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Do you still ask fans if “Pokémon GO is still alive”? Well, we already confirm that yes, alive and kicking. The Niantic game continues to captivate fans of the Pokémon franchise, and this is possible because it constantly renews itself, launches events around the world, and improves its qualities and functions. But, most importantly, it continues to amass great fortunes thanks to its integrated purchases. Did you really think it was a fad?
Gone is the fever of the summer of 2016, when Niantic published the first version of Pokémon GO.That's when, exponentially, millions of players downloaded the game and went to PokeStops and other places in the real world to catch Pokémon. Or when, a year later, crowds would gather and rush to capture a Legendary Pokémon in some raid. It is clear that the numbers have gone down, but now an analysis firm, Sensor Tower, has released a report that talks about the amount of money generated by Pokémon GO since its launch. Hold on: 2.18 billion euros in profits And the figure rises if we take into account the rest of the franchise's mobile titles.
And, in addition to Pokémon GO, Android and iPhone users have Pokémon Shuffle, a puzzle game related to these pocket beings, which has reached 22 million euros in profits. And so they also continue Pokémon Duel, Pokémon Quest, the great Pokémon Magikarp Jump or the first title of the mobile series, the Pokémon JCC card game.A group of Pokémon applications that total more than 2.23 billion euros in total benefits.
Who spends the most on Pokémon
The Sensor Tower report also provides hard data on Pokémon GO spending by country, and perhaps we should be surprised that The United States tops the list with 35 percent of revenue (around 780 million euros). It is followed by Japan, where Pokémon was created, with 29 percent of the income of that astronomical figure. Which translates into more than 646 million euros in revenue.
All this money is generated through purchases within Pokémon GO Don't forget that it has a store section where buy items that help you improve in the game. Issues such as expanding the backpack of objects to carry even more elements collected in poképaradas or received from friends, or expanding the box of Pokémon to continue capturing without looking at the available space.All this accompanied by other extras that help the player to stand out from the rest of the users if they decide to invest with real money in the game. So yes, there are many fans pushing Pokémon GO financially and, even if they invest little money, their large number get sums like the one achieved by this game since its launch.
Of course, Pokémon GO can presume not being a game completely based on pay-to-win (pay to win) . If you are patient, motivated and concerned enough, it is possible to get in-game coins without spending any real money. But it is much more work and requires time and effort to achieve it. What we do not know is whether the Sensor Tower firm has taken into account the commercial agreements of some shopping centers and other companies that have paid to develop events in their facilities.It sure adds up to a good number too.
But yes, you still wonder if the title is still growing, Sensor Tower says it is. At least in income. According to this firm, last February the franchise entered more than 52 million euros, which means a growth of 30 percent compared to the month of February year 2018. And yes, 99 percent of that revenue comes from Pokémon GO.
So Pokémon better keep investing those profits in improving the title and rewarding Niantic workers for their work. It remains to be seen if the title manages to keep up for more years, although with the arrival of new games in the franchise, all of them interrelated, this mobile application doesn't seem like it will go unnoticed
