Some businesses reportedly are already trying to cash in on Pokemon Go simply by playing the game.
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One Pokemon player, Matthew Newbold, 22, from Peterborough, tweeted: “Pokemon go makes me such a better person”. With enough friends, we can even start our own local tournament, and battle friends to emerge as winners!
But the following two major downsides to Pokemon Go should be taken into serious consideration before you play the current version of this game.
However, for the game to work users will also need to install a virtual private network on their phones to bypass censorship and have a Google account, as well as a GPS simulator, as the global positioning system has strong restrictions in China.
Pokemon Go is available for iOS and Android mobile devices in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand since a few days ago, noted The Wall Street Journal on July 11. The game is reportedly exceeding $1.5 million dollars in daily revenue. “The bigger it gets in the US, the more frustrated fans are getting in Japan”, said Motohiko Tokuriki, chief marketing officer at Tokyo-based Agile Media Network, which specializes in online marketing. John Hanke, the CEO of developer Niantic Labs, told Reuters the goal is to have the game available in roughly 200 markets “relatively soon“, though he did not provide any specific timing details. However, the strength of Alphabet companies is in technology development, and the company is able to monetize its technology through partnerships with other companies.
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Both locations feature in the new smartphone game. “Ingress, our first “real world” game, has given millions of players an entirely new way to see the world around them”. On the profits front, Nintendo the gaming giant holds very less of Pokemon Go’s share and thus shall enjoy only a minute percentage of the massive profits the game is now making.
