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Apple's China App Store ISBN crackdown begins with update to its developer console News Jul 2nd, 2020

Apple's China App Store ISBN crackdown begins with update to its developer console

But no games have been removed from the store so far

Apple to reject any games without an ISBN in China from July 2020 News Jun 18th, 2020

Apple to reject any games without an ISBN in China from July 2020

Rumoured crackdown now looks set in stone

Nintendo launches My Nintendo app in Japan News Apr 21st, 2020

Nintendo launches My Nintendo app in Japan

Offers services across Switch, Wii U and 3DS

China mobile game downloads skyrocketed by 80% in February 2020 News Mar 18th, 2020

China mobile game downloads skyrocketed by 80% in February 2020

63 million installs per week

4 Report: Apple will require all App Store games to have ISBNs in China from July News Feb 25th, 2020

Report: Apple will require all App Store games to have ISBNs in China from July

"Games need to be approved by the State Administration of Press and Publication"

Apple accidentally pays Chinese App Store developers more than expected after bank error News Sep 5th, 2019

Apple accidentally pays Chinese App Store developers more than expected after bank error

Sources claim the error most likely affected indie developers; Apple to reclaim payouts

India tops worldwide mobile downloads for Q2 2019 with 5.4 billion News Jul 31st, 2019

India tops worldwide mobile downloads for Q2 2019 with 5.4 billion

13 per cent increase from Q1 2019

Facebook tops mobile app publishers worldwide for Q2 2019 News Jul 30th, 2019

Facebook tops mobile app publishers worldwide for Q2 2019

Google dominates the App Store however

Pokemon Go generates $2.65 billion in first three years News Jul 9th, 2019

Pokemon Go generates $2.65 billion in first three years

Worldwide catch ‘em all is on track to cross $3 billion in 2019

Mobile game spending for the first half of 2019 reaches nearly $30 billion News Jul 5th, 2019

Mobile game spending for the first half of 2019 reaches nearly $30 billion

20.1 billion downloads showing a 3.2 per cent increase year-on-year

Global mobile gaming revenue hit $14.6 billion in Q1 2019 News Apr 17th, 2019

Global mobile gaming revenue hit $14.6 billion in Q1 2019

Gaming accounted for 76 per cent of all app revenue last quarter

Global mobile user spending to reach $156 billion by 2023 News Apr 5th, 2019

Global mobile user spending to reach $156 billion by 2023

Latin America and Africa were both noted as most likely to see the biggest increase in growth revenue

75% of spending in the iOS App Store came from games over the past 10 years News Jun 1st, 2018

75% of spending in the iOS App Store came from games over the past 10 years

In terms of downloads games took 31 per cent

Annual consumer app store spend to increase to $157 billion by 2022 News May 3rd, 2018

Annual consumer app store spend to increase to $157 billion by 2022

Mobile app downloads will also increase to 258 billion by 2022, according to App Annie

1 Google Play continues to grow while number of App Store releases shrinks for the first time News Apr 5th, 2018

Google Play continues to grow while number of App Store releases shrinks for the first time

There were 755,000 titles released on iOS in 2017, a drop of 29 per cent

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