# Why no Monopoly for Android? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 5, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-monopoly-for-android/577291 "2011-04-05T17:26:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-monopoly-for-android/577291/1 "2011-04-05T17:26:16Z")
My #1 most desired App for my Droid is Monopoly where I can play against other Android users. How come nothing like this exists? I’d gladly pay $10 for it or even more if it’s well-designed. EA put out Monopoly Here & Now, but even the hardest AI setting is woefully easy to beat. Has anyone seen this anywhere? If not, does its non-existence have something to do with the rights to the game? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-monopoly-for-android/577291/2 "2011-04-05T18:10:51Z")
It might be because it takes forever to play. I suppose if Scrabble can exist on Android, so can Monopoly. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-monopoly-for-android/577291/3 "2011-04-05T18:14:19Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > It might be because it takes forever to play. I suppose if Scrabble can exist on Android, so can Monopoly. Horse hockey. A now-defunct website I used to frequent had multiplayer Monopoly. Most of the players (including me) were speed-gamers. We could wrap up a two-player game in a little over 5 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-monopoly-for-android/577291/4 "2011-04-05T18:15:14Z")
Right, but not everyone is a speed gamer. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-monopoly-for-android/577291/5 "2011-04-06T02:48:18Z")
[http://store.handmark.com/p/71269/monopoly-here-and-now-for-android](http://store.handmark.com/p/71269/monopoly-here-and-now-for-android) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-monopoly-for-android/577291/6 "2011-04-06T10:21:27Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > [http://store.handmark.com/p/71269/monopoly-here-and-now-for-android](http://store.handmark.com/p/71269/monopoly-here-and-now-for-android) > [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > My #1 most desired App for my Droid is Monopoly where I can play against other Android users. How come nothing like this exists? I’d gladly pay $10 for it or even more if it’s well-designed. > > EA put out Monopoly Here & Now, but even the hardest AI setting is woefully easy to beat. > > Has anyone seen this anywhere? If not, does its non-existence have something to do with the rights to the game? He mentioned “Here And Now” already. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-monopoly-for-android/577291/7 "2011-04-06T22:37:02Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > I suppose if Scrabble can exist on Android, so can Monopoly. Only…it doesn’t. There’s no official Scrabble app on Android, just two or three knockoffs. It seems that all the Hasbro/parker Brothers games are iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) only. I think they have a deal, so they might never come to Android…Monopoly is also Parker Brothers, so there you go. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-monopoly-for-android/577291/8 "2011-04-07T03:28:03Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Only…it doesn’t. There’s no official Scrabble app on Android, just two or three knockoffs. It seems that all the Hasbro/parker Brothers games are iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) only. I think they have a deal, so they might never come to Android…Monopoly is also Parker Brothers, so there you go. Eh. Works for me. The knockoffs are pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-monopoly-for-android/577291/9 "2011-04-07T07:38:56Z")
Monopoly is pretty easy to knock off, as well, though. It seems odd that no one has done it. Unless there is a web version that works well enough that no one wants to bother…