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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ChurchillPosted:

Lol I still have it installed anyway

hmongkiller500Posted:

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.

TRSNPosted:

daRealRush I was totally wrong, I thought he removed the game because of other reasons. Like getting harassed. But I guess I was totally wrong, I was on the other side of the wall.

It's good to see that he cares for the people, and doesn't want them to get too addicted to the game.


This is true. It's nice to see that, huh?

OasisPosted:

That sounds like a made up excuse. Every developers dream, be them independent or part of a big team, is to share their creations with as many humans as possible.

The truth is, he got bullied, and now probably will be too frightened to ever release another game.

-CPPosted:

daRealRush I was totally wrong, I thought he removed the game because of other reasons. Like getting harassed. But I guess I was totally wrong, I was on the other side of the wall.

It's good to see that he cares for the people, and doesn't want them to get too addicted to the game.


That is what most early sources said.

21Posted:

He has a point, the game was very addictive.

AimiPosted:

This was certainly a growing trend in the world.

MaggardoPosted:

I was totally wrong, I thought he removed the game because of other reasons. Like getting harassed. But I guess I was totally wrong, I was on the other side of the wall.

It's good to see that he cares for the people, and doesn't want them to get too addicted to the game.

GossipPosted:

This was for the best. This game was too annoying.

ViIIainPosted:

The people addicted to the game are still playing it though. So what did this fix?


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