Wordle, the word game that gained popularity and played by hundreds of thousands of players, was bought by The New York Times. Although the company did not reveal the exact price in its statement, it included the expression ‘low seven-digit number’.
One of the leading media companies in the United States The New York Times, shared important news for the mobile game world today. The company, which has several mobile games today, is one of the most popular mobile games of recent times. You bought Wordle announced.
In the statement made by The New York Times, exactly how much Wordle was purchased was not shared. But in terms of price only ‘low seven digit numbers‘ was used. The game was purchased directly from the game’s developer, Josh Wardle. So the Times agreed to pay millions of dollars just for this game.
The game will continue to be free
The New York Times stated in its statement that Wordle, which was released in October, is played by millions of users every day. The company states that the game will continue to be free after the purchase and that its gameplay no changes will be made expressed. The game will be added to the game platform of the New York Times.
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The reason why The New York Times added Wordle to its library of games is because of the year 2025. 10 million subscribers target will be able to reach. The company recently acquired the sports news site The Athletic, gaining 1.2 million users with it. The number of subscribers of The Times thanks to the games has now exceeded one million.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/business/media/new-york-times-wordle.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur