

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. "Microsoft Solitaire continues to be one of the most-played games of all time on Windows for more than 25 years. Today, just in time for Thanksgiving, Microsoft Solitaire Collection comes to both Android and iOS. 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.

The card game has historically been viewed as a negative for productivity. 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.

Unfortunately, once some people got their first-ever PC set up in their homes, they didn't really know what to do with it. After all, Windows 95 made using one particularly easy, and the internet was a very attractive thing. BrianFagioli quotes a report from BetaNews: Back in the the mid-1990's, everyone thought they needed a computer.
