Hearts for Windows 10 - part 2

"4/4/16. Hey people, you need to realize the reading level of the citizen is third grade with a comic book mentality. This is the reason you have touch screens and not keyboards. Realize said individuals will usually elect losers to national offices. Also, be aware the increasing minimum wage is little more than a new way of raising your tax burden and doubling the tax burden of employers. Read publication 15 of the IRS. It is called the Employers Tax Guide. The tax percentage is the same so the state and Uncle get more money while driving the employee out of the international market. What do you thing the cost of a burger will be in L.A, Bellflower, or Compton?

Tom S. Paine"

Microsoft blows the big Kahoona Burger!!

After reviewing all of the posts to my original message (shown below in italics) about the original Hearts game being deleted from Windows 10, please allow me to make some comments about the current abundant load of "trashy" Hearts games that Microsoft now offers for free and otherwise as "alternatives":

a) The new games are way, way too easy to figure out.  I've played Hearts Deluxe some 86 times and have a 78% win rating.  I have 48 moons in some 350 games. This is ridiculous.  In the original game the most I ever achieved in 10+ years of playing was 68 to 70%.  That was far more challenging. 

b) The new "Free" games are NOT free.  They have ads that are annoying and that take up a lot of screen "real estate". 

c)  The Paid game is worse than the free games as far a challenge goes. 

d)  The programmers of the games do not appear to have a lot of knowledge or abilities regarding the game strategies and nuances.  They may be good programmers, but they are not "Hearts players". 

e) The original game was clean, nicely thought out, well presented, had great graphics, and was fun as well as challenging.

It was not like playing "real" hearts against human opponents, but it still had enough nuances and tricks that made it interesting. 

Why - I still ask - was it pulled?  Where is the game now?  Has it been discarded to some trash heap of technology forever?  Has it been banned for life or to another planet?  What did Microsoft do with it?  Won't they even sell it?

Who is the "genius" that decided to pull the Hearts game from Windows?

This was one of the best features of windows when you needed to take a break from the information overloads.

WHY?

Was it taking up too much software space?

Was it bothering anyone?

Was it as social burden?

Come on guys - we know you were not making money on these type of features and your would rather reap huge rewards from vicious and bloody war and terror games, but not everyone is into that.

Sometime you want to exercise your mind.

Is that a sin?

Will that hurt Microsoft?

Ditto for the "old style" Mine Sweeper and Solitaire.  Also, our individual "best times" were deleted.  I agree not all "gamers" are into the war and terror games; I play for relaxation.

Well stated! It would not be so bad if M made the W7 version portable and you could move it to perhaps W10 or even sell it. But NO its in the trash and will only work with W7 or W8.

Careless and ignorant.

Rich

I totally agree. Who's running the show????