App Annie Top Publishers
Tencent reigns supreme as the top-grossing mobile publisher for 2020
NetEase and Activision Blizzard finish the top three
Rise Of Ultracasual
The rise of ultracasual: a temporary trend or the future of hypercasual?
Homa Games takes a look at the even more casual take on the hypercasual genre
Tom Nook Reportedly Ecstatic
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp sees revenues surge amid New Horizons launch
1.3 million downloads for March so far
Money Money Money
Coin Master saw its best month for revenue ever in February 2020
Mobile revenue for February 2020 was up 16 per cent year-on-year
Tencent Financials Q4 Fy19
Tencent revenue grows 21% year-over-year to $54.1 billion
Total profit jumped by 22 per cent too
Bring It Home
Pokemon Home generated $2.6 million in user spending worldwide in its first month
The US accounted for 38.5 per cent of spending
Still Conquering
Five years on, Big Huge Games’ DomiNations generates $200 million
Mobile RTS rolling on
Partnership Paramount
NetEase profit grows by 15% to $4.53 billion for 2019
Revenue also increased by 14 per cent year-over-year
Esports Predictions
Esports revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020
China will generate the most revenue
European Take Over
European mobile games revenue expected to reach $12.9 billion in 2022
Games will be responsible for 55 per cent of the revenue
Still Going Fast
Sonic the Hedgehog movie speeds past $200 million worldwide
Over $100 million made in the US alone.
Making Money
Honour of Kings was the top-grossing mobile game in January 2020
Gardenscapes had its best month with $111.9 million
Nest Egg
Pokemon Home made an estimated $1.8 million in revenue in its first week
Sensor Tower believes 40.8 per cent of user spend came from the US
Nexon Financials Q4 Fy19
Nexon profits grow to $1.03 billion as MapleStory M sees impressive revenue growth
Q4 was also successful for the company
Fast Money
Sonic the Hedgehog movie sprints to nearly $60 million in its first three days
The film was released on February 14th
South Korea Exclusive
NCSoft's Lineage 2 M generates $152 million in three months
$97.60 average revenue per download
Had Its Hay Day?
Supercell revenues fall for third consecutive year to $1.56 billion in 2019
Profits fell to $577 million too
Making Money
PUBG Mobile generated $176.3 million in revenue in January 2020
The top grossing game of the month
Huge Growth
New Zealand's games industry doubles in revenue over two years
63 per cent of titles created are mobile apps
Ubi-down
Ubisoft's Q3 revenue drops, mobile accounts for 7% of net bookings
26 per cent decrease year-over-year
Stuck The Landing
Glu Mobile returns to profitability with $8.9 million net income for 2019
Revenue increased by 12 per cent to $411.4 million for 2019
Sony Financials Q3 Fy19
Fate/Grand Order sales stalling despite clearing $4 billion in lifetime revenues
No real impact on Sony's overall figures, of course
Capcom Financials Q3 Fy19
Capcom sales fall to $485 million despite growth in mobile revenues
Shift from physical to digital taking a toll, but profits still growing
Financials
EA's mobile digital net revenue decreased by $51 million last quarter
Company still "conscious" of Nintendo Switch
Sensor Tower
Sony's Fate/Grand Order accumulates over $4 billion in lifetime revenue
Top grossing title in Japan for 2019
Interview
A decade on, MAG Interactive CEO Daniel Hasselberg discusses the firm's growth
"We decided to focus the company around social multiplayer games at the end of 2018"
Here's The Facts
Coin Master was the top-earning mobile title in Europe in 2019
Overall mobile games brought in $7.4 billion
Nintendo's Billion
Nintendo's mobile games have cleared $1 billion in revenue combined
Fire Emblem Heroes still leads the pack at $656 million
Keep Clashing
Clash of Clans had its best month for revenue ever in December 2019
Generates $158.2 million in revenues for the month
Seeing Stars
Stardew Valley clears 10 million sales in just under four years
Not bad for a mostly solo-developed indie game
Financials
MAG Interactive sees 17% revenue jump but a 40% drop in active users
Interim report detailed September to November 2019
Pgc London 2020
Mobile makes up 40% of all games revenue in Brazil
Industry is worth $2.24 billion
Pgc London 2020
Black Desert Mobile reaches 20 million installs, series crosses $1.5 billion revenue
"One of the most popular MMORPGs in the Asian market"
Npd Group
US and Canada mobile games revenue grows 24% in 2019
$11.82 billion spent in the two countries
Bang Bang Into The Bank
Moonton's Mobile Legends crosses $500 million in gross revenue
281.3 million downloads since 2016, says Sensor Tower
Billions And Billions
App Annie: Mobile gaming is on track to surpass $100 billion in 2020
59 per cent more companies are earning $100 million annually
Higher And Higher
Mobile games revenue increased by 13% to $61.7 billion in 2019
Honor of Kings tops the list for worldwide spending at $1.43 billion
No Slowing Down
Pokemon GO evolves to best year ever at $894 million in revenue from 2019
Over $3.1 billion in lifetime revenue
New Year's Day
Apple App Store revenue soars to new record of $386 million in one day
$1.42 billion accumulated between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
Gold Pass Success
Clash of Clans achieves first year-over-year revenue increase since 2015
27 per cent increase over 2018
Gunning For The Top
PUBG Mobile fires to top of worldwide mobile revenue for December 2019
Honor of Kings settles for second spot
Superdata 2019 Summary
Pokemon GO, Candy Crush Saga and Honor of Kings push mobile to $64.4 billion revenue in 2019
Free-to-play model continues to grow across all platforms
Christmas Cheer
Mobile games spending reached $210 million this Christmas, increasing by 8% year-on-year
76 per cent of all revenue across the mobile platform
Rising And Rising
Star Wars mobile games force their way to $1 billion in revenue
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes from EA tops the group at $924 million
Money Grows On Trees
Gardenscapes grows to $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue
213 million downloads accumulated since August 2016
Oh My Stars
Supercell's Brawl Stars generates $422 million from first year
South Korean players make up $93 million of the overall total
Surfin' Success
App Annie: Subway Surfers was the most downloaded mobile game of the decade
Clash of Clans tops consumer spend for the last 10 years
Data
Mobile games generated $41.5 billion in 12 months
Liftoff research
Accelerating
Mario Kart Tour downloads slump but revenue shows reasons for optimism
Player spending per download nearly doubled since first month
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PUBG Mobile shoots through $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue
China brought in 40 per cent of total earnings