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[Mista]

Nintendo’s newly released mobile title, Dr. Mario World, has been picking up some steam since its global launch on July 9th. According to new data from Sensor Tower, the game has already hit the 2 million installations milestone and has made more than $100,000. All within the first 72 hours of its release.

Here’s a graph sizing up the downloads and revenue between Dr. Mario World and Nintendo’s other mobile games:

While at first glance it looks to be doing poorly compared to the company’s other titles, it’s actually making healthy revenue. According to Sensor Tower’s analysis, its monetization is more comparable to other titles in the broader puzzle game genre. This includes the latest release from Candy Crush Saga maker King, Candy Crush Friends Saga.

In comparison to Candy Crush, Dr. Mario World is holding its own, generating about 73 percent of Friends Saga’s $137,000 first-three-day gross revenue in the same markets. Compare this to King’s finely-tuned monetization model which has been perfected across four titles and nearly seven years.

Dr. Mario World Hits 2 Million Installs and Passes $100K Spent Within 72 Hours of Launch

Dr. Mario World, which launched July 9th, has seen some impressive numbers in its first 3 days. Especially compared to its market competitors.

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[SLoWMoTIoN]

Wow Dragalia Lost is fucked.

 

[Ivellios]

I was not aware of this game, is it "free to start" like pokémon puzzle?

 

[DeVeAn]

I can’t stand these games. Such a leech then they drop support and all your money is gone. Yuck.

 

[Fox Mulder]

But is it fun?

 

[Chittagong]

But is it fun?

I tried couple of stages, got bored mindless. Love puzzlers usually. Need to give it another go before passing final judgment tho.

 

[Spukc]

The fuck is wrong with people

 

[Vawn]

I was not aware of this game, is it "free to start" like pokémon puzzle?

It's a full-on mobile game, full with the sleazy, constant prompts to spend more money that investors so desperately wanted.

 

[Saber]

The fuck is wrong with people

At this point, I'm guessing just because its Nintendo its already enought to blow their minds. Its crazy..

 

[Mista]

At this point, I'm guessing just because its Nintendo its already enought to blow their minds. Its crazy..

The power of the brand

 

[Ivellios]

It's a full-on mobile game, full with the sleazy, constant prompts to spend more money that investors so desperately wanted.

Damn, im not even gonna bother with this game then.

 

[shark sandwich]

Remember when Nintendo fanboys swore up and down that Nintendo would never sell out and make smartphone games?

Then when they started making smartphone games, many of us remained hopeful that they’d at least make higher quality and more ethical games than the typical whale-driven garbage?

Ahh how naive we were.

 

[EightBit Man]

It's a full-on mobile game, full with the sleazy, constant prompts to spend more money that investors so desperately wanted.

 

[MagnesG]

Remember when Nintendo fanboys swore up and down that Nintendo would never sell out and make smartphone games?

Then when they started making smartphone games, many of us remained hopeful that they’d at least make higher quality and more ethical games than the typical whale-driven garbage?

Ahh how naive we were.

They did. Only the market's not budging.

 

[Cr1ptkeeper]

It's a full-on mobile game, full with the sleazy, constant prompts to spend more money that investors so desperately wanted.

Don't you think Nintendo doesn't like to make money? I'm sure Nintendo came up with the idea to make free to play mobile games with microstransactions and not the investors.

 

[mcjmetroid]

Don't you think Nintendo doesn't like to make money? I'm sure Nintendo came up with the idea to make free to play mobile games with microstransactions and not the investors.

In Nintendo defence they did try not to have monetisation in their games with Mario Run but it didn't work.

Mobile gamers will not buy games end of. This is the only way to do it on mobile.

 

[Vawn]

Don't you think Nintendo doesn't like to make money? I'm sure Nintendo came up with the idea to make free to play mobile games with microstransactions and not the investors.

Of course, but Nintendo tried a reasonable approach that their investors hated - a complete game, free of microtransactions for $9.99.

The mobile gaming market proved the investors right. The mobile market is at a point where the only way to make a good profit is to exploit whales, children, etc or use any other tactic to make a really bad deal appear great.

 

[Cr1ptkeeper]

Of course, but Nintendo tried a reasonable approach that their investors hated - a complete game, free of microtransactions for $9.99.

The mobile gaming market proved the investors right. The mobile market is at a point where the only way to make a good profit is to exploit whales, children, etc or use any other tactic to make a really bad deal appear great.

Maybe you're right, we'll never know who's idea it was to include microtransactions.
But the main goal of almost every company is to make as much money they can, they don't care if a small portion of their customers don't like the way they do it.

 

[Grinchy]

I already hit a point in it where if every pill isn't placed perfectly, I'd need to pay money for some upgrade to beat the level.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Dam less than half the money of Dragalia Lost? That's pretty bad.

 

[petran79]

Most efficient and cheapest way to finish the game at later stages would be buying 1 hour endless hearts for 30 diamonds and brute force every stage. After stage 25 things become difficult and if you include the timed challenges even more so. Have no clue how many stages they have. If it is 100 stages, then 1500 diamonds are mandatory, at 74 Euro
Because if you make one wrong move in timed events or when capsules are limited, you have to restart anyway.

I find the Super Mario Run sales a bullshit excuse by Nintendo, but anyway....Uninstalled Dr Mario and will only keep Super Mario Run.

 

[jadedm17]

Remember when Nintendo fanboys swore up and down that Nintendo would never sell out and make smartphone games?

Then when they started making smartphone games, many of us remained hopeful that they’d at least make higher quality and more ethical games than the typical whale-driven garbage?

Ahh how naive we were.

Indeed, i never believed that. Nintendo still keeps quality over the rest but at the end of the day we all follow the money. They are a business, not our friends, and the Switch lineup has been aces.... i see no harm here.

 

[joe_zazen]

Remember when Nintendo fanboys swore up and down that Nintendo would never sell out and make smartphone games?

Then when they started making smartphone games, many of us remained hopeful that they’d at least make higher quality and more ethical games than the typical whale-driven garbage?

Ahh how naive we were.

Lol, yeah. Some even think the mobile profits are used only to fund regular console games and dedicated hardware, like they are a nonprofit console gaming charity or something.

 

[Dr. Claus]

Wow Dragalia Lost is fucked.

Disappointing too. I really enjoyed Dragalia Lost. Love the music, art direction, and general gameplay. The game is also very loose and frequent with its free items for summons.