Popular mobile puzzle game classic Threes! is launching on PC for its 10th anniversary
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from simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world on 18 Jan 2024 13:49
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from simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world on 18 Jan 2024 13:49
https://lemm.ee/post/21216662
This is the game that inspired 2048 but unfortunately never got nearly as popular.
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It sucks that 2048 went viral and not Threes. Threes is available in Apple Arcade, which is pretty cool.
threes just has so much charm that didn’t make it into the clones. I am so excited for this
I think being stuck in Apple Arcade was it’s big problem, basically.
I had not considered that, good point.
Didn’t 2048 go viral before Apple Arcade even existed?
This has become a bit of a rollercoaster here. Looks like 2048 peaked around 2014, according to Google Trends. Apple Arcade launched 5 years later. So it turns out that it doesn’t line up.
The reason 2048 took over was probably because Threes was only on iOS for a while, and because 2048 was available as a free, ad-supported game while Threes was only available as a paid game.
I got Threes back around Android release, and 2048 was already huge.
It wasn't stuck on Apple Arcade. There was an Android release well before.
Being stuck for a while on iOS was its initial problem.
The Android port took quite a bit of time to happen which means 2048 had time to eclipse it for many people. And when it finally was on Android, It probably struggled more there for being a paid game when 2048 was free with ads
what’s wrong with you people, it costs as much as 2 coffees and ads are fucking annoying.It’s been available on both iOS and Android for years before Arcade was a thing.
Speaking of classic puzzle games, I want to play Hexic once again. Unfortunately, it’s not available for PC. Microsoft needs to bring it to the PC.