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03-10-2016, 07:56 PM
How this mobile game is making $100 million a month in China
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What does mobile gaming success look like? It looks like*The Legend of Mir Mobile.
On Wednesday, Shanda Games vice-chair Zhu Xiaojing an**unced some pretty stunning data about Shanda’s highest-earning game,*The Legend of Mir Mobile. The game,*Zhu says (http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2016-03-09/doc-ifxqafha0519497.shtml), is earning between $92 million and $107 million each month through Tencent’s mobile game platform. On its best day,*The Legend of Mir Mobile*brought in more than $7 million in just 24 hours.
**t bad for a game that’s 15 years old.
What is*The Legend of Mir?
To understand why this game is making so much money, you have to understand what it is and where it comes from.*The Legend of Mir Mobile*is a mobile version of a PC game calledThe Legend of Mir 2.*Mir 2*is a Korean massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by WeMade Entertainment and first published way back in 2001. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/mobile-game-100-million-month/)
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What does mobile gaming success look like? It looks like*The Legend of Mir Mobile.
On Wednesday, Shanda Games vice-chair Zhu Xiaojing an**unced some pretty stunning data about Shanda’s highest-earning game,*The Legend of Mir Mobile. The game,*Zhu says (http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2016-03-09/doc-ifxqafha0519497.shtml), is earning between $92 million and $107 million each month through Tencent’s mobile game platform. On its best day,*The Legend of Mir Mobile*brought in more than $7 million in just 24 hours.
**t bad for a game that’s 15 years old.
What is*The Legend of Mir?
To understand why this game is making so much money, you have to understand what it is and where it comes from.*The Legend of Mir Mobile*is a mobile version of a PC game calledThe Legend of Mir 2.*Mir 2*is a Korean massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by WeMade Entertainment and first published way back in 2001. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/mobile-game-100-million-month/)
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