I had not considered that, good point.
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Carighan@lemmy.world 1 year agoI think being stuck in Apple Arcade was it’s big problem, basically.
SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
TheMinions@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Didn’t 2048 go viral before Apple Arcade even existed?
SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
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 1 year 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 1 year ago
It wasn't stuck on Apple Arcade. There was an Android release well before.
brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 year ago
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.
It’s been available on both iOS and Android for years before Arcade was a thing.