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The Rise of Niantic

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How to Overcome Demand for Virtual Pokemans

HSW: Niantic grossly underestimated the rabid demand of Pokemon fans. At peak demand, they were looking at figures that were 50 times larger than those worst case projections. Demand was so heavy that servers would get overloaded and crash. HSW: The longer it takes you to fix the problem, the more people you're going to see drop off the service because of the experience or lack thereof.

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