Pokemon Go tops App Store's 'Free' and 'Top Grossing' charts
The game leads in downloads and microtransactions... but for how long?
Pikachu! I choose you!
So shouted millions of children and rapidly aging adolescents (hey, including me) who downloaded Pokémon Go, the latest AR game from
Top Grossing refers to the amount of money generated by an app, even a free one—meaning microtransactions, and Pokémon Go is rotten with them. Niantic's game leads with $1.6 million in revenue as of this writing and is pulling in more than heavy hitters like Candy Crush Saga and Clash Royale.
If you're unfamiliar with how Pokémon Go and Ingress function, both games have you walking around the real world and waiting for a notification alerting you to the presence of an in-game entity—in this case, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, or one of
Pokémon Go will continue to trend at the top of store charts over the coming weekend at least. The salient question is, how long will its dominance continue? The outcome is likely to be the result of
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David Craddock posted a new article, Pokemon Go tops App Store's 'Free' and 'Top Grossing' charts
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Is this the pokemon go thread today? Dog show i am at this weekend has a pokestop at the front of the building :)
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Shame they didn't actually make a good game out of it. The draw of "walking around the neighborhood to catch them all" is definitely there, but It's really quite terrible in almost every way imaginable. Crazy how they were handed pure gold and turned into shit. It doesn't matter of course because Pokemon, but just imagining how good it could have been makes me sad.
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