SurveyMoney published a new report about Pokemon GO. The game’s retention rate is explored in-depth, with the company ultimately concluding that “it’s quite respectable; it’s competitive with those of other top-performing games.” That comes in contrast to some of the things we’ve been hearing about Pokemon GO’s decline.
It’s true that Pokemon GO’s player retention rate is dropping, but it stacks up favorably when compared to other top mobile titles. SurveyMonkey even proclaims that Niantic’s mobile release is “performing very much like a typical top mobile game.”
It’s illustrated further with the following comparison to Clash of Clans, which has fewer active users but a similar retention rate:
– Clash of Clans currently has ~3.85 million weekly active users (WAU). With a weekly retention rate of 75% (a weekly churn rate of 25%), Clash loses ~960 thousand players from week to week.
– Pokemon GO has 15.4 million weekly active users. With a weekly retention rate of 75%, it loses ~3.9 million users from week to week.
Since some of the initial hype surrounding Pokemon GO has died down and casual players are leaving, that leaves the app to more loyal users. SurveyMonkey says “it wouldn’t be surprising for the weekly retention rate to level off, mostly ending its current gradual decline.” Also, given Pokemon GO’s retention at the moment, it wouldn’t be a surprise if the game ended up as “one of the most widely-used smartphone games in the U.S. for a long time to come.”
You can find more analysis about Pokemon GO’s retention at the source below.
Mastiff previously announced that Gurumin 3D would be made available in North America on October 27. As promised, the European version isn’t too far behind. A release date of October 27 is now confirmed for PAL regions.
Just like in North America, the free 3DS theme offer will be offered for European fans. You’ll be able to nab the theme pictured above between October 27 and November 29 when you purchase Gurumin 3D.
Source: Mastiff PR
On the Japanese 3DS eShop, Bandai Namco recently released the free-to-play Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters Cyber Arena. Check out some footage of the download below.
Act it Out! A Game of Charades can now be downloaded from the European Wii U eShop. In North America, it’s scheduled for release early next week. Note that the game should take up about 150MB.
We’ve known for awhile that Paper Mario: Color Splash would be featuring the Koopalings as boss fights. Now you can see what each battle looks like in the video below.
The fifth and sixth episodes of Pokemon Generations is now live on the official Pokemon YouTube channel. We’ve gone ahead and attached them below.
Pokemon Generations revisits each generation of the Pokemon games and sheds new light on some timeless moments. New episodes will be available weekly through December 23.
Yesterday, PSIBO joined the Wii U eShop in both North America and Europe. Have a look at some footage courtesy of the video below.
A couple of weeks back, a “Legendaries” trailer for Pokemon Sun/Moon was released in Japanese. The English equivalent is now online, and we have it below.
Thunder Force III and Turbo Outrun are both included in the Japanese package SEGA 3D Fukkoku Archives 3: Final Stage. Today, details were shared about what’s new in the two games.
First, here are some screenshots of both:
3D Thunder Force III features the following:
– Interim Save: Can instantly save the game state anytime
– Interim Load: Loads the above interim save
– Replay: Records own gameplay for later viewing; replays can be fast forwarded
– KIDS Mode: Lowers difficulty with features like retaining weapons and claw and respawning with shield on death; doubles attack power
