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What does "generates 5-6 figures each" mean in this sentence? (emphasis added)

All of our games have over 1 million downloads and the most recent few games generates 5-6 figures each.

It's an answer to a question about mobile games, and the revenue it generates.

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"5-6 figures" refers to the number of digits in the amount they make. A five-figure number is from 10,000 to 99,999 and a six-figure number is from 100,000 to 999,999.

If they say 5-6 figures you can assume it means from 50,000 to perhaps 150,000, because 10,000 isn't really something worth bragging about, and anything more than 200,000 they'd probably want to brag about the exact number.

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