Legions of Pokemon fans were left disappointed Wednesday after a rumoured release of the franchise’s hugely popular smartphone game in Japan proved wrong.
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On July 11, Sensor Tower reported that the average iPhone user in the United States spent 33 minutes on “Pokemon Go”, which was ten minutes more than the time spent on the Facebook mobile app.
The reason for the postponement in Japan is due to the problems Pokemon GO servers are having.
Meanwhile, Pokemon GO still has not launched in Japan.
A team of researchers at software security firm ESET have warned that fake versions of the game are connecting to porn sites, freezing phones, and demanding ransoms for the removal of spurious viruses. It only says the launch will happen “soon”.
Japanese gamers suffered a minor Pokemon Go setback this week: Game maker Niantic postponed today’s scheduled release following an email leak. Within hours multiple apps had sprung up and inundated the service with awful Flappy Bird clones, to the point where Apple and Google put their foot down and blanket-wiped all of them from the servers and then automatically refused any game submitted to the store that included the word “Flappy” in its name. But if Pokemon Go isn’t a good fit, you can bet that many more retailers will now be watching the augmented reality game front very closely for games that appeal to their target customers.
The official NYPD Twitter uploaded an infographic which addressed Pokemon GO users.
Pokemon Go is an app where you spend lots of time and some players have started to use different methods to speed up their progress in the game. The hack left many players around the world disappointed since the weekend was the flawless opportunity to go and catch some critters.
Citing a source “close to the launch”, TechCrunch said the title’s afternoon arrival has been cancelled after internal communication abouthe launch from sponsor McDonald’s Japan hit the Web.
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Pokemon Go’s success has been out of the ordinary and revolutionary. As users continue to complain about the issue developers Niantic remain silent, probably because they’re monumentally stressed trying to keep the game from toppling on its millions of users.
