While miHoYo’s Genshin Impact finds a place across all three charts provided by Sensor Tower, the number one money-maker is Tencent’s Honor of Kings, to no one’s surprise. The highly-popular MOBA goes missing in Google Play’s top 10 revenue chart but tops the App Store one, and this alone grants Honor of Kings the highest earning mobile game title.
Genshin Impacts seems to be in a recovery phase, climbing one step above in overall revenue and landing in second place. PUBG Mobile, another popular Tencent title, is placed third in overall revenue while keeping second place on Apple’s App Store.
One interesting catch is Roblox’s performance. Despite losing ground in both App Store and Google Play, Roblox managed to hold onto the sixth spot in June 2022. Niantic’s Pokemon Go has also seen a rise across all charts.
95% of Honor of Kings’ revenue comes from China
China alone keeps the boat floating for Tencent’s Honor of Kings, which is to be published across the world via Tencent’s new publishing division Level Infinite soon. Honor of Kings earned about $238 million in player spending and nearly four percent of it came from Taiwan and Thailand. It was also the top-grossing mobile game in May 2022, per Sensor Tower.
According to Sensor Tower’s data, the mobile games market has seen about $6.4 billion in player spending across Apple and Google stores. The data provider says there’s about a 10% decrease year-over-year. The US players generated the most revenue for the mobile games industry with $1.8 million, followed by Japan and China. However, Google Play isn’t available in China, hence China’s unexpected lower ranking.
While Honor of King and PUBG Mobile are making bank at home for the video game giant, the company still faces major issues in China as the government denies video game licenses to Tencent, and their rival NetEase.
Best month of 2022 for Niantic’s Pokemon Go
Pokemon Go had its ups and downs in 2022, but June 2022 proved to be a good month for Niantic, in fact, the best month of the year so far. Pokemon Go generated over $110 million in June 2022, earning 58% more compared to may and nearly 12% more year-over-year.
The increase in revenue is expected though, as Pokemon Go Fest events are taking place all summer, the final one being on August 27. Niantic’s popular augmented reality game may generate even more revenue in July and August compared to last month.
The game’s overall lifetime performance has been impressive; Pokemon Go reached $6 billion in lifetime player spending, however, despite a steady and strong performance Niantic cut off 8% of its staff due to economic turmoil.
