Did Game Freak halve the shiny chance in Pokemon X & Y?

Question

I have heard that the shiny chance is somewhere around 1/4096 instead of 1/8192 now. Is this true?

Answer 1

Yeah, it's true.

Serebii

You can also go pretty much anywhere else and see that it's halved.

Comments

I've found 2 shiny pokemon in the Friend Safari (Cacturne and Dugtrio) by just walking around :P

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I'm just wondering do those same rules apply in the friend safari? If it isn't than what is it?

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There are rumours that the Friend Safari's shiny rate is increased, we're not sure though.

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not halved, doubled the chance...if it was halved, you'd never get shinies X3

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It depends on which point of view you're looking at it from.
1/8192 --> 1/4096
Basically, it's double the chance, but it looks like it's halved?? ;)