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Microsoft Solitaire Collection From Windows 10 Now Available For Android and iOS (betanews.com)
BrianFagioli quotes a report from BetaNews: Back in the the mid-1990's, everyone thought they needed a computer. After all, Windows 95 made using one particularly easy, and the internet was a very attractive thing. Unfortunately, once some people got their first-ever PC set up in their homes, they didn't really know what to do with it. In the end, it would turn out that some consumers spent thousands of dollars for a machine dedicated to one thing -- playing Solitaire! Yes, this fun Windows game is responsible for much wasted time, but not just at home -- at businesses too. The card game has historically been viewed as a negative for productivity. Fast forward to 2016 and fewer people are sitting in front of large desktop computers at home -- people are increasingly turning to tablets and smartphones for entertainment. Today, just in time for Thanksgiving, Microsoft Solitaire Collection comes to both Android and iOS. "Microsoft Solitaire continues to be one of the most-played games of all time on Windows for more than 25 years. What's more, the version of Solitaire you know and love on Windows 10 and Windows 8 PC and mobile devices, Microsoft Solitaire Collection, has reached more than 119 million unique players in the last four years alone! And now, those on iPhone, iPad and Android devices can play the popular card game for free," says Paul Jensen, Studio Manager of Microsoft Casual Games. "[...] with Xbox Live integration, you can sign in with your Xbox Live gamertag or Microsoft account to earn Xbox Live achievements and Gamerscore, compete with friends, and continue playing on any Windows 10, iPhone, iPad, or Android device while on the go since your progress and game data are saved in the cloud. If you're not an Xbox Live member, signing up for a free membership through the game is easy and totally worth it." It's worth noting that the "freemium" model features advertisements, but players can go "Premium" to remove those ads for $2 per month and receive other perks. You can download Microsoft Solitaire Collection from the App Store, Google Play, and Windows Store.
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It used to be a fairly popular table game in Vegas. You'd buy a deck for $52, and a dealer would hand you back $5 for each card you put on the upper stacks. You'd go through the undealt deck one card at a time, only one pass through, so it was pretty tough to beat.
It was largely eclipsed by other games, and I don't think I've seen it in fifty years.
What a ripoff.
Solitaire used to be free with no ads on windows and then the era of monetizing anything and everything struck and what was a tool to learn to use a mouse is now a money maker? Blech.
players can go "Premium" to remove those ads for $2 per month
So even Solitaire is now following the subscription model? And $2 = $24 per year... quite pricey, if you ask me. And all that for online leaderboards?
When the copyright term is "forever minus a day", live every day like it's the last.
The quality of the cards, variety of card backs and game play make it a winner. You can try it for free (lame number of games allowed). See http://www.goodsol.com/.
There are plenty of other 3rd party games that you can buy instead of rent. Skip this for a better deal elsewhere.
Embrace the future.
This.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
Microsoft twisted the classic sol.exe badly in the translation to Windows 8. And it was such a nice clean little piece of code.
This is a bastardized Solitaire. Who would want that.
I wish they would just compile sol.exe for a 64 bit environment and be done with it.
You can just run Windows XP's version of Solitaire under WINE in Linux with no issue.
Same with all the other games.
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I'm not even interested in using the app, but this kind of BS inspires the social justice warrior / idealist in me to go to Google play store and leave a one star review.
Some services, perhaps that include monthly changing content or might be too expensive to pay for outright, could be justified with a monthly subscription. This can't. Removing ads doesn't provide $2 worth of value per month.
Come with me. Who else wants to give an entitled anti-capitalism 1-star vote?
Or an ironic 5 star review?: MS, you cured my cancer! And let my 3 pet blind mice see again. So worth the $2 per month.
You are a beacon of hope. You give my life meaning. $2 per month? I'd pay hundreds each month for the privilege. A subscription service to remove ads is a stroke of genius. In 10 years you'll have $240 dollars from me for this quality software.
There are thousands of Solitaire versions out there, many free.
You can also run the Windows 7 (if you have that OS) version of the game, but you have to edit the EXE file due to Microsoft fuckery. Surprisingly, this piece from The Guardian covers it pretty well.