Pokemon GO will be filed a class action on the failure of real event, but settled with payment of about 160 million yen

In July 2017, a large real event "Pokémon GO Fest" commemorating the 1st anniversary of Pokemon GO was held,The legendary Pokemon appearedI began to do. This legendary Pokemon was scheduled to be released for the first time at this Pokémon GO Fest, but a lot of Pokemon Trainers gathered at the venue than I had imagined, so the load on the server and the network is overloaded on the site, so Pokemon GO plays A situation arises that it can not be done. At the Pokémon GO Fest, the vitalness of Niantic's correspondence has been constantly criticized, but at last it has evolved into a class action, eventually a settlement is settled with a payment of 1.5 million dollars (about 160 million yen) doing.

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You can easily understand what happened on the problem "Pokémon GO Fest" by following the article below.

Pokemon GO Chicago Event Report, Review of what happened in local movies Summary - GIGAZINE


Approximately 20,000 Pokemon GO players crowded in the Grand Park in Chicago where Pokémon GO Fest was held as the first legendary Pokemon to appear in the world. The opening time of the park was 9 o'clock in the morning, but most visitors were unable to enter the park till around 12 o'clock.


Many players enjoyed the game because the area limited Pokemon appeared at the venue as well. However, the number of people in the park became too much if it took 1 hour from the opening and people who can not play the game continued. It is certainly a stressful thing to say that you can not play it though you came to play Pokemon GO.


As a result, people are rushing around the stage which originally was supposed to announce the update information of the game, the booming storm is rolled up.


In response to this situation, Niantic, who operates Pokemon GO, announced that it will immediately give a poker coin of 100 dollars (about 11,000 yen at that rate) to all event participants as a refund of event tickets at the venue . In addition, because the legendary Pokemon that was announced on the day could not be made to appear, everyone who participated in the event got a legendary Pokemon "Rugia" as a present.


However, about 20,000 participants were responsible for transportation expenses, hotels, etc. at their own expense, and Niantic was eventually undertaken a class action lawsuit against players who took part in the event. A settlement is settled in the class action suit, and Niantic is to pay 1,575 thousand dollars (about 160 million yen) calculated from participants' transportation expenses and hotel fee.

According to the documents submitted to the Chicago Court, the official page on settlement will be prepared and will be notified by e-mail to people who participated in the event by May 25, 2018. People who participate in the event can retrieve the expenses paid by themselves by participating in the event by entering information on this web page. In addition, if all the claims are over and the settlement money still remains, it will be donated to the Chicago Run of the Illinois State Bar Foundation and the nonprofit organization.