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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DV8Posted:

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Smurfs I think it's crazy that he removed the game since he was making $50k a day from the ads on the app, but it's his decision. Luckily, I still have the game on my phone.


He only had it for one reason, for a project..


The project paid off pretty good.

InvictusPosted:

I don't know what idiot will stop his main source of money.

-DynamicPosted:

Dorkus I would of kept going with it i mean 50K $ a day is a ton of money so i would of kept going with it. Even if he did get death threats he had enough money to do something about it.


This is what i would of done as well. With 50k a day he could of just moved to a different country and then still have money.

-DynamicPosted:

Omg this game is to over rated he botted the downloads in the first place.

YuiPosted:

The game defiantly never was meant to be around forever. But he chose happiness over more and more money.

SIKSPosted:

I would of kept going with it i mean 50K $ a day is a ton of money so i would of kept going with it. Even if he did get death threats he had enough money to do something about it.

AimiPosted:

I mean this game wasn't meant to be around forever.

RGHSignedPosted:

Vauxhall If i was making close to 50k a day i wouldn't pull it off


Yeah, thats why there's probably some ulterior motive behind it. Probably gonna bring it later to increase downloads.

DanimalsPosted:

i would have left it on there. its amazing what goes through peoples minds sometimes. although he could also put it back up there when ever he wanted too

CearnsyPosted:

If i was making close to 50k a day i wouldn't pull it off


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