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https://twitter.com/powerlanguish/status/1488263944309731329 New York Times bought Wordle
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# ? Jun 10, 2024 01:02 |
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Waffleman_ posted:https://twitter.com/powerlanguish/status/1488263944309731329 It was nice while it lasted. ![]()
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Who knew Bungie would be the second most significant gaming acquisition today
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Waffleman_ posted:https://twitter.com/powerlanguish/status/1488263944309731329 first activision and now this
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Oh well that was fun while it lasted
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As long as they don’t run ads it’ll be ok
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Well they're gonna monetize it somehow
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If you created worldle how much do you sell for
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Help Im Alive posted:If you created worldle how much do you sell for The highest one
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Help Im Alive posted:If you created worldle how much do you sell for The reported sum is said to be in the low seven figures, so a pretty decent payday for something you did in your spare time.
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Arzaac posted:Well they're gonna monetize it somehow It'll be the same hard paywall system as their other daily puzzle apps like the NYT Crossword which I think is $80 a year.
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I’d be able to live in comfort with three million so just over that is what’s I’d sell for
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that was fast
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"The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players."
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Im glad I never figured out what wordle was
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Jay Rust posted:As long as they don’t run ads it’ll be ok Before you enjoy our free wordle of the day, would you take a moment to consider subscribing to save independent journalism?
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I love Mastermind, probably my favorite boardgame as a child
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I'm not entirely convinced they'll get their money back from it, Wordle seems more like a passing fad imo, and of course corporations are great at running things into the ground Good for Josh though, he's getting a hell of a payday for a pretty minimal investment
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Arzaac posted:I'm not entirely convinced they'll get their money back from it, Wordle seems more like a passing fad imo, and of course corporations are great at running things into the ground They'll add it to their stable of subscriber brain games, they seem to have the audience for it quote:Good for Josh though, he's getting a hell of a payday for a pretty minimal investment Yeah, wordle is probably a lot to deal with mentally now and he gets to escape all that and get paid a lot to do it. If only we could all be so lucky
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yeah i figure this is just going to go along with the NYT's daily puzzles like their crosswords or whatever
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haveblue posted:They'll add it to their stable of subscriber brain games, they seem to have the audience for it not to like downplay this but man wasnt it mostly automated? like i guess maybe if his account got dogpiled because the solution one day was "OZONE"
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there's an absolute shitload of bootleg wordle apps on the play store, if they gate it off people will just go there also, I think I read that while that guy did name it wordle, that kind of word puzzle has actually existed for a long time. anyone know if that is true?
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Once they add a paywall to Wordle, it'll plummet. The main thing that made Wordle so popular was that it was free and easy to share your results.
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Play posted:there's an absolute shitload of bootleg wordle apps on the play store, if they gate it off people will just go there It was literally a game show in the 80s and the basic idea existed a while before that
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Feels Villeneuve posted:It was literally a game show in the 80s and the basic idea existed a while before that well there you go. pretty sweet payday for a guy who just copied an old word puzzle format and gave it a new name
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Rarity posted:Oh well that was fun while it lasted
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Feels Villeneuve posted:not to like downplay this but man wasnt it mostly automated? like i guess maybe if his account got dogpiled because the solution one day was "OZONE" It was but it was a huge part of the Discourse and it's gotta be weird seeing your little project everywhere. Especially if he had any kind of social media presence, he doesn't seem to have ever wanted to be The Wordle Guy permanently and forever
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yeah RIP wordle. no interesting in visiting the new york times. i dont give a gently caress that they make picante sauce or whatever up there.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:It was literally a game show in the 80s and the basic idea existed a while before that i heard one of them had like a really big wheel you could spin
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I don't know what wordle is
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Kerrzhe posted:i heard one of them had like a really big wheel you could spin specifically it was Lingo, there were a few revivals since the 80s one, but yeah lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO3mqsyOTnk
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Play posted:there's an absolute shitload of bootleg wordle apps on the play store, if they gate it off people will just go there the game is just mastermind but with letters and the restriction that those letters form real words. Actual mastermind uses four colors as the code, and there's no restriction on possible codes. Mastermind dates back to 1970 Wikipedia suggests that mastermind itself is based on an older game called Bulls and Cows which is around a century old
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https://mobile.twitter.com/chris_dring/status/1488219307188363264
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Sony acquires Something Awful!! 😳😳😳
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maybe they could acquire a game ha ha ha
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Sony acquires From Software solely to make Echo Night 4
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cheetah7071 posted:the game is just mastermind but with letters and the restriction that those letters form real words. Actual mastermind uses four colors as the code, and there's no restriction on possible codes. Mastermind dates back to 1970 Interesting! ngl I like the sound of Bulls and Cows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulls_and_Cows Actually it is very similar to mastermind, it's a numeric code though and has nothing to do with vocabulary at all. So I guess the 'innovation' that led to wordly was making all of your entries and all of your answers have to be real words. Also while it does tell you how many number are right and in correct and how many right but in incorrect position, it doesn't tell you which numbers those are so you have to trial and error your way to finding it. Would be kind of a fun, simple game actually.
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Hold on guys, I'm going to make Wordly here and we'll be good and oop got bought by USA Today, sorry folks
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Microsoft owns Crash Bandicoot Sony owns Bungie Something's fucky
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# ? Jun 10, 2024 01:02 |
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Not a big fan of all these companies owned by only two studios. Man I wish Nintendo would have bought Rare back in the 90's, at least they were only working on stuff for Nintendo
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