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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Sensor Tower: Nintendo's Mobile Game Revenue in 2018 was $348 Million

AngryLittleAlchemist on 04 January 2019

"Why are there so many Fire Emblem characters in Smash? It's an irrelevant franchise"



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PortisheadBiscuit on 04 January 2019

Wow Fire Emblem



nidavellir on 04 January 2019
SpokenTruth said:
$230 million on FE Heroes. If it were a 3DS game, they would have to sell ~7.6 million units to generate the same revenue.

Same revenue, with less spending (lower dev cost, no cartridges, etc...)



Faelco on 04 January 2019
nidavellir said:
SpokenTruth said:
$230 million on FE Heroes. If it were a 3DS game, they would have to sell ~7.6 million units to generate the same revenue.

Same revenue, with less spending (lower dev cost, no cartridges, etc...)

And it's for one year only, its second one. The first year was estimated around 300 millions for the first year (not sure if it's just 2017 or February 2017 to January 2018). It can easily keep going a couple more years with huge revenue.

It's surely one of the most successful releases ever for Nintendo...



KrspaceT on 04 January 2019

...Why do I suddenly think of the fears Pokemon fans have of Pokemon Go affecting the main series....



The Democratic Nintendo fan....is that a paradox? I'm fond of one of the more conservative companies in the industry, but I vote Liberally and view myself that way 90% of the time?

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DonFerrari on 04 January 2019

Quite good numbers. Played and liked Fire Emblem at first but then didn't care more about it. The others I haven't. Still haven't put one cent in any smartphone game (even exvius that I play daily for like 3 years).



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Kerotan on 04 January 2019
SpokenTruth said:
$230 million on FE Heroes. If it were a 3DS game, they would have to sell ~7.6 million units to generate the same revenue.

Just shows you the potential in mobile for Nintendo. Remember I got stick a few years back for saying Nintendo were crazy not to enter the mobile market? Kerotan vindicated....again! 



S.Peelman on 05 January 2019

The Super Mario Run model of higher price for all content really didn't work out.

Never heard of Dragalia Lost. Curious about Mario Kart. If something like Fire Emblem does as well as it does, Mario Kart could surely be gigantic.



Mnementh on 05 January 2019
S.Peelman said:
The Super Mario Run model of higher price for all content really didn't work out.

Never heard of Dragalia Lost. Curious about Mario Kart. If something like Fire Emblem does as well as it does, Mario Kart could surely be gigantic.

https://kotaku.com/nintendo-releasing-all-new-rpg-for-phones-1825583846

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4wz7Mb8Kqw



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KrspaceT on 05 January 2019
S.Peelman said:
The Super Mario Run model of higher price for all content really didn't work out.

Never heard of Dragalia Lost. Curious about Mario Kart. If something like Fire Emblem does as well as it does, Mario Kart could surely be gigantic.

People much prefer something more....insidious. 

Heroes is fine enough compared to other mobile games that do what it does, but it does strike as 'we tried a more moral approach than most phone games and it backfired. Let's do the less moral approach going forward.'



The Democratic Nintendo fan....is that a paradox? I'm fond of one of the more conservative companies in the industry, but I vote Liberally and view myself that way 90% of the time?