Flappy Bird's Dong spills over game removal

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Dong Nguyen has been talking to Forbes about why he pulled his hit "Flappy Bird, he states that it became "too addicting".

Flappy Bird was designed to play in a few minutes when you are relaxed... ...It’s gone forever."Dong"


His reasoning for the removal seems to be largely based on how addictive the game became to many players. He felt the best way to combat this was to get rid of the game instead of letting others decide how to best budget their time. He went on to say that his other games are not at risk currently for removal but if they got "too popular or addictive" he would not hesitate to remove them in the same "helicopter parent" esque style.


How do you feel about game developers pulling their games if they feel players are spending "too much" time playing instead of letting players manage their own lives?

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neboPosted:

Dorkus I think it was wise for him to pull out his game out of the market. His reason for taking Flappy Bird out is actually a valid reason in my opinion. Plus he was getting a lot of hate and death threats so I don't blame him for taking the game out.


people were giving out death threats over an app?

SIKSPosted:

I think it was wise for him to pull out his game out of the market. His reason for taking Flappy Bird out is actually a valid reason in my opinion. Plus he was getting a lot of hate and death threats so I don't blame him for taking the game out.

ValorPosted:

It is not the games fault if someone gets addicted. It's that persons OWN fault for having an addiction.

slapshot101Posted:

This makes way more sense to me. I know tons of my friends who have gotten really addicted to this game and they play it all the time still. I think that his decision to do this was better for most people in the long run, but there are so many 3rd party sources that people can get the app out there from, I don't know how much this is going to stop the true die hards, plus all the knock offs coming out now.

SkalmoldPosted:

LyonsTea
E-40 He still is making a crap load of money with those ads tho!


No he's not man he's dead he killed himself this morning


That was a very obvious and crudely written hoax.

LyonsTeaPosted:

E-40 He still is making a crap load of money with those ads tho!


No he's not man he's dead he killed himself this morning

E-40Posted:

He still is making a crap load of money with those ads tho!

orgyPosted:

Int_Wolf
hmongkiller500 Not sure if this is true or not but their was a reddit comment that said the creator was a genius for taking it off the markets because he knew everyone would download it with the last 24 hours and he wouldnt every have to support the game anymore and would make bank for basically doing nothing because their are still adds for the people who do have the game.They also said the creator was making what 30k pluse a month? Now that its not on the market place hes basically sitting on money for not doing anything.

50k a day. So 50,000 * 30

1,500,000 Bucks a month.


I would've kept it on if I were him.

Int_WolfPosted:

hmongkiller500 Not sure if this is true or not but their was a reddit comment that said the creator was a genius for taking it off the markets because he knew everyone would download it with the last 24 hours and he wouldnt every have to support the game anymore and would make bank for basically doing nothing because their are still adds for the people who do have the game.They also said the creator was making what 30k pluse a month? Now that its not on the market place hes basically sitting on money for not doing anything.

50k a day. So 50,000 * 30

1,500,000 Bucks a month.

EthicsPosted:

That is stupid, so what if they are too addictive?...

More money for him.


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