• PlayMonster游戏公司宣布收购Taco vs. Burrito，交易金额未披露。亚历克斯发明该游戏时年仅7岁，在父母的帮助下已销售超过150万套。尽管成绩斐然，亚历克斯·巴特勒却坦言：“我本来也没多在意。”
亚历克斯·巴特勒年仅7岁就赚到了第一个100万美元。当时他发明的卡牌游戏Taco vs. Burrito上线亚马逊售卖，到2018年底销售额已达约110万美元。
他与父母共同经营了这款游戏多年，最终决定将版权卖给PlayMonster，该公司旗下还有Spirograph、Farkle、Yeti in my Spaghetti等知名产品。虽然官方未公布交易条款，不过Taco vs. Burrito（在亚马逊零售价20美元）迄今已售出150万套，还推出过两款扩展包。
PlayMonster表示将继续拓展游戏，今年晚些时候会推出铁盒装收藏版。
现年15岁的亚历克斯说，看到自己的作品易手并没有特别伤感。他说，做游戏从来不是真正想终身从事的事业。
“我本来也没多在意，”他告诉《西雅图时报》，“这游戏对我没那么重要。我只想卖个好价钱。”
亚历克斯的母亲自己就是一位企业家。当年儿子玩了爆炸猫（Exploding Kittens）等卡牌游戏有了新想法，她得知之后立刻鼓励。一家人常走去附近的咖啡馆测试游戏原型，也激励亚历克斯对游戏规则不断改进。
为支付生产成本，亚历克斯的母亲发起线上众筹，募集到2.5万美元。父母为游戏成立了控股公司（其中亚历克斯占多数股份），找了制造商，然后将游戏上线亚马逊。游戏迅速走红，且热度从未减退。
之前他们也曾收到收购邀约，但总觉得时机不合适。跟PlayMonster洽谈后，他们才觉得对了路。
不过，别指望亚历克斯短期内会做出新游戏。他说，自己的兴趣已转向音乐制作、体育运动和电子游戏。（*）
译者：梁宇
审校：夏林
• PlayMonster游戏公司宣布收购Taco vs. Burrito，交易金额未披露。亚历克斯发明该游戏时年仅7岁，在父母的帮助下已销售超过150万套。尽管成绩斐然，亚历克斯·巴特勒却坦言：“我本来也没多在意。”
亚历克斯·巴特勒年仅7岁就赚到了第一个100万美元。当时他发明的卡牌游戏Taco vs. Burrito上线亚马逊售卖，到2018年底销售额已达约110万美元。
他与父母共同经营了这款游戏多年，最终决定将版权卖给PlayMonster，该公司旗下还有Spirograph、Farkle、Yeti in my Spaghetti等知名产品。虽然官方未公布交易条款，不过Taco vs. Burrito（在亚马逊零售价20美元）迄今已售出150万套，还推出过两款扩展包。
PlayMonster表示将继续拓展游戏，今年晚些时候会推出铁盒装收藏版。
现年15岁的亚历克斯说，看到自己的作品易手并没有特别伤感。他说，做游戏从来不是真正想终身从事的事业。
“我本来也没多在意，”他告诉《西雅图时报》，“这游戏对我没那么重要。我只想卖个好价钱。”
亚历克斯的母亲自己就是一位企业家。当年儿子玩了爆炸猫（Exploding Kittens）等卡牌游戏有了新想法，她得知之后立刻鼓励。一家人常走去附近的咖啡馆测试游戏原型，也激励亚历克斯对游戏规则不断改进。
为支付生产成本，亚历克斯的母亲发起线上众筹，募集到2.5万美元。父母为游戏成立了控股公司（其中亚历克斯占多数股份），找了制造商，然后将游戏上线亚马逊。游戏迅速走红，且热度从未减退。
之前他们也曾收到收购邀约，但总觉得时机不合适。跟PlayMonster洽谈后，他们才觉得对了路。
不过，别指望亚历克斯短期内会做出新游戏。他说，自己的兴趣已转向音乐制作、体育运动和电子游戏。（*）
译者：梁宇
审校：夏林
• PlayMonster games has bought Taco vs. Burrito for an undisclosed amount. The game was invented by a 7-year old, who, with his parents’ help, has steer it to over 1.5 million sold units. Creator Alex Butler says, despite its success, “It was never something that I’ve been attached to or anything.”
Alex Butler was just seven years old when he made his first million dollars. A game he had invented, called Taco vs Burrito, had made it to Amazon—and by the end of 2018, it had rung up sales of about $1.1 million.
Now, after overseeing the game’s empire with his parents, Butler has sold the rights to the game to PlayMonster, whose other well-known products include Spirograph, Farkle, and Yeti in my Spaghetti. Terms of the deal were not announced, but Taco vs. Burrito (which retails for $20 on Amazon) has sold 1.5 million copies life to date. The game also has two expansion packs.
PlayMonster says it will continue to expand the game and a version in a collector’s tin is coming later this year.
Butler, who is now 15, says he’s not especially sad to see his creation move on. It was, he says, never really something he wanted to keep doing for the rest of his life.
“It was never something that I’ve been attached to or anything,” he told The Seattle Times. “It’s not super important to me. I just kind of wanted to get the most money out of it.”
Alex’s mother is an entrepreneur herself, so when her son came up with the idea after playing card games like Exploding Kittens, she encouraged him. The family would walk to the neighborhood coffee shop/hangout to test the prototype, which would lead to Alex coming up with a new take on the rules.
To cover production costs, he mother launched an online fundraiser, which brought in $25,000. Alex’s parents set up a holding company for the game (of which Alex was the majority owner), found a manufacturer, and put the game on Amazon. It quickly took off and never slowed down.
While there have been buyout offers in the past, the family said they never felt right. When they began speaking with PlayMonster, things did.
Don’t expect another game anytime soon from Alex, though. His interests have shifted to music production, sports, and video games, he says.