Five years after its launch, "Pokémon Go" continues to bring fans together.
If it no longer causes crowd movements as in its debut in 2016, the mobile game is still very successful.
The application would have saved more than five billion dollars to its publisher, the company Niantic, according to figures from Sensor Tower relayed by
The Verge
.
This represents nearly a billion dollars per year, making "Pokémon Go" the most profitable video game in the history of Niantic, specifies
01net
.
A global event for the game's five years
In 2020, players even spent $ 1.3 billion on the app when they had spent "only" 400 million in 2019. The Covid-19 pandemic has not impacted the success of the game: in Indeed, Niantic has been able to adapt "Pokémon Go" to health restrictions.
Numerous updates have allowed fans to continue playing from home.
To celebrate the five years of the application, Niantic has decided to organize the “Pokémon Go Fest”, an online paid event that will take place on July 17 and 18.
Physical gatherings will also take place in 22 cities around the world.
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