Australian Pokémon Go users are having problems logging into the reality mobile game due to high demand.
The game has only been released in the US, Australia and New Zealand, and now some players are accusing UK residents of trying to bypass their local servers to access the game in Australia, resulting in server overloads and outages.
“People in the UK need to stop playing and adding to the server problems,” a user posted to Twitter on Tuesday.
While it’s not confirmed if that is the case, aussieoutages.com is carrying numerous messages that report server issues, to the distress of some players.
“Having no service for pokemon go is stressing me out,” @EzmaeS said.
There were more than 420 registered reports of problems by 8.30am on Tuesday, and this number was expected to rise as the morning travel peak hour continued in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
The issue was first noticed at 7.43am.
US technology consultant Shelly Palmer says Pokémon Go is proving to be “enormously” popular since developer Niantic Labs opened access in America on July 6.
“Niantic Labs has actually paused their global rollout due to overwhelming demand placed on their servers,” he said in his latest daily technology newsletter.
“On average, users are spending twice the amount of time engaged with Pokémon Go than they are on apps like Snapchat.”
Pokémon Go requires users to create an avatar, or online persona, that changes location as the user does in the real world.
The object is to earn points by capturing so-called “wild” Pokémon characters, which appear at random as the user moves about.
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