We do not know when the region will be presented in the fashion app. But many question how to operate the game in countries with connectivity challenges and where to hunt Pokémones the street with cell in high does not seem sensible.
Some joke with plans to move to Australia, USA or New Zealand -the chosen for the premiere of the app fashion- countries, others try to get the game in any way and any means other simply frustrated.
fever Pokémon GO invades the world and Latin America does not want to be left behind. But for the moment, and with the exception of pirated downloads .apk only suitable for Android devices and operating intermittently in the region have to wait.
The creators has not yet revealed when made available the Latin American public his game mobile that interacts with the real world, but the success of the app has been so great that the company Nantic had to halt its publication in the UK and the Netherlands until they can increase the capacity of its overloaded servers.
the success of the app is almost assured by the expectations. In addition, Pokémon lives in the memory of Latin American millennials as a childhood memory for the video game, the series of cartoons and letters of character with which they played.
in fact, there are few that are ahead of the official version in Latin America and, judging by the Facebook pages dedicated to the application, are already thousands of Android users downloaded the .apk file and go through the streets collecting pocket monsters. In fact, APKMirror, one that offered the file, page recorded in two days growth of 597% in place, according to the metrics page, Similar Web.
But Without knowing the release date, and raises some questions about what the operation of Pokémon Go and the implications that could have the game in an unequal region where out distracted with cell up to hunt pokemones that the application placed in different places of cities does not seem a very sensible idea.
“Do not stop in an unsafe place to catch Pokémon”
“When you go to look Pokémones the street, do it preferably in crowded places. ” “It does not matter if you see a legendary pokémon, you never stop half a block or some unsafe place to catch him.” These are some of the recommendations, for commandments, published this week in his Facebook account the government of the city of Zapopan, Jalisco (Mexico).
On the Facebook page of Pokémon Go Mexico, who on Wednesday had more than 12,000 followers, also the players should be cautious with pertenecencias and security.
in the United States, have already been reported accidents and crimes against first game users . In fact, the application reminds you to download it you must be attentive to what happens around you. And in Latin America, where the lack of security is the biggest concern of the people, the possibility of being assaulted or victims of other crimes is one of the main concerns.
“There may be problems when people use this without thinking of the consequences. in the US there have already been cases of theft or people who have had the problem that you run over because they cross the streets when not to cross them. that kind of thing, if you put them in a city with dramatic social differences, obviously the amount of risk that one begins to imagine potentiate “says the expert networks Eduardo Arriagada, who is dean of the School of Communications at the Catholic University of Chile.
Arriagada no doubt, in conversation with Univision News, the successful implementation in the region, but is aware that this game that includes virtual reality and brings teens young couch street you can assume new challenges
that matches the expert in Mexican technology Fernando Licona, who says that, although Nantic recommends applying for over 9 years, not should use under 12. “it may compromise the safety of children especially poor awareness with the environment and can be put at risk, “says Licona Univision News.
Pokémon Go for all?
Another challenge that will Pokémon Go in the region is what percentage of potential users will have access to the game, or what is the same, how many have a smartphone or smartphone and connectivity required.
“in the particular case of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a study by the GSMA (the organization of mobile operators), approximately 10% of the population still does not have coverage or 3G or 4G, even more, about 57% (363 million users) have mobile coverage but do not subscribe to broadband services, “says Antonio Garcia-Zaballo, telecommunications specialist and leading broadband programs of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB).
“The sum of these two factors makes access to the game is not something that is accessible to all ” said the IDB expert, who believes that the region should invest to offer more services more affordable mobile broadband and digital literacy for the population.
However, the Chilean expert Eduardo Arriagada remember that those who hope in launching Pokémon Go, adolescents and young Latin Americans are “very into the moving and are digital”.
According Arriagada, in recent years the use of cell phones has increased a lot in the region and although the cost to connect remains a problem, “is not as dramatic as it would have been a few years ago.”
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