PUBG Mobile emerges as top grossing mobile game Worldwide

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PUBG Mobile emerges as top grossing mobile game Worldwide
17 Feb 2022
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The popular mobile game of Tencent, PUBG has become the top-grossing mobile game worldwide for January 2022 with around $237 million in player spending. According to sensor tower,  about 64% of PUBG mobile's revenue was from China. The honor of Kings from Tencent was the second highest-earning game in January 2022 followed by Genshin impact and candy crush saga at third and fourth place. The global mobile games market generated an estimated $7.4 billion from player spending across the App Store and Google Play Store. Other than PUBG, Genshin Impact also had a strong start of the year, generating $208.7 million from player spending in January, a rise of 37%. The number market for global revenue in January 2022 was the US, which generated $2.1 billion, or 28% of total player spending worldwide. Japan ranked number two for revenue at 19%, followed by China, where Google Play is not available, at 17.8%. Some other apps along with PUBG are banned in India under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act since they were involved in activities causing prejudice to the sovereignty and integrity of the country.