Around 59% of these total revenues are from the Chinese version of the game, called ‘Game of Peace’, while the US and Japan account for 9.5% and 5.2% of the earnings, respectively. Interestingly, while the game was at number 2 in terms of Apple’s App Store revenues in August, it could only slot in at number 9 on the Google Play Store. Chart Courtesy: Sensor Tower Tencent continued its dominance in the mobile gaming market beyond PUBG Mobile, with ‘Honor of Kings’ coming in as the second-highest earning mobile game worldwide last month with over $204.8 million in gross revenue. ‘Fate/Grand Order’ from Sony, ‘Pokémon GO’ from Niantic, and ‘Monster Strike’ from Mixi rounded out the top-five. The recent ban in India notwithstanding, the popularity of PUBG Mobile has been on an upswing globally during the COVID-19 lockdown. The wildly popular battle royale title has reportedly registered 198 million new downloads and earned $1.8 billion in revenues in 2020, with a whopping $500 million of that coming in a 72-day period between late June and early September. Overall, PUBG Mobile has reportedly generated revenues of over $3.5 billion since its launch, establishing it as one of the premier mobile games of this generation. India, if you are curious, only constitutes about 1.2% of the total global earnings even though it has one of the biggest userbases in the world.
