Recently, a report surfaced that Pokemon GO‘s monthly revenue had hit a five year low in April 2023, which many attributed to some controversial changes to the game made by developer Niantic.

In a statement issued to Eurogamer, Niantic addressed the report by stating that it was “incorrect”, and that Pokemon GO revenue is actually up compared to the same period last year. Addressing claims that the supposed revenue drop was caused by their changes to remote raids, the spokesperson dismissed them by saying they “don’t focus on month to month trends” and that the changes were increasing in-person raiding, presumably suggesting that the changes will ultimately be good for the game’s revenue overall.

“We generally don’t comment on third-party estimates of our revenue as they are often incorrect, which is the case here, our revenue so far in 2023 is up on last year.”

“We don’t focus on month to month trends because they fluctuate based on major live events, this year’s changes have already increased in-person Raiding and we’re excited to introduce exciting new features over the coming months.”

It should be noted that these statements do not deny the initial report that monthly revenue has indeed fallen in April 2023 compared to previous months, instead choosing to focus on the broader yearly revenue which includes the months preceding their controversial changes to remote raiding. We will likely have to wait for more revenue reports in the coming months to get a clearer picture of things.

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