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Popular mobile puzzle game classic Threes! is launching on PC for its 10th anniversary (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 10 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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This is the game that inspired 2048 but unfortunately never got nearly as popular.

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[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I had not considered that, good point.

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Didn’t 2048 go viral before Apple Arcade even existed?

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 4 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

It wasn't stuck on Apple Arcade. There was an Android release well before.