‘Pokémon Unite’ hides points mid-match to prevent players quitting
Pokémon Unite developer has announced that hiding the score during matches is intentional in order to prevent players from quitting early.In email correspondence with Kotaku, Pokémon Unite’s producer, Masaaki Hoshino said “The matches last 10 minutes and players have the possibility of making a comeback, so we wanted people to play without giving up to the very end.”The easiest way for a team to make a comeback in Nintendo’s popular MMO is by defeating Zapdos, who appears in the last minutes of each match. Landing the final hit on the legendary bird allows your team to score points in the opposing goals instantly.This creates a huge advantage for players as usually it takes several seconds to score.