Nintendo wins almost 25 per cent on stock market thanks to successful Pokémon Go – NU.nl

The share rose Friday even though considerable, but investors on Monday went there a scoop on top. A share Nintendo is now more than 20,000 yen (180 euros) worth the whole company has a market value of 25.5 billion converted.

Since the launch of Pokemon Go Nintendo about 8 billion euros worth more.

Pokemon Go should roam players to catch Pokémon. The virtual beasts are shown as if they were walking around in the real world, using camera images of the smartphone. It is also possible to pokémon fighting in gyms.

Popular

Exact consumption figures of the game, which officially only in the US, Australia and New Zealand is delivered, not known. But it is clear that the game was immediately very popular, even in countries where the app is not officially in the app stores. Through various detours knew users Pokemon Go already to grab.

According to figures from SimilarWeb stood Pokemon Go on Friday by more than 5 percent of all Android phones in the US, making the game is more popular than Tinder. Pokemon Go continues to grow in the coming days, the game on US smartphones will become more popular than Twitter.

In Europe and Japan, the official introduction of Pokemon Go postponed because the servers of developer Niantic heavy had after the great influx of players.

Abuse

attackers has been abuse of the popularity of Pokemon Go . Four robbers in the United States used the game to lure victims, as police reports of Missouri on Facebook. The criminals have been arrested.

The robbers put a virtual beacon on a game site with a parking lot. This tag ensures that there is more priceless samples appear around that location.

Players came to this beacon to catch Pokémon, but were then overtaken. The four robbers were waiting in a black BMW and had a gun.

Malware

In countries where Pokemon Go is not officially gone, Android users can download the game outside of the app store Google. However, there have been cyber criminals who try to abuse it, notifying security personnel of Proofpoint against Motherboard.

Less than three days after the appearance of the game in New Zealand researchers found already a rogue version of Pokemon Go which also malicious software installed on an Android device. The security firm recommends Android users to install only apps from Google Play

By:. NU.nl