‘Pokemon Go’; Officer Jenny Has A Message And Over $160K Earnings In 15 Min

“Pokemon Go” continues to be the unprecedented success that it was the day it launched in the U.S. In fact, it’s been so successful that it has caused a stampede in Central Park, which then prompted the NYPD to issue a social media alert with reminders to players. Also, just to showcase just how successful the app has been so far, AppInstitute tracked just how much “Pokemon Go” has been making to the minute. The results are staggering.

Releasing an announcement via Twitter, the NYPD released an infographic directed at “Pokemon Go” players, according to Comic Book. The infographic contained such reminders as “Be alert at all times” and “Do not drive while using the app,” arguably some very obvious concepts. The Tweet also contained the message “#PokémonGo Let's stay alert out there! Be careful when you try & #CatchEmAll #CentralPark closes at 1am #Mew #NYC,” so at least the NYPD is showing some support regarding the craze.

The Tweet was in response to what happened in Central Park where a rare “Pokemon” called “Vaporeon” appeared and enthusiasts scrambled to catch the creature in droves, with some even leaving their idling cars. The result includes people who know nothing about “Pokemon Go” fearing for their safety and the park seeing a lot more activity than before.

To drive the point of the app’s runaway success home even deeper, The Next Web cited the results of the “AppInstitute” when it tracked how much money the app was making. Supposedly, “Pokemon Go” made “Niantic Labs” an estimated $163,099 in a span of 15 minutes.

Granted, that’s just an estimate, and the real figure could be lower or higher. However, for an app that is yet to be available in dozens of other countries just itching to try the official version, “Pokemon Go” is undeniably a monster that is crushing records under its feet and a huge golden goose.