It's a Wednesday and I'm here to bring you news – as far as I know, the names of the two most famous mobile games in the world will probably be owned by the same company, nor does it have that name, nor is it owned by the savvy game group of Saudi Arabia .
According to a Bloomberg report, Pokemon Go developer Niantic is in conversation with Monopoly Go Publisher scopely for the latter to purchase the former’s video game business elements. About $3.5 billion, so more cash than you or I've seen in my life is the focus price tag currently being discussed.
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Bloomberg added that if any agreement is indeed reached – it would almost certainly include Pokemon GO. As you remember, in the eyes of TCG pockets yet to be the TPC, Go is a huge backtrack, and these tpcs are dedicated to making lucrative things involve putting together a bunch of cute fake animals and then fighting to the struggle for your Death, your monster.
But despite the likes of Monster Hunter and Pikmin Bloom now, Niantic has been working hard to replicate this success in recent Yers. For example, MH now helps one of my colleagues realize that he actually likes his partner.
Enter Scopely, the company owned by Sabvy Games Group, a group that is part of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund and is waving the wave of monopoly to create cash more than you need to buy the entire board several times.
As you probably know, Savvy's wave of investment in the gaming industry (including EA and Take-Two Interactive, among others) proved to be controversial because PIF is a sovereign wealth fund in Saudi Arabia, and its ruler Mohammed bin Salman's government has been ruled by the government because The country has been criticized for its human rights record. Bin Salman was also accused of ordering the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
