After the release of Pokémon Go in July 2016, the game became a real cultural phenomenon and gave a serious impetus to the development of augmented reality technologies. Millions of people in dozens of countries were fascinated by it: someone made new friends, someone walked millions of kilometers, someone got into an accident - and all in the name of catching virtual pocket monsters. Now the game has passed another impressive milestone: it has been downloaded more than 1 billion times.
The news was announced by the official Japanese Pokémon Go YouTube channel, posting a video, . Pokémon Go is often ridiculed for the game's flare-up and quick demise - that's certainly true: interest peaked within a few weeks of release. It took only two months for the number of downloads to exceed 500 million. But 1 billion downloads prove that the project is still alive.
Of course, this figure does not mean that Pokémon Go has 1 billion active players. This number probably also includes those who re-downloaded the game for some reason: for example, changing their phone or deciding to give virtual creatures a second chance. The release of the feature film “Pokemon. Detective Pikachu.
One way or another, the game rewarded the developers at Niantic with a huge success, led to the emergence of a mass of imitators and a new wave of interest in Pokémon. According to Sensor Tower, over the past three years, Pokémon Go has brought creators more than $2,6 billion. The project is available in versions for и .
Source: 3dnews.ru