


In comparison to Niantic’s other Nintendo outing, Pokemon GO was downloaded 75 million times in its first two weeks, and generated $116 million dollars in revenue. In terms of player spending, Pikmin Bloom has generated $473,000 in revenue over the past two weeks, again, most of the player spending coming from Japan. Out of these 2 million, most of the downloads were from the series’ home country of Japan at 864,000, with the US and UK having the second and third highest number of downloads respectively. Since then, market analyst Sensor Tower has published some new data revealing just how well the game has been performing since launch.Īs shared by Eurogamer, Sensor Tower’s data showed that Pikmin Bloom was downloaded around 2 million times since its launch two weeks ago. Waiting for a boxed copy tomorrow? Eurogamer's Ian Higton will be live-streaming the game at 5pm UK time tonight.Earlier this month, Niantic released Pikmin Bloom, their long awaited AR game based on the Pikmin franchise. "Strategy, perhaps, by designers who were unconcerned with labelling, and just let their ideas lead them where they wanted to go." "Pikmin still feels like strategy seen with fresh eyes," Chris Donlan wrote in Eurogamer's glowing Pikmin 3 review. GAME's digital download price for Pikmin 3 is £34.99, compared to Nintendo's own £39.99 eShop price tag.ĭownloading a digital copy of the game also entitles you to a 30 per cent discount on fellow Wii U exclusive The Wonderful 101 when that launches next month. Pikmin 3 is not supposed to go on sale until tomorrow.ĭigital downloads of eShop games usually unlock at midnight on the day of release, but customers reported being able to download and play the game immediately. GAME customers began receiving the codes last night, Nintendo Life reported. UK retailer GAME is sending out digital download codes for Wii U masterpiece Pikmin 3 two days before its intended release date.
