Pokemon Go has taken in $4.5 billion in revenue over the more than six years that the AR-based game has been available.
It was the summer of 2016 when Niantic released its Augmented Reality-based Pokemon Go game for smartphones. During that summer, you would see crowds of young people walking around storefronts and parking lots staring at the screens on their handsets looking to catch certain Pokemon. Until scientists can create real Pocket Monsters, Pokemon Go is the closest thing to having the cartoon come to life.
Pokemon Go is incredibly popular in the Americas as $1.86 billion has been spent on in-app items from that region over the title's first six years. That narrowly beats out the Asia-Pacific market where $1.84 billion has been spent by players. In the region called Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, $792 million has been coughed up by players during the same time period.
After the first eight months of this year, Pokemon Go players have shelled out $430.6 million. If spending stays at that pace, the game will see a huge decline in revenue to $646 million for 2022.
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