To put it into perspective: this is enough for the original 151 to retire at the age of 20
About 10~20% after Apple/Google's, DeNa's and TPC's share is my guess.How much of that money went to Nintendo?
How many golden pikachu statues is that?
Half arsed mobile ports of beloved franchises are the future.
Isn't that more than a modern "real" Pokemon release?
How many people still play it compared to when it first released? I know one.That is insane. Obligatory "It's just a fad."
Isn't that more than a modern "real" Pokemon release?
Yes.
Yup. But split five or six ways ways, with large pies all over.
A modern "real" Pokemon game is split two or three ways, depending on how you want to look at it.
Well, there goes that whole thing about whatever arguments were being made about whatever it was that made Pokemon GO a bad idea some long long months ago.
Whens Gacha Emblem.
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.
A mainline game also stops making any money after some time. It seems like this has the potential to avoid that inconvenience.
Not bad.
It's probably outdone the revenue of both Pokémon X/Y and OR/AS but if it hasn't yet, it will get there shortly.
Well, sure. But then they release another one and it produces another huge sales figure.
For their next mobile Pokemon game:
Just a plain battle simulator please. Nice and easy. Play vs the CPU or online. Rental teams or choose your own pokemon and earn / catch more.
Simple as hell.
Well, sure. But then they release another one and it produces another huge sales figure.
The battle simulator series is dead and isn't coming back.
its fascinating how shitty games make so much on mobile
and at a fraction of the quality, the mobile market is truly an inspiration
This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?
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.
fucking nuts
funnily enough I haven't spent a dime on IAP but have been playing Go regularly since launch
Pokémon IP is on another level. If they do a full fledged console Pokémon the Switch is a guaranteed success
ive been saying this for 10 years haven't i
A new version of Pokémon Sun and Moon will launch for Nintendo Switch.
Multiple sources tell Eurogamer the game is already well into development, will launch in 2017, and currently holds the codename of Pokémon Stars.
With Pokémon Stars, this idea will be revived - but for the first time we'll see the mainline Pokémon series spanning separate Nintendo consoles within the same generation of games.
Indeed, Switch will be the first Nintendo "home" console to receive a main Pokémon adventure.
Stars will now resume with the development of features not found in the 3DS versions.
Pokémon Stars' development shouldn't be seen as taking anything away from Sun and Moon's launch - this is how all third entries in the Pokémon franchise are developed.
And there will be reason to play both: Pokémon will be tradable between Sun/Moon and Stars via the Pokémon Bank app. We've also heard suggestion there will be more creatures to collect in the Switch version, although not all of our sources could confirm this.
Expect the Switch version of Sun and Moon to feature the same map - the same routes and cities - and the same art style, although be built using separate, higher-resolution assets.
Great news.
I still play it daily, I love this game.
This seems huge but is this considered good for a mobile game?
That and due to the splits it will take half a decade or more to make Nintendo the money a mainline game makes. That is not to knock it as extra money is extra money but it clearly shows why Nintendo wants to make their Mobile games companion games. Make a few hundred million here while also making hundreds of millions off main games is their end goal.
Eurogamer reported in 2016 that GameFreak is working on bringing Pokemon to the Nintendo Switch: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-11-18-nintendo-switch-will-get-pokemon-sun-and-moon-version
I've heard about that.
I don't mean an upped port. A game fully designed from the ground up for the Switch. One that would sweep people off their feet like Mario Odyssey did.
At least You can tell by the design of Sun/Moon, Poke Co. is almost ready for a full fledged
its fascinating how shitty games make so much on mobile
How many people still play it compared to when it first released? I know one.
Out of the almost 100,000s of mobile games very few mange to even break even let alone amass a staggering amount of in the hundreds of millions.