Millennials have long been maligned for their inability to “adult” — from avoiding marriage to quitting their jobs to travel.
But perhaps most central to the millennial MO is the issue of property investments — of which they infamously have none.
So the cynical game-makers at Hasbro devised Monopoly for Millennials.
layers don’t win with money to buy homes or railroads, but instead collect “experience points” by earning rewards such as a 3-Day Music Festival or going to a vegan bistro — because memories “last forever.”
Perhaps hitting the closest to home was one of the “hottest destinations” of all: couch-surfing.
Player pieces include a few things millennials simply can’t live without, such as a camera, sunglasses and a hashtag.
“Money doesn’t always buy a great time,” says the insultingly disingenuous description. “But experiences, whether they’re good — or weird — last forever.”
Let’s just hope their student loan debt and the threat of losing Social Security don’t.
https://nypost.com/2018/11/14/hasbros-new-monopoly-for-millennials-game-is-an-insulting-experience/“According to Hasbro’s own market research, only 28 per cent of younger players could identify the purpose of a thimble outside the context of the game and just 15 per cent could understand the concept of ever affording their own home. These findings helped shaped the updates for Monopoly’s new Millennial Edition, which include raising the minimum rent charge to $1,500 and having each player start the game with $20,000 of student debt,” according to the CBC.
