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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AsicsPosted:

I thought game were designed for people to spend too much time on?

AahPosted:

Valor hehehehehehehehehhee.... dong...

Wow, love to see maturity.

sir_grecoPosted:

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Katsumi This makes sense i guess.. it's more of an ethical decision really


It should be the players decision, not the dev.


So you're saying Dong should of hosted a mass gathering of everyone who has ever played flappy bird to vote on the situation at hand? NO, he made the game, he makes the decisions.


no hes saying that it was the players decision to keep playing the game or not. if they want to just play it for 5 hrs. good for them for wasting their time. if they want to play it for 5 minutes. good for them.

EcKoPosted:

illa I don't get why someone would make an app for people to play, and when people play it too much, you take it away and say I wanted to keep it to a bare minimum. I don't get it. Don't you want your product to be successful and for people to play it? duh.


Publicity is why he did it, even if he denies it!

illaPosted:

I don't get why someone would make an app for people to play, and when people play it too much, you take it away and say I wanted to keep it to a bare minimum. I don't get it. Don't you want your product to be successful and for people to play it? duh.

ValorPosted:

hehehehehehehehehhee.... dong...

SolvePosted:

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Katsumi This makes sense i guess.. it's more of an ethical decision really


It should be the players decision, not the dev.


So you're saying Dong should of hosted a mass gathering of everyone who has ever played flappy bird to vote on the situation at hand? NO, he made the game, he makes the decisions.

Flat_Earth_SocietyPosted:

I don't understand why he would remove a game because it's addicting, games are more fun when they are addictive for example who didn't return to this game to try and beat their high score plus he was making thousands from add revenue.

Third_EyePosted:

FibreOp What the hell? Pull it out because it's too addictive? This is how you make money, if not than maybe put out an update to make it so you can only play it so many minutes a day. Or if your freaked out about getting sued because its additive than add "play at your own risk" somewhere. Nuff said.


Dong doesn't seem to worried about the money. He seems more concerned for his game being used in a way that he didn't intend it to be used. Can't really blame the guy.

FibrilPosted:

What the hell? Pull it out because it's too addictive? This is how you make money, if not than maybe put out an update to make it so you can only play it so many minutes a day. Or if your freaked out about getting sued because its additive than add "play at your own risk" somewhere. Nuff said.


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