Earlier this year,Pokemonsurprised the community with the announcement of a few newPokemongames for the Nintendo Switch. One of the new games,Pokemon Quest, was announced and released for Nintendo Switch in May, and has also been released on mobile devices a month later. The game, which gives the world of Pokemon an 8-bit makeover, offers a pared downPokemonbattling and collecting experience. Last month, it was revealed thatPokemon Questsurpassed 7 million downloads, despite the game’s simplicity and unexpected release, and now it was further discovered that the game has brought in over $8 million in revenue on mobile.
Pokemon Quest debuted on iOS and Android only a month and a half ago on June 27, andmade roughly $3 million in revenue on mobileduring just its first week out. If one does the math, this indicates that the game makes roughly $30,000 per day, which is a tremendous amount of revenue forPokemon. According to numbers from the mobile intelligence firm, Sensor Tower, most of the revenue comes from players in Japan. Around 34 percent of the overall $8 million thatPokemon Quest has made so far can be attributed to Japan, followed by 24 percent from the United States, and 12 percent from South Korea.
Furthermore, the majority of player spend is generated from iOS devices. Sensor Tower says that 66 percent ofPokemon Quest’s mobile revenue to date came from players on iOS, and only 34 percent from players on Android. Of course, these statistics do not take the spend on the Nintendo Switch into account, soPokemon Questmay be making more than $50,000 per day if one takes all the platforms into consideration.
This type of consumer spend indicates how vast thePokemonfranchise truly is, withPokemon GOno doubt also bringing in a lot of money for the company. In addition,Pokemon Let’s Gois also set to release on Nintendo Switch soon, as well as anotherPokemongame in 2019. This shows that thePokemonfranchise is indeed still going strong.
Pokemon Questis available on Nintendo Switch and Android and iOS devices.
