PUBG Mobile players have spent over $3.5 billion on the battle royale sport, in accordance with market analyst Sensor Tower, with $500 million of this coming over the final 72 days.

The cellular model of PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) — the sport that made the battle royale style in style — has been out since 2018. 2020 has been a giant yr for the sport, as quarantined people have turned to PUBG Mobile for leisure. It has earned $1.8 billion and has seen 198 million downloads thus far this yr.

PUBG Mobile reaches this milestone just some days after India’s ban of the sport in that nation. Based on Sensor Tower, 24% of the sport’s world downloads come from India. Which will appear staggering, however India solely accounts for 1.2% of PUBG Mobile’s revenues. Nonetheless, PUBG Company is working to get that cash flowing once more, and so it’s dropping Tencent as the sport’s writer in India, with PUBG Company taking up these obligations itself.

Tencent is a Chinese language firm, which is why PUBG Mobile noticed itself banned in India. China, nevertheless, stays the sport’s most profitable market, accounting for 53% of its world revenues.