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Now yes. It can already be said that Pokémon GO, in addition to helping us walk more each day and encouraging exercise and team play, has also caused a lot of damage. The most critical voices took notice just days after its release. Even more than one preacher claimed that these beings were demonic virtual characters. Now, a study figures that, in just 148 days of operation, Pokémon GO has been able to wreak real havoc. Specifically, among more than 1.6 billion and more than 6.100 million euros of damages in the United States alone
The interesting thing about the Death by Pokémon GO study is that it studies cases of traffic accidents related to the use of the gameOf course, always focused on Tippecanoe County, in Indiana, United States. Thus, researchers have studied the variables and data of vehicle-related accidents. And they have crossed them with the use of Pokémon GO after its launch. The numbers are staggering.
Cars, pokéstops and many recklessness
The study data focuses on the 148 days after the launch of Pokémon GO from July 2016. Thus, thanks to police reports, it has been found that the increase in traffic access have to do with where the pokéstops are located.Those virtual points related to real locations where you can resupply within Pokémon GO with more objects to continue hunting Pokémon.
Well, the calculation of two lives, as many personal injuries and material damages amount to a value of between more than 4.3 million to 21.3 million euros only in the state of the study If these data are rescaled to the rest of the country (United States), the figures grow to the aforementioned more than 6,100 million euros. All this for playing Pokémon GO while distracted.
Distracted driving
No less than 286 more car accidents. That is the number registered in that county compared to the same period last year. All this because of the players who tried to take advantage of their vehicles when playing Pokémon GOAnd that's how they could pick up objects quickly without making the effort to walk.
That is why Ninatic, the developer of Pokémon GO, changed the rules of the game. They decided to prevent collecting pokéstops if you walk or drive at more than 20 kilometers per hour However, this measure came a few months after its launch as a game of augmented reality.
It is, therefore, a fact that Pokémon GO has produced numerous accidents and deaths in the course of its history And it has made people more reckless both behind the wheel and off it. But is this the fault of a viral video game or an overly impressionable population?
