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Nirolak · Jan 17, 2017

App Annie is generally considered the best mobile market research company, as most of the top 100 apps use their integrated dashboard to track their own earnings.

Pokémon Go generated an estimated $950 million in revenues in 2016, according to a report by market researcher App Annie.

Niantic Labs launched Pokémon Go on July 6, 2016, and it became a smash hit. Within a couple of months, Niantic announced that it had been downloaded more than 500 million times.

Source: http://venturebeat.com/2017/01/17/pokemon-go-generated-revenues-of-950-million-in-2016/

HStallion · Jan 17, 2017

This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?

Ray Down · Jan 17, 2017

Derphoof · Jan 17, 2017

Damn, and that's only a half a year. Major success, it sounds like.

DecoReturns · Jan 17, 2017

Busaiku · Jan 17, 2017

RIP Pokémon

MisterHero · Jan 17, 2017

Congrats to them. Now let me finish my Pokedex.

LordKano · Jan 17, 2017

HStallion said:
This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?

This is bigger than what most of the biggest mobile games did in the same timeframe.

Derphoof · Jan 17, 2017

HStallion said:
This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?

I think Candy Crush gets around $350m per quarter, so this would be fantastic for Nintendo/Niantic.

StereoVsn · Jan 17, 2017

HStallion said:
This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?

Is almost $1 billion in half a year considered good? Look at the post below yours.

Nirolak · Jan 17, 2017

HStallion said:
This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?

Seik · Jan 17, 2017

That's a lot of doobies.

theechrisfox · Jan 17, 2017

That's a lot of money. Still, I've played every day since July and the game is awful.

blakep267 · Jan 17, 2017

So mario is still bigger than Pokémon right?

T.O.P · Jan 17, 2017

Insane, now gimme dat gen2 u bastards!

TangoAlphaLima · Jan 17, 2017

HStallion said:
This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?

LordKano said:
This is bigger than what most of the biggest mobile games did in the same timeframe.

From the article:

Yeah, it made a ton of money crazy fast.

Edit: Beaten...

emb · Jan 17, 2017

That's almost 1 billion. Man, that's a lot of money.

Super_Cobra · Jan 17, 2017

That's insane.

Sectorseven · Jan 17, 2017

How does this compare to Sun/Moon?

CommieCaptorS · Jan 17, 2017

HStallion said:
This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?

This is almost a billion USD friend, this is very good, most good indeed

BitStyle · Jan 17, 2017

Nirolak said:

Damn, that's insane

oti · Jan 17, 2017

HStallion said:
This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?

Yes.

Rebel Leader · Jan 17, 2017

Nirolak said:

That's insane

sixteen-bit · Jan 17, 2017

Congrats on the success

Aldric · Jan 17, 2017

How much of that money went to Nintendo?

LOLCats · Jan 17, 2017

seems amazing to me....

The_Lump · Jan 17, 2017

Dayum. Pokemon is king.

Will be interested to see how Nintendo leverage the 'mons on Switch.

Jonnax · Jan 17, 2017

Goodbye traditional games.

EloquentM · Jan 17, 2017

How many golden pikachu statues is that?

DrWong · Jan 17, 2017

So, who will be the first to write his name and quote him?

lol

Nerazar · Jan 17, 2017

CommieCaptorS said:
This is almost a billion USD friend, this is very good, most good indeed

The market is crazy... I mean, what are the margins? I can't think of any console / handheld game generating that amount of money...

Napalm_Frank · Jan 17, 2017

So Nintendo going third party was a success after all?

VARIA · Jan 17, 2017

And still no option to trade or battle with others (non-gym).

SeanIfOnly · Jan 17, 2017

That is a staggering amount, how does that stack up to mobile game (GBA/3DS) sales?

Dirtyshubb · Jan 17, 2017

theechrisfox said:
That's a lot of money. Still, I've played every day since July and the game is awful.

'i have played this game every day for over 200 days in a row.....it's rubbish'

Sounds about right for some people here.

HandsomeCharles · Jan 17, 2017

I have to say congrats to Niantic for spotting this opportunity! (I'm assuming they were the ones that Pitched to Nintendo/PMC)

It was a really great decision, and although there are some issues with the game I still find myself playing it every day as I walk to work. Well done guys

viHuGi · Jan 17, 2017

CountAntonius · Jan 17, 2017

The game was a cultural phenomenon. It was surreal seeing people playing it absolutely everywhere, passing by pokestops and seeing groups huddled around them and going to big public areas to see hundreds gathering. I honestly don't know if I will ever see something like that again. It may not have lasted but it was pretty amazing while it did.

Greninja96 · Jan 17, 2017

They've also sold a lot of Pokemon go plus.

Pokemon company and Nintendo are drowning with $$$$

aBarreras · Jan 17, 2017

HandsomeCharles said:
I have to say congrats to Niantic for spotting this opportunity! (I'm assuming they were the ones that Pitched to Nintendo/PMC)

It was a really great decision, and although there are some issues with the game I still find myself playing it every day as I walk to work. Well done guys

google and nintendo came out with the idea on that aprils fool joke

Salmonax · Jan 17, 2017

Nirolak said:

So it made $800M in a little over three months, then roughly $150M in the following six months? Is that as precipitous a drop as it seems?

DeathoftheEndless · Jan 17, 2017

VARIA said:
And still no option to trade or battle with others (non-gym).

I get the no trade complaint, but I don't see how battling would work with the system in the game.

13ruce · Jan 17, 2017

HStallion said:
This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?

Yes a Triple A game is more expensive to make than a mobile game. It's a huge success Nintendo gets a third or fourth of the profit i think.

DecoReturns · Jan 17, 2017

That reminds me. What are the current sales of Sun and Moon. Over 10mil?

Polygonal_Sprite · Jan 17, 2017

CountAntonius said:
The game was a cultural phenomenon. It was surreal seeing people playing it absolutely everywhere, passing by pokestops and seeing groups huddled around them and going to big public areas to see hundreds gathering. I honestly don't know if I will ever see something like that again. It may not have lasted but it was pretty amazing while it did.

You'll see it again this summer when the weather changes in most of the World and they release new Pokemon in the game.

Nirolak · Jan 17, 2017

Salmonax said:
So it made $800M in a little over three months, then roughly $150M in the following six months? Is that as precipitous a drop as it seems?

It came out in July. That said, yes, it is making less money now than it was. It's a Top 10 app these days, but not a #1 app like it was.

Mind, it's also winter.

rhandino · Jan 17, 2017

Weird, I thought this was a flop and nobody was playing it because winter and things...

Milly Osworth · Jan 17, 2017

HStallion said:
This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?

How can you even ask that?

Almost one billion dollars any good?!

Busaiku · Jan 17, 2017

Salmonax said:
So it made $800M in a little over three months, then roughly $150M in the following six months? Is that as precipitous a drop as it seems?

The game was out 6 months total.

13ruce · Jan 17, 2017

Anyone know how much of that goes to Nintendo they own 1/3 of the Pokemon ip.

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