Revenue Rise
Tag: Player Spending
Spending Surge
Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond daily revenue spikes 786% with first new card set Infinity Evolved
Roguelike Revenue
Habby's Wittle Defender hits $10m in gross player spending
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Week In Views
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The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Dynamic Dtc
DTC evolving fast after App Store ruling as web shops alone leave "a lot of untapped potential on the table"
Appcharge chief marketing officer Gil Tov-Ly talks Epic vs Apple, the implications for DTC and the latest tools bolstering conversion
Revenue Rise
Mobile games successfully "squeezing" more revenue per install as average player spending rises 11% despite 7% install fall
Appfigures’ latest report suggests average consumer spending per mobile game install rose to $1.52 in 2024
Monster Milestone
Monster Strike surpasses $11bn in 11 years with Japanese dominance
Mixi’s flagship has surpassed $1bn in annual player spending five times, twice since Western shutdown
Robux Regions
Roblox introduces regional pricing
The pricing model will be updated periodically to keep in line with market conditions
Lucrative Love
Love and Deepspace celebrates first anniversary and over $400m after record-breaking month
The dating simulator made $61 million in December 2024
Pgc London 2025
PGC panel talks rewarded UA’s renaissance and the "clear" demands of users
Panellist Lenny Rabin advised against copying another game’s rewarded UA model, instead suggesting a focus on personal goals and targets
Infold Income
Infinity Nikki is series’ strongest launch with $4m in four days on mobile
It has been outperformed by Infold Games’ other 2024 title, Love and Deepspace
Week That Was
Royal Kingdom’s $2.4m debut, Infinity Nikki’s launch and Pokémon TCG Pocket rivals Pokémon Go's early success | Week in Views
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Royal Revenue
Royal Kingdom makes $2.4m in 14 days, quadrupling Royal Match’s early earnings
The US market has spent almost $1.1 million in two weeks
Royal Revenue
Royal Kingdom records $450k in first four days to beat Royal Match’s debut
The UK remains on top for player spending after a head start through soft launch
Earnings Impact
Niko Partners: Genshin Impact surpasses $5 billion on mobile in China
HoYoverse’s flagship is projected to reach $10 billion on mobile globally next year
Repeat Revenue
Less than 2% of mobile gamers make an in-app purchase
Unity report finds that most repeat purchases happen within 30 days of original spending
German Gaming
German mobile gamers spent €2.9 billion in 2023, 98% via in-app purchases
The German video games industry more broadly generated €9.97 billion last year
Monster Metrics
Monster Hunter Now is actually BEATING Pokémon Go in these key metrics…
Monster Hunter Now may have a smaller audience, but that audience is more monetised
Favourable Foresight
Indian gaming market predictions fall by $1 billion, but steady growth continues
The region’s previous $8.6 billion projection has fallen to $7.5 billion
Japan's Genres
RPG, adventure or Waifu? Which genre has made Japan's players the most monetised?
So far, revenue from in-app purchases has surpassed $9 billion in Japan this year
South Korea's Gamer Surplus
Newzoo finds three-quarters of South Koreans are gamers, and mobile is the most popular platform
59% of gamers in South Korea play on mobile
Turbulent Times
Research and Markets report finds China’s playerbase fell to 706 million in 2021
China Mobile Games 2022 report predicts mobile and PC games revenue will reach $55.23 billion in 2026
Show Me The Billions
data.ai: Mobile players to spend $21.4 billion in Q2 2022
Of $33 billion spend on mobile apps, gaming will take the lion’s share
An Apex App
Apex Legends Mobile player spend reached $4.8 million in first week
The most downloaded game in 60 countries following initial launch
Still Rising
Mobile games will generate $89.6 billion by the end of 2021
Honor of Kings earns $2.9 billion
Bigger Boost
New update boosts Genshin Impact spending 5x to $151 million in 7 days
Floating World Under the Moonlight is a winner
Super Spending
Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle accumulates $3 billion in lifetime revenue
Launched in January 2015
25% Rise
Over 800 mobile games make more than $1 million every month
Data was confirmed by App Annie as part of its "2021 Mobile Gaming Tear Down"
Crash Cow
Crash Bandicoot: On the Run generated $700,000 in first week
Runner nears 38 million global downloads
Good Lord
Lords Mobile revenue surpasses $2 billion following battle pass introduction
Now doing +$80 million a month
Winner, Winner
PUBG Mobile shoots through $5 billion in lifetime revenue
Three years after it was released
Hey Big Spender
UK consumers spent £7bn on the games market last year
Mobile was responsible for £1.5 million
How Puzzling
Puzzle titles hit $4.6 billion in player spending in the US in the past year
Candy Crush Saga proved to be the most lucrative title
Hey Big Spender
US consumer spending hit $4.6 billion in February 2021
The Nintendo Switch continues to be the best-selling console
Top Dog
PUBG Mobile was the top-grossing game in February 2021
Followed by Honor of Kings and Genshin Impact
Money Money Money
Roblox Mobile smashes through $2.5 billion in lifetime revenue
Ahead of its direct listing on the NYSE
Make An Impact
Genshin Impact cuts through $874 million in five months
The game was released on September 28th 2020
Game On
UK consumers spent £4.4 billion on games last year
Mobile is the most popular platform with 34.7% of players
Money Maker
Player spending on mobile games to hit $138 billion in 2025
The majority will be generated on the App Store
Money Bags
App spending set to cross $270 billion a year by 2025
Europe is expected to lead the growth in revenue
Money Money Money
US consumers spent $4.71 billion on games products in January 2021
The Nintendo Switch proved to be the most popular hardware
Money Money Money
Brawl Stars shoots past $1 billion in lifetime revenue
Aided by its launch in China last year
Big Spender
Mobile consumers spent $143 billion on apps in 2020
Games revenue is predicted to hit $120 billion this year
Money Money Money
European consumers spent $14.8 billion on mobile apps last year
$9.6 billion was generated through games
Proving Popular
Mobile gaming in the UK has been on the rise over the past year
"Mobile gaming has exploded in the last 12 months as people across the UK have spent more time at home"
Money Money Money
Mobile consumer spending hit $111 billion last year
An increase of 30.2 per cent year-on-year
Big Spender
European consumers spent $54.6 million on mobile apps on Christmas Day
Globally mobile spending hit $407 million that same day
Lockdown Lift
Five mobile games have made more than a billion dollars in 2020 so far
PUBG Mobile, Honor of Kings and Pokemon GO all make list
Money Money Money
Publishers earning below $1m account for 2% of App Store games revenue
89.8 per cent of companies earn below $100,000
High Impact
Genshin Impact generates nearly $400 million in two months
It has averaged $6 million a day