The game translates to big money

One would need screen guard, sun screen and power bank while playing on the go. The trend has also boosted sales in the number of phone units sold that are apparently ideal for the game. As a matter of fact, there is even a travel website called Tripaya that lets users plan an entire vacation around Pokémon Go by adding ‘Pokémon Go’ as a filter and suggesting best places to get ‘rare’ Pokémon. Pokémon Go has transformed its creator company Niantic (a spin off Google parent company Alphabet) into a unicorn valued at 3.65 billion dollars, say analysts at Citibank.

..and on the flip side

Israel has banned military personnel from playing Pokémon Go while NYC has banned registered sex-offenders from playing the game. When gamers are out there in the real world engrossed the game, there is an increased risk of being kidnapped and news relating to such instances is not unheard of. Hilariously, punishments/penalties for playing the game at school or at work involve erasing the “convicted player’s” game progress. Saudi Arabia's top clerics have renewed a religious edict that warns against playing the game; a ‘history repeating itself’ scenario where-in the country in 2001 issued a similar fatwa forbidding playing the Pokémon Cards.

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