If you’re in a hurry to download the Pokemon GO app, then you need to make sure that you don’t download one of the malware injected apps.
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Because the game isn’t available in all regions yet, eager users are trying to get the game by any means possible.
The recent ban on the use of English language in video games released in China, coupled with the fact that to play Pokemon Go it is necessary to have a Google account (blocked in the country) the game’s arrival in the Chinese video game market, the largest in the world with $7 billion in revenue a year ago, is unlikely. The game also launched i nGermany on Wednesday.
Many users are trying all kinds of tricks to download the app as it is not yet available in all countries worldwide.
Businesses will pay Niantic for every person that arrives there by way of Pokemon Go.
The users reportedly didn’t even care whether they were in a cemetery or a memorial of the victims of Nazism, as news reached us yesterday that the U.S Holocaust Museum had asked users to stop playing Pokemon Go inside the premises.
The instant success of Pokemon Go has resurrected Nintendo’s past fame.
According to SimilarWeb, which has already pegged the app as more popular than Tinder in the U.S. – and soon to overtake Twitter – Pokemon Go has already been installed on more than three per cent of all Android phones in the UK.
Pokemon Go is seeing huge numbers of incredibly active players who will go where the Pokemon are.
Pokemon Go launched in the US, New Zealand and Australia at the tail-end of last week, but was delayed in the United Kingdom after experiencing server issues due to its popularity.
So a sponsored location could be the best option yet, and Niantic Labs patting McDonald’s for partnership could well work for “Pokemon Go” fans, in a related Gizmodo post.
“This is the fastest take up of an app or game we’ve ever seen – and that’s before it’s officially launched!”
Olson says he wouldn’t be surprised if Activision Blizzard adds such functionality to its Skylanders game, a role-playing game featuring toys.
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The app also requires constant Global Positioning System access, and it uses a lot of data. Some Pokemon are easier to hit than others, while others can escape from Pokeballs, forcing you to re-capture them.
