Pokemon Go hits $600 million revenue mark in record time

22 October 2016
While it's growth may be slowing, Pokemon Go is continuing setting new records. Case in point, a new report from market research firm App Annie, which says that Pokemon Go has now become the fastest game to hit $600 in revenues.

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  • 9LA
  • 19 Jan 2017

Pokémon haters still wants to know every single new about Pokémon Go...
I think they love it more than Pokémon Go's fans

    AnonD-551566, 24 Oct 2016"People are sheep and don't know how to play and pick the b... moreI called them sheep becoz they pick to pay a lot of money and invest their budget in them not by choosing to play them.Every person has the right to play any game he likes,but spending over 1-2k or even 4k $ is absurd for a game that doesn't offer that much.That's why i said people should buy the games on steam or others (gta,etc).
    P.S. I meant to say "worse games" in my prev post but my iphone said better when he noticed i am trashing CoC XD.

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      • AnonD-551566
      • PH0
      • 24 Oct 2016

      Rex Tech, 23 Oct 2016It's an amazing time to be a gamer.There are millions of ga... more"People are sheep and don't know how to play and pick the better games."
      just cuz of that sentence i dismissed ur whole post (that had some good points) look, people will play what they like, whatever that is and nobody has the right to call another a "sheep", let them play whatever they want, if u like "the better" games that's fine, but don't think ur superior just cuz of that, for example, i hate the candy crush saga to death but i don't go telling people sheeps cuz it's an overhyped lame game (cuz it's really not) it gained millions of dollars so that alone makes it a good business period.

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        • AnonD-551566
        • PH0
        • 24 Oct 2016

        Anonymous, 23 Oct 2016What if we tell you that you can use GPS spoofing even with... moreoh it is possible, but as i said before, the most common one was the fake gps and that one needs the root so niantic made the decision, cutting most of the fakes out, again, the solution could've been another better one but that's what we got, my phone is not rooted so i'm not affected but i know some ppl that were... doesn't change the fact that the game was MASSIVE when it came out and now even when the hype is down the game can eb fun sometimes (i'm waiting for the pvp still)

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          • Sshearer
          • MVg
          • 24 Oct 2016

          This game is quite well made by itself. However I would posit that the Pokémon franchise was not the best stage for it. As many others have already pointed out that the original games were based on "Poke Battles" and levelling up your chosen Pokémon this way. At the moment the only thing closest to this experience are the gyms, even this however is far removed from the set battles that were in the original games. I firmly believe that for a franchise to survive it must evolve (pun intended) its play style to keep up with modern markets. In the case of Pokémon Go however it has evolved (and again) so far from the handheld console games that it just doesn't attract the same level of enthusiasm from its players. This is not to say that future updates could not bring it back and that the game, as it stands right now, is not good but it does need a lot of improvement in my opinion. The best thing to do would be to bring back the wild Pokémon battles. Such a basic aspect would revitalise the game and interest in it too.

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            • AnonD-601674
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            • 24 Oct 2016

            Rex Tech, 23 Oct 2016It's an amazing time to be a gamer.There are millions of ga... moreHowCome ! HowCome !
            Howz this possible?
            Pokemon Go has reeled in -$500 million in just weeks
            which took Clash of Clans over 500 days !!!
            You gotta be kidding me...

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              • AnonD-507785
              • 9F9
              • 24 Oct 2016

              Rex Tech, 23 Oct 2016It's an amazing time to be a gamer.There are millions of ga... moreA lot of those PC games you've mentioned are the problem as well. Splitting the games in half and asking for season's pass, that costs as much as the game itself. Games released broken, unplayable for the first week, until they get patched up, false advertising, that serves to idea of bumping up the sales, no demos, because all of the above would come out, before people would actuallybuy it...no man, games market sucks these days, at least most of it. There are some decent ones, like CDPR or Bethesda, but even those have the issues. People have to stop giving devs the money, if they don't deserve it. This could fix the problem. Unfortunately a lot of young people purchase their games with parents money, so they don't care much.

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                • Anonymous
                • v0q
                • 23 Oct 2016

                Boring. It shouldve stayed as an April Fool's joke.

