It was announced that the mobile game Monopoly GO earned 2 billion dollars in the first 10 months after its release. The total number of downloads of the game has exceeded 150 million.
When most of us think of “games”, the first thing that comes to our mind is game consoles or bright and shiny gaming computers, but the smartphones we keep in our hands also host tens of thousands of paid and free games, and some games are developed by spending tens of millions of dollars, proving how important it is to develop a good product. AAA manages to make more money than console games.
Everyone has probably heard of the Monopoly game at least once before. This game, where we can buy land and build houses and hotels on it, and try to bankrupt our competitors while increasing our own wealth by collecting rent, is actually at its most basic level. capitalism simulation. Monopoly, which is normally a board game, came to smartphones with Monopoly GO, which was released last year.
Monopoly GO surpassed 150 million downloads in less than a year
Monopoly GO seems to have fulfilled the requirements of capitalism while allowing its players to enjoy capitalism. According to the statements of Scopely co-CEO Javier Ferreira, the game will be released in February 2024, only 10 months after its release. 2 billion dollars has reached turnover. Of course, we should not think that all of this income is profit, because according to Ferreira, the development phase of the game lasted exactly 7 years.
Monopoly GO, which will leave behind its first year in application stores in April, has so far It has been downloaded more than 150 million times. According to the statements of Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks, the reason why the return of a world-popular board game like Monopoly to a mobile game has been delayed so much is what happened while implementing the project. According to Cocks, the Monopoly GO project was canceled and restarted at least twice.
Video explaining the development process of Monolopy GO:
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https://www.scopely.com/en/news/reflecting-on-the-journey-of-monopoly-go