Pokémon Go players boycott game following massive revision – gamers demand change

1st May 2023

POKÉMON Go players have been boycotting the mobile app following a big unwanted change to the game.

While there are new events for players to participate in every week, people are forgoing them as they ask for the changes to be reversed.

Legendary Pokémon are the most common target of remote raids.

As of April 6, the price of remote raid passes almost doubled, and there was a limit on how many of these raids players could participate in.

A cap of five remote raids per day was placed on each player even if they had enough passes.

For players who live in rural areas, remote raids are the only way they can participate and capture rare Pokémon.

However, Niantic has always promoted the social aspect of the game, and wants players to meet up in real life in order to play together.

This is not possible for many players, who would have to travel long distances in order to reach a Pokémon Gym.

Following the announcement of the change many players said they would now boycott Pokémon Go raids in the hopes of getting the change reversed.

It appears that the boycott is going ahead, as the number of active players in Pokémon Go is way down.

The information comes from Pokébattler, an unofficial website that tracks trends in the game.

On April 5, the day before the changes were made there was a huge rise in the number of people participating in raids.

It’s likely that many wanted to take advantage of raid passes while the price was still reasonable.

The data shows that raids are down 75% from that day, and 20% from the previous average.

Not only this, but the number of participants goes down every day, with fewer people taking part.

Many are hoping that the numbers improve, as it is difficult to participate in raids if there is a low number of active players.

Niantic has no plans to reverse the decision currently, as fans eagerly wait a change.

Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.