Pokémon Go: Shattering Records

Pokémon Go Is Shattering Records

 

Overview

Pokémon has been one of the most popular game franchises and tv shows throughout the 90's since it was released by Nintendo. Pokémon was initially called as "Pocket Monsters", a game in which you catch virtual creatures, train them and use them in battle against others. Pokémon Go was released as an attempt for make Pokémon gaming experience a bit more real with the help of Augmented Reality (or AR). 

 

How It Works?

Pokémon Go uses GPS to track your location and time where you are and what type of creatures you will see around you. You can walk to that Pokémon and catch it. The types of Pokémon you see greatly depend upon the time and area. AR provides you entirely new experience while you try to fulfill you 90's dream of becoming a Pokémon master as you Catch 'em all!. Here's a video about the gameplay:

Initial Success

Pokémon Go was initially launched in several countries, the game was met with such enormous response that the servers started to clog down and the app had to be taken off from all the countries except for Australia and New Zealand. And APKs that were downloaded after that had their service discontinued for a few days. Now the application is being launched across the world. 

In the United States, 5% of the devices are already using Pokémon Go which is more than Tinder. It has more active users than Twitter, and people spend an average 43 minutes on the application, which is more than Instagram. 

Pokémon Go has increased Nintendo's share price by about 25% and has added $9 billion of value to the company. It has increased Nintendo's total market cap to $28 billion, which shows that Nintendo is having its best days since 1983. 

 

Bitter Side of Success 

Though Pokémon Go's launch has been a great success and got a lot of popularity worldwide, but some events eventually managed to hamper the celebrations of the game's success.There are reports of dead bodies being found, and robbers using the game to lure kids.

 While on the web, there have been numerous reports of Pokémon Go malware being found on the web that can damage device and is a big threat to any device's security. We recommend you to take caution and be careful while playing Pokémon Go as it can be dangerous at times.