PUBG made almost a billion {dollars} final 12 months (and that hardly contains cell)

Just because it appears just like the Apex Legends bubble could have burst – at least, on Twitch – it appears the previous canine of the battle royale style continues to be match and wholesome. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds made $920 million in income throughout 2018. That’s up on 2017 – the 12 months it blew up – by round $220 million.

The information involves us by way of trade analyst Daniel Ahmad on Twitter, who cites a report by Naver Sports (Naver is a South Korean on-line platform and search engine). $310 million of that income is revenue, and $790 million of it comes from PC gamers.

Astonishingly, cell is a drop within the ocean at solely $65 million – Ahmad explains that it is because Tencent has the licence to make and publish the cell model, whereas Naver Sports is citing a report from PUBG Corp. Considering PUBG mobile has more downloads than Fortnite – throughout all its platforms – it’s mind-boggling to suppose how a lot cash the cell model might need made Tencent.

It’s additionally notable that the Asian market is chargeable for 53% of this $920 million in income. PUBG is arguably not the feeling it as soon as was within the West, having been eclipsed by Fortnite final 12 months. But it’s nonetheless huge in territories equivalent to India, the place PUBG Mobile has been banned, with 16 arrests made for violations.

PUBG Corp Financials:

2018 Revenue: $920 million
2018 Profit: $310 million

Split-
PC: $790m
Mobile: $65m
Console – $60m

Asia = 53% of income

(Thanks @sinonobu for the translations)
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— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) April 19, 2019

That ban was launched over fears of habit and promotion of violence. The same ban for each PUBG and Fortnite was launched in Iraq final week (by way of GamesIndustry.biz).

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