{"id":547567,"date":"2025-11-04T03:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T03:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/547567\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T03:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T03:04:17","slug":"pokemon-tcg-pocket-pulled-in-almost-1-3-billion-in-its-first-year-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/547567\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket Pulled In Almost $1.3 Billion In Its First Year Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pok\u00e9mon<\/a>Image: Jim Norman \/ Nintendo Life<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket<\/a> celebrated its first anniversary last week, and it has seemingly been quite the money maker (thanks, PocketGamer.biz<\/a>).<\/p>\n

According to new estimates from AppMagic<\/a>, which accounts for in-app spending from Google Play and the App Store, TCG Pocket pulled in almost $1.3 billion<\/strong> in its first year alone, making it the highest-grossing debut for a Pok\u00e9mon mobile app to date. Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/a>‘s first-year player spending estimates tend to sit around the big ‘one billy’ mark, and the likes of Pok\u00e9mon Sleep<\/a>, Masters<\/a> and Caf\u00e9 ReMix<\/a> are drops in the ocean, comparatively.<\/p>\n

Of course, this shouldn’t really come as a big surprise. TCG Pocket racked up over 10 million downloads in its first 48 hours<\/a> on the market, and it was quickly reported that the app was pulling in around $3 million per day<\/a> as it got off the start line.<\/p>\n

That appetite will have obviously slowed down a little in the months since, but it looks like the consistent cadence of new expansions and feature updates has kept the Pok\u00e9 Dollars rolling in. Hey, they do say that you’ve got catch ’em all…<\/p>\n

To mark its one-year anniversary, The Pok\u00e9mon Company released a special video, revealing that TCG Pocket players have opened over 18 billion packs, competed in 12+ billion battles, made 96 million trades and much more besides. You’ll find it in full below:<\/p>\n

What do you make of the TCG Pocket figure? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source appmagic.rocks<\/a>, via pocketgamer.biz<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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