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Garena Free Fire, the battle royale free for Android and iPhone mobiles developed by Garena, was the Most downloaded mobile game in 2020, an achievement they achieve for the second year in a row, report from Dot Esports. The data is extracted from Sea financial report, the company that owns the development study, and is sponsored by the independent mobile applications market analysis firm Annie App.
In addition to being the most downloaded title in the whole world, it was also the one that more revenue generated, goes microtransactions, in several territories: the Southeast Asia and Latin America. Also, during the last quarter of last year it was the mobile game in which more money spent by Indian players. To date, the most popular mobile title in that country was PUBG Mobile, which was banned there last September among other applications and games from China.
A recent report published by the analyst firm Uptodown highlighted that the success of Free Fire lay, in part, in that the game can work on mobile devices with low specs techniques. Also, Garena has promoted the title with stars of the stature of Cristiano Ronaldo and with ingame events of other products, such as Spanish series La Casa de Papel by Netflix.
One of the most popular mobile games in esports
In the electronic sports scene Free Fire is one of the most popular mobile games in the world. Three of the top five most viewed competitions of 2020 were from Garena’s game, which reached 2,566,046 viewers in the Continental Series 2020 Asia, according to data from Esports Charts. In Youtube was the most consulted mobile game with more than 72,000 million visits, rubbing shoulders with Fortnite and Minecraft.
“One of the key factors in the sustained success of Free Fire is our commitment to keeping the game fresh and engaging“says Forrest Li, Sea CEO.” Players around the world increasingly recognize the Garena’s reputation for constantly improving the Free Fire experience with innovative content, agreements and esports activities. “
