When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world until the enforcement of regulations going up to the lockdown, it turned out to be a big advantage for the online mobile gaming industry where in the first quarter of 2020 it experienced a surge.
According to Sensor Tower data, it was reported that online game revenue for the second quarter of 2020 increased by 10.3 percent compared to the first quarter and PUBG was again the best-selling game worldwide.
The report states that gamers who shop in games increased to 6.7 percent from the previous quarter and have reached USD 17.5 million with a 16 percent increase from the previous year in 2019.
PUBG Mobile has closed the second quarter of 2020 with a record figure of USD 621 million. Even though this figure has decreased compared to the first quarter of 2020 reaching a total of USD 674 million, PUBG is number one in the top-grossing second quarter of Q2 2020.
For the Apple App Store, PUBG is in second place and on Google's Android Store at number ten. The game has often been accused of making players addicted to it, but the data shows that there is no action that Tencent will stop the game anytime soon.
Distributed by Tencent games from China, PUBG has gained a lot of popularity in many countries such as the United States. It also beat one of its most popular competitors, Fortnite, which took sixth place on the App Store.
All of this apart from an increase in QoQ income (quarter over quarter) of 110.7 percent. Additionally, PUBG saw peak revenue of USD 270 million in March 2020 at the same time that China lifted its lockdown status.