‘Pokémon Go’ is adapting to a reality where many players aren't going out. — Niantic/The Pokémon Company
Location-based mobile game Pokémon Go is to use step counts and remote group events as part of adaptation to widespread quarantining, while estimated weekly revenues have already risen sharply.
An existing step-count feature within Pokémon Go will count towards game achievements, and players will be able to join Raid Battles without converging on the same location, as development studio Niantic reconsiders what it means to run a location-based game during a period of voluntary and compulsory isolating.
Outlining changes coming to Pokémon Go, Niantic Labs CEO John Hanke has announced that an Adventure Sync movement tracker would be improved and enhanced so that indoor activities could count towards game achievements.
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