Pokemon GO Black Friday 2023: Is it worth it?

Niantic has offered several PokeCoin Black Friday deals for Pokemon GO trainers to take advantage of. These offers are available on the official web store for the game, with the developers providing 2x of the bonus PokeCoins when players purchase bundles that cost over $20. For those wondering what this means and whether it is worth it, we will discuss the same in this article.

You can look at the available bundles and deals being offered by Niantic at the GO Web Store.

Are Pokemon GO Black Friday PokeCoin deals worth it?

Before diving into a short analysis of whether the Black Friday bonus is worth it, let's have a quick look at the prices of the PokeCoin bundles in-game, on the web store, and with the 2x bonus.

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In-game offerings

Bundle	Price	Price per coin
100 PokeCoins	$0.99	$0.0099
550 PokeCoins	$4.99	$0.009
1200 PokeCoins	$9.99	$0.008
2500 PokeCoins	$19.99	$0.0079
5200 PokeCoins	$39.99	$0.0076
14500 PokeCoins	$99.99	$0.0068

Web store offerings

Web Store	Price	Price per coin
600 PokeCoins (50 web store bonus)	$4.99	$0.008
1300 PokeCoins (100 web store bonus)	$9.99	$0.0076
2700 PokeCoins (200 web store bonus)	$19.99	$0.007
5600 PokeCoins (400 web store bonus)	$39.99	$0.007
15500 PokeCoins (1000 web store bonus)	$99.99	$0.006

Black Friday deals

PokeCoins	Price	Price per coin
2900 PokeCoins (400 web store bonus) [2x web store bonus]	$19.99	$0.0068
6000 PokeCoins (800 web store bonus) [2x web store bonus]	$39.99	$0.0066
16,500 PokeCoins (2000 web store bonus) [2x web store bonus]	$99.99	$0.006

As we can see, the special Black Friday deals are applicable to the three biggest PokeCoin bundles. The web store inherently provides a bonus amount of coins if players purchase the in-game currency there. The special deal doubles it till November 27, 2023, at 11.59 pm PST. Furthermore, trainers are limited to one purchase per PokeCoin bundle per customer.

Tallying the price per coin for the Black Friday deals, the web store, and the in-game store, we can quickly make out that the currently offered bonus will not make much of a difference.

If we consider the price per coin of the 14500 bundle in the in-game store and that in the Black Friday deal (where they are offering 16000 PokeCoins), we notice a price discount of around 11.7%.

The 5200 || 6000 bundle runs a discount of 13.15%, and the 2500 || 2900 bundle has a discount of 13.9%. The discount margin goes down further when we consider the price per coin of the Black Friday deals to that of the web store bundles.

These are not significant price drops that are big enough to entice players to shell out. If one is running short of PokeCoins in Pokemon GO right now and is looking to purchase some, they can make use of this offer to score some extra coins. For others, it's better to give this one a miss.

The premium offering for Pokemon GO fans on the web store currently is the Seasonal Delights Box. It costs 4875 PokeCoins and provides 25x Super Incubator, 25x Egg Incubator, and 10x Poffin.

About the author

Angshuman is an Assistant Content Manager, Gaming, at Sportskeeda with a specialized focus on Pokemon. While completing his Master's degree in English Literature, Angshuman's research topics primarily included the many facets of game studies. That, along with his love for the medium which he believes to be the pinnacle of storytelling, led him to become a writer in the genre.

Angshuman prefers both solo and multiplayer titles on PC and PS5. His love for gaming stemmed from playing Bounce and God of War on mobile phones, and on to Age of Empires and Zoo Tycoon on PC. If he ever wished to convert a gaming cynic into a admirer, he would recommend indie games because of their versatility and their ability to be unaffected by genre-stifling publisher expectations.

Angshuman has interviewed several indie game developers in his career, spoken at many conferences, and contributed to book chapters. In his capacity to create highly accurate content, he thoroughly researches a topic, tracks citations until he finds the original source, and ensures his content doesn't misrepresent, misquote, or appropriate information.

In his spare time, Angshuman enjoys story writing, shooting landscapes and short films, reading, and painting.

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Edited by Angshuman Dutta