Makes me wonder if some of this was disillusionment after people realised how unbalanced the game was. Because at the moment, it's a game that seems designed s

Makes me wonder if some of this was disillusionment after people realised how unbalanced the game was. Because at the moment, it's a game that seems designed specifically to reward city dwellers and punish countryside and suburban folk. If you're in a city, lots of Pokemon seem to appear because it uses mobile signals to place them. In the country where you'd expect Pokemon? Nothing. You can have tall grass for miles, yet get less Pokemon than in a Walmart parking lot. As a result, a lot of people spent ages wandering around and encountering nothing. Or maybe just common Pokemon. The maps helped with this a bit, by giving these people the knowledge to find the few interesting Pokemon that would spawn before they vanish. But without them? There's not really a point for most people in these areas to keep playing. It's a lot of hassle for very little reward. Niantic didn't seem to want to improve this either. They simply said something like 'well, you'll just have to move to where the Pokemon are'. So I wonder if some of the drop may be people living in more remote regions saying 'sod this' and giving up on the game.