A woman using a mobile phone walks past a shop selling Pokemon goods in Tokyo, Japan July 20, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO: Gamers in Japan, home of Nintendo Co's Pokémon, waited in vain on July 20 for the launch of its smash-hit mobile phone game, amid media reports that the developers behind it had hit the brakes over concerns that manic demand would overload server capacity.
Nintendo's shares suffered a rare bad day since Pokémon GO took the world by storm, tumbling 13% to around 27,765 yen (RM1,051) on the disappointment. Even so, the stock has gained 86% since its US launch earlier this month, adding US$17bil (RM68.95bil) to its market capitalisation.
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