Nintendo announces Super Mario Run has 200 million downloads, but it's not too profitable
During Nintendo's latest earnings report, the Japanese company announced Super Mario Run now has more than 200 million downloads on both Android and iOS platforms. However, Nintendo claims that despite this impressive numbers, the game “had not yet reached an acceptable profit point.”
On the other hand, Fire Emblem Heroes, the second mobile game launched by Nintendo proves to be a much better business for the Japanese company. Since it makes use of a completely different monetization system (read microtransactions), Nintendo was willing to rake enough profit to consider it a success.
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Nintendo has already announced a third mobile game, Animal Crossings: Pocket Camp, which will be launched on both Android and iOS platforms in November.
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