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In PNG, the expiration date on about 130,000 vials of AstraZeneca looms. But with misinformation and hesitancy keeping some people away, officials say they had to bring the vaccine to them.
In PNG, the expiration date on about 130,000 vials of AstraZeneca looms. But with misinformation and hesitancy keeping some people away, officials say they had to bring the vaccine to them.
Forget PS5 and Xbox - The biggest gaming platform is already in your pocket
By The Washington Post
By Shannon Liao
When the first smartphones debuted in the early 2000s, mobile gaming consisted of simplistic titles such as Snake, where the player leads a snakelike chain of pixels around the screen to eat other pixels and grow longer. Soon the market expanded into word games, like 2009â²s Words with Friends and three-in-a-row matching games like Candy Crush Saga in 2012, both primarily played by people whittling away time on public transportation or in a doctor s waiting room.
Today, over three billion people have smartphones and over two billion of them play games on those phones. Some of those mobile titles now even rival the quality of games traditionally enjoyed on consoles and expensive PCs.
Mario Kart Tour has accumulated over $200 million in player-spending, as well as over 200 million installs since its launch in September 2019, according to Sensor Tower.
In a blog post, the mobile analytics firm highlighted a strong launch for Nintendo s racer, amassing over 100 million downloads in its first 11 days. During that period, the game also generated $17.8 million in revenue.
Mario Kart Tour is free to download across app stores but is fueled by Gold Pass, a premium subscription that grants players access to additional in-game content for £4.99 a month.
The US is Mario Kart Tour s top territory for player spending, responsible for almost $76 million of the lifetime total. It s followed by Japan which makes up 28% of the total, and France, with 7.3%.