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I completely forgot about Wordle until I saw this. Its a free-to-play game, advertising money is the only way to make anything on it, same as many other games l
by mattbrewsbytes 3y ago
I completely forgot about Wordle until I saw this. Its a free-to-play game, advertising money is the only way to make anything on it, same as many other games like that. If you make it a paid game then usage likely drops off a cliff.
Its unfortunate that small fun games end up like this, I don't blame NYT, its just how consumers and micro-games* industry work. Does NYT do ad-free for their subscribers?
* micro-games: small, casual, free games - is there another word for them? I want to say puzzle games is really the genre these typically fall into.
- gainda 3y agoI had the All Access digital subscription and I recall still seeing ads.
- ipaddr 3y agoYour ad profile is worth more.
- paulcole 3y ago> advertising money is the only way to make anything on it Only? With remarketing and a decent conversion rate, using Wordle as the hook to get more NYT Games (or digital all-access) subscribers seems like an option.
- satvikpendem 3y agoIn other words, an ad to NYT Games then. Ads need not only promote an external service.
- paulcole 3y agoNo, not an ad to NYT games. Just an image or something that somebody can click on to go from Wordle to the Crossword sign-in/sign-up page.
- satvikpendem 3y agoThat is literally an advertisement.