Michael Loccisano/Getty ImagesPokémon Go is proving wildly popular – so popular that its developers, Niantic, have “paused” its global roll-out as the company struggles to cope with demand. These locales will be sure to draw in players looking for the game’s Pokestops, Pokeballs and gyms.
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Yet to be launched in India, people here have been going insane about the game by playing the illegal version of it. Whatever be the reason, the game has raised curiosity of many. These have included private property, the middle of the sea and even the Holocaust museum in Auschwitz.
China’s recent ban on the use of English language in video games available in the country along with the requirement of a Google account (blocked in China) to play Pokémon Go, it is highly unlikely that the immensely popular game will be coming to China, which could be a huge blow to Nintendo as it is the largest video game market in the world with $7 billion in revenues previous year. Ingress is notorious for locating stops in deliberately hard to reach places. The game came out in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States last week, and over the past few days Germany and the UK joined in. TheBitBag recently argued as to why “Augmented Reality” is better than the “Virtual Reality” when it comes to gaming. The Internet today is littered with unauthorized Pokémon Go files and guides explaining how to install the game on various platforms.
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However the Google link is not be so surprising: the search giant owns a stake in Niantic.
