PUBG Mobile Is the Top Grossing Game of 2020

Though PUBG Mobile has beenbanned in India for over three months, the game still continues to reign supreme across the globe. PUBG Mobile has been crowned asthe top-grossing mobile game of 2020inSensor Tower’s latest report. It surpassed Honor of Kings by Tencent by a hair but beat Pokemon Go by Niantic with a massive margin.

“PUBG Mobile, combined with the Chinese localization of the title, Game For Peace, is the No. 1 revenue-generator globally across the App Store and Google Play in 2020,”says the report. The global mobile gaming marketgenerated close to $75.4 billion in 2020. This figure translates to 19.5% gains over the previous year.

As you can see in the chart below, PUBG Mobile earnedclose to $2.6 billion(~Rs. 191,000 crores) over the past 12 months. This is a 64.3% gain over last year’s revenue figures and well, it does not include any revenue from India. Even if it did, the revenue won’t really be affected by a lot. It was recently revealed that Indiacontributed a puny 1.2%(around $41 million) in the global revenue share. So, PUBG Mobile’s ban in India may affect the player base but the revenue is still going strong.

PUBG Mobile was closely followed by Tencent’s Honor of Kings, which amassed close to $2.5 billion in revenue this year. This is a 42.8% uptick over the previous year. The COVID-19 pandemic might have forced us to stay indoors but it did not stop trainers from catching new and rare Pokemons. Niantic’sPokemon Go had one of its best years, thanks to the addition of cool new features that helped people rank up at home. The game earned over $1.2 billion this year, which is 31.5% as compared to last year.

The fourth and fifth spots were snagged by Coin Master and Roblox with $1.1 billion in revenue respectively. If you like Roblox, you can check out some of its alternatives viathis link right here. Also, I am surprised to see that Among Us hasn’t set any revenue records yet. That may be because the game isfree to play on mobileand has cheaper cosmetic upgrades as compared to the aforementioned titles. With theupcoming new map, Among Us could start charting a course to bring in more users and revenue.

Anmol

Getting my start with technology journalism back in 2016, I have been working in the industry for over 7 years. Currently, as the Editor of Beebom, I’m leading the coverage on the website. While my expertise lies in Android, Windows, and the apps world, find me reading manga, watching anime, and playing Apex in my free time.

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