NIANTIC The latest Pokemon Go update news suggest rural players are getting a boost from Niantic

The latest Pokemon Go news points to additional PokeStops and Gyms being added across the globe, however, Niantic have yet to confirm this. The new Pokemon Go update comes from the people at Pokemon Go Hub, who say multiple changes have been made to the game this year. However, this is away from the stuff we already knew from the datamined patches released by the developers so far in 2017. This includes everything from new PokeStops and Gyms appearing in-game, to night and road colour changes. The Hub have also revealed more on an App that helps new Pokestops and Gyms to be created for those players outside of major cities.

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The Operation Portal Recon app allows players to vote for new places to become portals, the knock-on affect in Pokemon Go is that these places also become PokeStops and Gyms. While this has been known for sometime, it appears that Niantic are actually prioritising places outside of major city areas. One of the main pieces of feedback from fans living in rural areas was that they felt cut-off from the best parts of the game and had to travel too far to pick up Pokeballs and other helpful items. An explanation from one user, reads: “Inside the Portal Recon app, you can set your hometown and a “bonus” town. I set both to two cities about 100 km apart.

“Hometown has a metro population of 500,000 and the bonus city has a metro population of 1,000,000. I am currently in my hometown. “When reviewing portals, the portals are given to you randomly. I’ve reviewed 900 so far. 90% have been 50+ km outside both cities in little towns whose populations are all less than 5,000. It seems to be that NIA is intentionally prioritising rural portals. “Since I have no connection to these small towns, I am not as motivated to review portals. “It would be better to review portals for your hometown and “bonus” town, as well as wherever you currently happen to be.” It follows the latest analyst reports that suggest Pokemon Go has made $1 billion in revenue since it was launched in July 2016.

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