The free-play role-playing game Fire Emblem Heroes, earned $400 million in a year and a half since its release. Other Nintendo mobile titles bring many times less.
Over the past six months, the game’s revenue amounted to $ 100 million. For comparison, the freemium Super Mario Run, even though it broke records for downloads, brought the company $64 million in two years. And the frituplay Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, aimed at a children’s audience, released in the fall of 2017, has earned $42 million so far.
Fire Emblem Heroes is slightly more popular on Google Play (52% of revenue) than on the App Store (48%).
The two main markets for the game are Japan (56% of earnings) and the USA (31%). On average, Fire Emblem Heroes earns $20 million a month. In June, players spent $23 million – only in the month of launch the game earned more.
Earlier, we published a translation of an article with an analysis of the gameplay and monetization of Fire Emblem Heroes.
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