The mobile game’s 21m players are bulk buying ‘PokéCoins’ from Apple’s app store, one brokerage firm says
Apple stands to rake in $3bn in revenue from the Pokémon Go craze in the next one to two years as gamers buy “PokéCoins” from its app store, according to analysts.
The augmented reality game, published by Niantic in partnership with Nintendo, can be downloaded for free but iPhone users can use PokéCoins to buy additional features.
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Source: Apple to make $3bn in revenue from Pokémon Go, say analysts