> Others rifled off that they thought 2048 was a better game than Threes. That all stung pretty bad. We know Threes is a better game, we spent over a year on it. And obviously, Threes is the reason 2048 exists.”

Isn't this a bad road to travel down? People are saying 2048 is better, but the authors are rejecting them only because they spent a year and a half on the project?

Maybe that's an indicator why 2048 was more popular.