Despite the decline of interest in the game, a significant number of people still continue to look for pokemon
Executive Director of Niantic John Hanke announced that the mobile game with elements of augmented reality Pokemon Go began to lose its popularity.
As reported by the CBC.sa, two months after the release of Pokemon Go game downloaded more than 500 million users. This is the first game that went mainstream after the release of Candy Crush in 2014 or Angry Birds in 2012.
It is noted that recently there has been a significant decline of interest in the game Pokemon Go.
So, last Tuesday, the game ended its reign in the top grossing iPhone app in the US, where it rested on top of the latest 74 days. Now place the pokémon took the game Clash Royale.
According to Twitter, the peak of the popularity of the game (1.7 million downloads) recorded July 11, at the fifth days after its launch. That number dropped by a whopping 98 %, to 131 thousand on 7 September.
It should be noted, despite the decline of interest in the game, a significant number of people still continue to look for pokemon.
In turn, Niantic is trying to refresh the game. In September was presented the “buddy” system, which allows players to pair to get the coveted in-game currency called “candy” (candy). In addition, the app debuted for “smart hours” from Apple. So, the app makes the wearable device vibrate when you are near Pokestop or allocated for the new revealed pokemon
Kaspersky Lab has discovered in the official Google Play store a malicious application Guide for Pokémon Go that contains a Trojan virus that infects Android devices and gets full control over them.
