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0 pointscreato4y ago0 comments

And good for him. In less than a year, the fad will have passed and wordle will have 10% the users it has now. And lol at the idea that those users donations would have ever amounted to anything. Not to mention the hassle of accepting them.

Also, wordle fits perfectly with the rest of NYT’s puzzle games. Honestly, if I made wordle, I’d be honored to have my game land there, aside from the cool million(s).

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micromacrofoot4y ago

Yeah, he sold it for a princely sum to one of the only companies that successfully charges a subscription for word games. Really could not have gone better for all involved.

Abishek_Muthian4y ago

I agree, Quizup[1] anyone?

> As of May 2014, QuizUp had 20 million users and had raised over $26 million from venture capital investments.

I think these type of Trivia games have just one option, Cash it at the peak of the fad or wait till it gets replaced by another fad.

Considering NYT has dedicated subscribers for it's puzzle games, I think getting Wordle in it is a smart choice and perhaps may be they could turn it around profitably; Even if they don't I'm happy for Josh Wardle.

We need more such successful indie exit stories like this, When there's someone to buy Facebook's Liberapay and IBM's Watson then we need not be too critical about acquisition of a product loved by millions.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuizUp

MattPalmer10864y ago

He has apparently said [1] that he invented Wordle after really getting into the NYT's Spelling Bee game.

So it makes sense for that to be it's new home. I'm disappointed I may have to start paying for it, but it's given me a lot of fun.

[1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/wordle-new-yo...

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