Pokémon Go is celebrating its sixth anniversary subsequent month, and there’s so much to rejoice, with the sport reaching $6 billion in lifetime participant spending, as reported by Sensor Tower, one billion {dollars} greater than this time final yr. Niantic and The Pokémon Firm’s augmented actuality title was successful at launch, and its success exhibits no indicators of slowing.
Final yr, the sport generated the seventh-highest income out of cell video games globally, bringing in round $1.3 billion. Within the first quarter of this yr, the sport generated the eleventh most with roughly $198.2 million. Though the sport has been out for six years, Pokémon Go participant spending remains to be extremely sturdy.
When in comparison with different AR titles that use geolocation, it’s far and away essentially the most profitable, bringing in round double what Dragon Quest Stroll did within the first quarter of this yr, and nearly 100 occasions what Pikmin Bloom did – though that will say extra about that recreation’s lack of success than anything.
You’ll be able to take a look at the newest Pokémon Go trailer under to see what new content material the sport has to supply.
For extra, we’ve bought guides to psychic Pokémon, rock Pokémon, and bug Pokémon in Pokémon Go, so that you could be positive your roster’s up for something.
