Gaming while travelling: Fascinating facts and figures


Augmented reality games such as Harry Potter Wizards Unite gathers gamers together because they need to work as a team to battle in fortresses. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

Since its inception in 2016, the location-based AR mobile game Pokemon Go is estimated to have attracted 603 million gamers globally, according to Statista.

Last year, the game generated revenue of US$894mil (RM3.69bil) from 55 million downloads, an increase over the previous year. Its total revenue to date is US$3.1bil (RM12.82bil), according to Sensor Tower calculations.

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