{"id":19,"date":"2013-11-04T21:49:47","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T04:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/?p=19"},"modified":"2013-11-18T03:02:44","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T10:02:44","slug":"gotta-buy-them-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/2013\/11\/04\/gotta-buy-them-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Gotta Buy Them All!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"irc_mi\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/leviathyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pokemon_x_y___starter_wallpaper_by_arkeis_pokemon-d5qv7uj.jpg\" width=\"816\" height=\"459\" \/><\/p>\n<style><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Times;\n\tpanose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-font-charset:78;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Cambria;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\np\n\t{mso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-priority:99;\n\tmso-margin-top-alt:auto;\n\tmargin-right:0cm;\n\tmso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\n\tmargin-left:0cm;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Times;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;\n\tmso-header-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--><\/style>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pok%C3%A9mon\">Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> is a game and a series that I had grew up with all my life. I still remember my first ever Pok\u00e9mon game, as I had spent hours trying to beat gym leaders to eventually becoming the Pok\u00e9mon Champion within a day or so. With the recent release of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pok%C3%A9mon_X_and_Y\">Pok\u00e9mon X&amp;Y<\/a>, sales are already booming. The game sold four millions copies within the first two days of its global release. How is Pok\u00e9mon still doing so well?<\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s success is not from its new features, but from Nintendo&#8217;s marketing strategy. Their strong customer loyalty determines their sales. Nintendo&#8217;s marketing attracts kids and new customers and gets them immersed in the amazing world of Pok\u00e9mon! Pok\u00e9mon fans are also eager to see what Nintendo has to offer with a new generation of Pok\u00e9mon and new game mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>With these two factors, no wonder Pok\u00e9mon has always become a popular game for young 10 year-olds and college students alike. Even adults adore and cherish Pok\u00e9mon as it has created an entire culture around it. I wonder how the future will be like, as new Pok\u00e9mon games will always be created. Will Nintendo keep on making money, or will sales soon decline?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Word Count: 200<\/p>\n<p>Source: http:\/\/ca.ign.com\/articles\/2013\/10\/15\/pokemon-x-and-y-sales-figures-revealed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon is a game and a series that I had grew up with all my life. I still remember my first ever Pok\u00e9mon game, as I had spent hours trying to beat gym leaders to eventually becoming the Pok\u00e9mon Champion &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/2013\/11\/04\/gotta-buy-them-all\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jamessl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}