Nintendo Mobile Games Earned $348 Million in Revenue in 2018 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 January 2019 / 2,772 Views
Nintendo's mobile games earned $348 million in revenue in 2018, according to research firm Sensor Tower. That represents a 15 percent increase over 2017. Of the total nearly $117 million was earned worldwide in the fourth quarter, a 47 percent increase year-over-year.
Fire Emblem Heroes accounted for 66 percent of the revenue with $230 million earned worldwide. The game has grossed $487 million to date. Dragalia Lost released near the end of the third quarter and earned $58.4 million in revenue. Two thirds of that figure came from Japan.
Nintendo plans to release Mario Kart Tour on mobile before the end of March.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Not being free-to-play is probably hurting SMR. Not too sure though, I don't know much about phone gaming.
It seems many people prefer to buy lots of microtransactions instead of paying one small entry fee, go figures.
Do we know the profits they got from Pokemon Go? I know Nintendo only gets a small percentage of that, but it would still be interesting to compare to the rest of their mobile offerings.
Mario kart tour will follow the FEH model or Mario run?
would be a waste of opportunity not being Free to play
On one hand, I want to happy for them since Fire Emblem Heroes made the bulk of the $348 million. On the other hand, the game pales in comparison to the other Fire Emblem games...
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