiny/nonexistent. That’s why it’s not really about the money but more so making it easier for the next generation to become addicted to opening packs. Now they’ll be spending nothing for digital art and sell it for $1-$2. The margins are even bigger. Pokemon the company doesn’t need a boom in sales or hike in prices to make more money, they just need to shift their model to the next generation of younger children.
Let me rephrase, pokemon will be making a lot of money from this, but out of all the different apps and digital game they can make, they choose to make a tcg pocket. They could simply modified tcg live and get ppl to access digital cards in that way, why a new tcg game using the same ip, which other company may consider to be canabilism of your own ip? I beleive pokemon's plan is trying to create something that will expands it's reach and solve the problem of accessability.
feels like a late entry into the NFT bullshii. Why have something that you dont physically have and is controlled by a large corp and can be taken down and away from you at any moment? Pokemon Cards can be stolen but having the cards and guarding them is a possibility. Guarding against something going wrong in the digital world and also the digital world is an infinite resource reality is not an infinite resource.
Jesus you must bubble wrap your face before you leave the house hey?
I need that 151 UPC
I think they hv them at some cosco in the US and CAD
Hahah Diablo III gang 😂
=D yes the non stop rift grind
Naa, this doesn't make any sense. These kids aren't going to go running to the old SV stuff, just whatever is available. Don't see this causing any sort of value increase in SV boxes and people just keep acting like TPC is magically not reprinting boxes anymore because we haven't seen a reprint yet.
A lot of Pokémon collectors are jumping over to One Piece. S&V doesn’t have excitement anymore, I think Pokemon Company need to reduce the number of sets, like 3 times a year max.
Or maybe once a year, it's gotten out of hand
Hey, where Can I contact you?
leave me an email collectpokemon2@gmail.com
@@CollectPokemon okay, Thanks.