🎮 Gaming · Sankey
Mobile Game Revenue Sankey
Where a free-to-play mobile game's revenue comes from and where it goes: app stores, marketing, servers, team and profit.
Drawing diagram…
What this diagram shows
- In-app purchases bring in most revenue
- App stores take a large cut before the studio sees any money
- User acquisition is often the biggest cost
Prompt used
Sankey of 100 units of a mobile game's gross revenue from in-app purchases, ads and subscriptions (battle pass), split into app store fees, user acquisition marketing, servers and live ops, development team, and profit.
Mermaid code
sankey-beta In-app Purchases,Gross Revenue,70 Ads,Gross Revenue,20 Battle Pass,Gross Revenue,10 Gross Revenue,App Store Fees,24 Gross Revenue,User Acquisition,30 Gross Revenue,Servers and Live Ops,8 Gross Revenue,Development Team,26 Gross Revenue,Profit,12
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