Pokemon TCG Pocket reportedly made $245 million more than Pokemon Go managed in its first year

Zoomed in art of the Sudowoodo illustration rare card in Pokemon TCG Pocket.
(Image credit: Creatures, DeNA, The Pokemon Company)

Pokemon TCG Pocket has reached its one-year anniversary and managed to have the highest-performing first year for a Pokemon mobile game.

It may not feel like it, but it's been just over a year since The Pokemon Company killed our productivity by releasing Pokemon TCG Pocket upon the world. Naturally with it being a free mobile game, there are ways to spend money on it. As someone who doesn't understand the appeal behind buying virtual cards (I don't even really see the appeal of physical ones either, mind you, but that's neither here nor there), I knew it would do well, but even I'm shocked it outdid Pokemon Go.

Scott McCrae
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