We have many ways to have fun and one of them is with mobile video games.There are all kinds: for consoles, computers, and smart devices. Before, you would go to a store and buy a cartridge with the game of your choice, but all that has changed. Now, you download it from a platform and start playing. In addition to enjoying the video game, you can also buy things within the game's universe.
Yes, the business model is changing, now you spend money while you playDepending on the game, you can buy weapons, coins, gadgets, spells, and much more. It's a way developers try to create video games that go viral.
In short, The competition is now to get users' money by selling within the video game.Users around the world have downloaded 30% more apps in 2021 compared to the same period last year.
According to the Mejores Apuestas website, the top 5 highest-grossing mobile games between January and June have collected an impressive $3 billion in the first half of the year.Below is a list of the top 5 highest-grossing mobile video games.
Top 5 mobile video games
First of all, we met with Player Unknown's Battlegrounds from Tencent. In it, the players spent around $832 million purchasing within the app. This video game is very popular and has the largest number of active players around the world.
In second place we have Honor of Kings, with some $664 million spent in totalA mobile game, also from Tencent, that seems to know the tastes of gamers.
In third place we found Genshin Impact, of Chinese developers miHoYo, with revenues of $576 million.
One step further down the list we find the video game Roblox of the eponymous North American corporation. With an income of about $467 million so far this year.
And finally, there is Pokémon GO, from Nintendo, with an income of $447 million. Being one of the mobile video games that has caused the greatest sensation among manga and anime fans.
As can be seen in this list, 4 of the 5 video games are from Asian companies.Another interesting fact is that the number of users playing mobile video games is Android either iOS is increasing. It is estimated that this year they will reach 1.8 billion. While two years ago they barely reached 1.3 billion..
Finally, tell us: Do you like playing video games on consoles or smart devices?
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