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Ninety Days to $600M - Faster Than Any Other Game

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited October 2016 in News & Features Discussion

imageNinety Days to $600M - Faster Than Any Other Game

Pokemon Go News - Niantic is enjoying another record-breaking stat with today's information release that Pokemon Go raked in $600M+ in under a hundred days. The next closest game to match the revenue generation at that level is Candy Crush Saga that took twice as long followed by Puzzle & Dragon (400+ days) and Clash of Clans (500+ days).

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  • SquishydewSquishydew Member UncommonPosts: 1,107
    edited October 2016
    And the pokemon tracker is still broken :| Absolutely mindboggling. A notch or concernedape would have this fixed solo within the span of a week if not faster.
  • TheScavengerTheScavenger Member EpicPosts: 3,321
    edited October 2016
    This made more money than WoW ever did (in the same time frame) at its peak.

    No wonder MMO companies are giving up MMOs (except indie companies) and going mobile lol

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  • goboygogoboygo Member RarePosts: 2,141
    TheScavenger said:
    This made more money than WoW ever did (in the same time frame) at its peak.

    No wonder MMO companies are giving up MMOs (except indie companies) and going mobile lol
    True, but when I started gaming everyone was an indie, so this is really then the way it should be.  Let corporations chase fads, let the indies create the games I want to play.
  • exile01exile01 Member RarePosts: 1,089
    It got only success because of the pokemon franchise wich is 20years old. Every single pokemon game was very succesful. The next big thing could be google glasses with pokemon go.
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    2nd 100 day revenue.....$125K.

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  • josko9josko9 Member RarePosts: 577
    edited October 2016
    It's a cool concept, sadly they never expanded it. Which is why I quit bothering, got bored quickly, with all that money that they made, you'd think they would release huge updates weekly. Yet there wasn't a single decent update since launch.

    Also I've read they crossed 200mil in a month, so it doesn't seem like pokemon go is slowing down at all. Good for them, even though they really don't deserve it.
  • filmoretfilmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906
    TheScavenger said:
    This made more money than WoW ever did (in the same time frame) at its peak.

    No wonder MMO companies are giving up MMOs (except indie companies) and going mobile lol
    But Pokemon Go is a mmo.
    Are you onto something or just on something?
  • scyllafrenscyllafren Member UncommonPosts: 26
    45% time... Yeah, you HAVE TO keep it open as you walk, otherwise no alert for pokemons and no hatching...I'd see the numbers if that two option would work/alert while phone screen is locked.
  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,164
    I doubt they expected long term returns so even if it was a flash in the pan it was sufficient for their purposes. Clever marketing and hype and a willing populace made for mucho mullah.

  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,028
    Pokemon Go, unfortunately, is a hopelessly broken, poorly managed, barebones product. It was a fun novelty that had great potential, but it will ultimately be just a massive short term success.
  • MikePaladinMikePaladin Member UncommonPosts: 592
    I lost faith in humanity .....humans just love to consume shit seems soon the only option will be
    Consume Shit
    or
    Quit gaming and don't consume shit
  • k61977k61977 Member EpicPosts: 1,523
    edited October 2016
    I am just curious how much of that revenue didn't come from the US.   Would be interesting to see it by regions.
  • mgilbrtsnmgilbrtsn Member EpicPosts: 3,430
    TheScavenger said:
    This made more money than WoW ever did (in the same time frame) at its peak.

    No wonder MMO companies are giving up MMOs (except indie companies) and going mobile lol
    You're joking I hope.  Because a game or series of games make a lot of money, doesn't mean that the profit others are making (like WoW) is chump change.  Also, what is their sustained profit?  

    Furthermore, have you seen all of the MMOs being developed?  Quite a few if you look.

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  • sacredfoolsacredfool Member UncommonPosts: 849
    edited October 2016
    I lost faith in humanity .....humans just love to consume shit seems soon the only option will be
    Consume Shit
    or
    Quit gaming and don't consume shit
    But.... people have been buying shit since ages.

    I am 100% certain that in Rome some 2000 years ago there were fora where you could hear voices claiming "Those Games at the Colloseum are utter overprized shit that no respectable citizen should attend. No one needs them! Lets instead watch this new show from a small crew from Mediolanum!"

    Originally posted by nethaniah

    Seriously Farmville? Yeah I think it's great. In a World where half our population is dying of hunger the more fortunate half is spending their time harvesting food that doesn't exist.

  • koyutakotakoyutakota Member UncommonPosts: 24
    know why they still haven't fixed the tracker?
    its because people are still spending money on the game. when they start losing money then you see the tracker and new features being added to the game.
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