                  AnonD-507785, 22 Oct 2016Yeah...unfortunately these days it's all about milking cust... moreIt's an amazing time to be a gamer.There are millions of games out there better and cheaper than games are such as CoC and Pokemon Go.Games such as Gta series,fallout series,assasin creed,cod,star wars,battlefield,witcher,skyrim,arma,cs:go,dota,lol,wow.All great games that have older and newer versions each year or every few years.Tons of them have mods in them as well.On google play there are other games as well,Asphalt 8,DT 2,Nova,shelter and others that offer more than the time consuming CoC.People are sheep and don't know how to play and pick the better games.
                  I mean there are still fools that spend over 1k $ on games such as Loa 2,wartune and other p2w chinese games but don't know they can spend money on other games from steam.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • tht
                    • 23 Oct 2016

                    played this game long time ago.
                    i remember played at london and paris from my bed in asia. no need to walk, and leveled up fast. and got some rare pokemons unavailable in my country.
                    then i got bored after a month, uninstaled it.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 7Xe
                      • 23 Oct 2016

                      AnonD-551566, 22 Oct 2016the root itself is no cheat, but the fake gps app (most com... moreWhat if we tell you that you can use GPS spoofing even without root or jailbreak.

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                        • AnonD-507785
                        • nF{
                        • 22 Oct 2016

                        AnonD-442781, 22 Oct 2016It's just a ball throwing physics game with gimmicky ar, wi... moreYeah...unfortunately these days it's all about milking customers, using franchises they feel sentiment for. Bad time to be a gamer.

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                          • vpH
                          • 22 Oct 2016

                          Well good job for them. It's just that I have a concern regarding on how the game is working. It's just literally THROWING POKEMON BALLS to the Pokémon you're catching. The only BATTLE that will happen is GYM BATTLE. I'm hoping that NIANTIC can update game. Regarding on how the game works and ADD some Pokémon. Because the Pokémon I know is making your Pokémon Battle the Pokémon you want to catch or you're just trying to make your own Pokémon gain level and evolve. I hope NIANTIC make this happen. Anyway after all I LOVE POKEMON from the very beginning. :D

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                            • AnonD-551566
                            • PH0
                            • 22 Oct 2016

                            Anonymous, 22 Oct 2016A Root is no cheat, but Niantic doesn't know that and banne... morethe root itself is no cheat, but the fake gps app (most common one) is allowed to function on root phones only, therefore, they saw no better way than ban all roots so no fake gps is allowed, yeah, that meant all rooted that were playing fair and square were banned as well (unless u unroot the phone which is easier than rooting for some) in my opinion, the ban came too late, people were "flying" all over the world since beta testers and when it came available in my country peopl already had dragonites and tons of coins which is unfair... either way the hype is running down but this is cool news and a really hard bar to catch up to ^_^

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                              • Anonymous
                              • tNw
                              • 22 Oct 2016

                              Future of gaming. Making fools part with their money one IAP at a time.

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                                • AnonD-442781
                                • H5W
                                • 22 Oct 2016

                                AnonD-507785, 22 Oct 2016Was curious, tried it, 2 sessions and I was out. Never came... moreIt's just a ball throwing physics game with gimmicky ar, with a pokemon brand on top. This is why I think the Mario game will be crap, it would just be another half-a**ed running game with a Mario skin on top, and then having dodgy paying mechanics to make people spend money on it

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vaH
                                  • 22 Oct 2016

                                  Pokemon is the best ok

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 3SI
                                    • 22 Oct 2016

                                    AnonD-530261, 22 Oct 2016Actually I am still playing it and quite like it. I also w... moreA Root is no cheat, but Niantic doesn't know that and banned all rooted devices.

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                                      • SamySnorlaxPro
                                      • 7Xh
                                      • 22 Oct 2016

                                      No new pokemon yet -_- tired of waiting. Also release atlst 1,2 or 3 legendary

                                        well its not officially available here..and even unofficially all i can find in the vicinity are rattatta and pidgey...no thanx..hmm if it counted my steps on a treadmill instead that may have been better