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Pokemon GO for two months helped half a billion dollars

Pokemon GO за два месяца выручила полмиллиарда долларов

The games two months after the release of the collected revenue to $ 500 million. This is stated in the analytical review of the company App Annie.

Until the end of the year, as expected, gamers will spend on the new billion dollars. Pokemon GO set an absolute speed record of raising funds from their fans. Another hit Candy Crush Saga has managed to raise such a sum for more than 200 days, Clash of Clans and Puzzle & Dragons more than 400 days.

Soon the Pokemon GO developed by company Niantic revenues indicated in the survey. On cooperation with the company in early September announced the Japanese mobile operator SoftBank. The result of this partnership pokescope (point hands pokeball and other useful items) and training centres (points of conducting team games) will be at 3.7 thousand stores of the company. Earlier on cooperation with Niantic announced the Japanese division of McDonald’s, providing for the centers of their fast food restaurants.

In late August, analysts at Apptopia have seen a decline in the popularity of the game Pokemon GO. According to them, during the last week of the month not only reduced the number of application users, but the total time spent by them for catching pokemon.

Pokemon GO game with elements of augmented reality. The app is downloaded and installed on smartphones are free, but additional options can be purchased for money. Users with a smartphone looking for and catch game characters, the pokémon, and then they can train and organize battles with other players.

The application is running in several countries on July 6. In Russia the official release has not been, however, some users have found a way to download the game.

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