![]() It has been downloaded between 10m and 50m times from the Google Play Store alone, while the app has been downloaded from a third-party Android app hosting service over 5m times. The smash-hit game has yet to be officially launched outside of Australia, New Zealand and the US, with Niantic struggling to meet the server demands of existing players, but plays across the world have resorted to circumventing the region lock by sideloading the app on Android or downloading it with a US iTunes account on an iPhone. South Korea is the world’s fourth-biggest gaming market after China, the US and Japan, according to research firm Newzoo, potentially representing a big opportunity loss for Niantic and the Pokémon Company. Sokcho, which sits on the eastern coast adjacent to the Seoraksan National Park, has been quick to capitalise on its unusual status, sharing maps of free Wi-Fi areas and advertising itself on social media as “the only Pokémon Go holy land on the peninsula”. I would still be in Sokcho had it not been for an urgent issue.”īus tickets from the capital, Seoul, to the city have sold out, according to reports. ![]() But I’m more satisfied with this than any other trip. One user posted on an internet message board: “I didn’t go to some big tourist attraction all I did was walk around for tens of kilometres to play a game. pinckerman at 14:13 I see, I wasnt sure if it might drain my phone battery faster by doing so or if it makes it so that you get less steps. But I havent played PoGo for 1 year, so I dont know if something has changed. ![]() However, a city close to the border with North Korea, called Sokcho, has not been classified as a South Korean territory and therefore has the mapping data required to make Pokémon Go function. ShangWang 95 5 1 I let that enabled, and my Google Fit always worked pretty well. Google recently publicly challenged the law. Local map providers use government-issued maps that have sensitive areas excluded, but a law that prevents export of government-supplied mapping data stops Google from using it, despite having been seeking a license for the data since 2008. “Due to government restrictions on maps data, it’s impossible for Pokémon Go to work properly using Google Maps service in South Korea,” a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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