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China’s Genshin Impact, TikTok top world’s mobile game, app charts in October
- Launched in September, Genshin Impact jumped 78 spots to become the world’s most profitable mobile game
- ByteDance-owned TikTok remained the most downloaded app globally
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Genshin Impact soared to the top of the charts as the world’s most profitable mobile game in October, as ByteDance-owned TikTok remained the most downloaded app globally in the same month, according to a new report.
Launched in September by Shanghai-based developer miHoYo, Genshin Impact jumped 78 spots to become the world’s most lucrative mobile game across both Apple’s App Store for those on the iOS platform and Google Play for Android users, app tracking firm App Annie reported on Friday.
It marked the end of a dominant run in the mobile game charts by Tencent Holdings, which operates the world’s largest video games business by revenue. Honour of Kings , known as Arena of Valour outside China, and PUBG Mobile – both developed by Tencent – each took turns as the world’s top-grossing mobile game during the 12 months to September.
Genshin Impact raked in about US$245 million in player spending in its first 30 days of release, according to data from app analytics firm Sensor Tower. The anime-style action adventure game makes money from players by using a mechanism known as gacha or loot boxes, which has generated controversy because its lucky draw nature has been compared to gambling.
Niantic’s Pokémon Go ranked second and Roblox from Roblox Corp took third place in App Annie’s latest survey of the most lucrative mobile titles on the App Store and Google Play.
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