Apple’s App Store generated US$20bil for developers in 2016


  • TECH
  • Friday, 06 Jan 2017

Customers enter the Apple store on 5th Avenue beneath an Apple logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

Apple Inc said on Jan 5 its App Store generated US$20bil (RM89.45bil) for developers in 2016, a 40% increase from 2015, helped by the popularity of games such as Pokémon Go and Super Mario Run and increased revenue from subscriptions. 

App Store sales topped more than US$3bil (RM13.41bil) in December, helped by the launch of Nintendo Co Ltd's Super Mario Run, which was downloaded more than 40 million times in the first four days after its launch. 

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