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Flappy Bird Creator 'Considering' Bringing It Back

After remaining relatively quiet, Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen interviewed with Rolling Stone to discuss his success, new projects, and the possibility of bringing his hit game back.

Derekvinyard133717d ago

He must be missing the 50k he was making a day

Irishguy953717d ago

I don't understand it myself, but I haven't been in that scenario. If people were being dicks I would them the dicks like a man!

No wait...I would stay off twitter and avoid the dicks

PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt3717d ago

its all part of his plan to getting more money it may not seem like it from how humble he may sound...

Make a successful game > take it down > have the media pick up on it> put it back on the market > Have the media hype it up that its coming back

that way he gets paid even more

smart smart

PoSTedUP3717d ago

@ jerzey- yeah but everyone and their mother has cloned flappy bird. i bet he was paid to take it down (or threatened, lol) so bigger companys can make money off of their clones. doesnt it seem like a dying fad now? it seems already played out, he was banking 50k a day, and upon popularity he would have been making more as it grew. imo. who knows, well see if it takes off again or not. if it does, maybe youre right with that tactic. but also someone could have picked it up to market it and get it as big as candy crush (hault distribution to stop and think of how to make it much bigger). idk. just my conspiracies. it was hypd and takingoff fine apon launch it seems.

GusHasGas3717d ago

@PostedUP

Yup, I'm just waiting for King to create their own "Flappy Saga" so they can sue every single person who creates a Flappy Bird clone...

rdgneoz33716d ago

"i bet he was paid to take it down (or threatened, lol) so bigger companys can make money off of their clones."

You do realize his game is a clone of another game that came out a while before it? Same bird and just cactuses instead of the Mario looking pipes.

http://www.igameresponsibly...

PoSTedUP3716d ago

@rdg- um, yeah. what's your point? it doesnt dismiss the fact that Flappy Bird was a gold mine (while the other game was a nobody) and everyone is now trying to clone Flappy Bird to get a piece of the pie.

sephiroth4203716d ago

PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt hit the nail right on the head.

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WooHooAlex3717d ago

He should just sell the IP.
I'm sure Zynga would give him like a trillion dollars.

PSVita3716d ago

It was obviously a stunt to get the game even more popular. News about it being taking down was everywhere and now they'll be news about it coming back. I wouldn't even doubt that he set up those fake eBay sells.

Angrymorgan3716d ago

Aahhh dammit..I just spent £700,000 on an ipad with it pre installed too........

Yui_Suzumiya3716d ago

Cha ching! Well said, brother.

Thatguy-3103716d ago

He's doing that marketing tactic that Cartman used when he bought his own theme park.

LogicLee3716d ago

He never stopped making money. The game was downloaded MILLIONS of times, and the ads are still running.

For that matter, he's made enough to quite his job, and is now developing games full time.

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BOLO3716d ago

Surprise surprise...That didn't last long.

Metallox3716d ago

A re-release of this kind of games shouldn't take more than 1 week. Expect to see this on April... Damn.

Soldierone3716d ago

The guy is a smart businessman. Take away something people want, make demand go up, put it back and watch people flock to it.

If he puts it up with a "threat" of it leaving again, TONS of people will download it as fast as they can.

KonsoruMasuta3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

It's basically what Disney does when they put everything into the vault. Everybody flocks out and goes to get it before it's gone.

The numbers of user reviews more than DOUBLED the night before he removed the game. And even with the game removed from the app store, he still receives revenue.

Agent_hitman3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

lol he's so dramatic before that he even hates the game, it ruined his life.. And now he want to bring the game back?. What a shame

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Meet the victims of digital distribution – games you can't buy anymore

When a game released exclusively digitally disappears from distribution, it becomes impossible to play it legally. Actually, quite a few gems have disappeared in this manner, with the legendary P.T. being just the beginning of the story.

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Nyxus1432d ago

I'll support physical for as long as possible.

melons1432d ago

Nice message and physical should always be supported, but I am not supporting this article being set across like nine pages.

CDbiggen1432d ago

GTI Club! Finally someone mentions it. Loved that game

AK911431d ago (Edited 1431d ago )

Ugh multipage article.

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New Overwatch Mod Allows Fans to Play Flappy Bird as Pharah

Using Overwatch Workshop, Thriver9 has created an Overwatch rendition of the popular Flappy Bird game.

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iPhone Users Can't Play FlappyBird atfer iOS 11 Update

FlappyBird, one of the most infamous games in recent history is still a game that’s being played nowadays. The newest software update to iPhone’s Operative System will be incompatible with Flappybird.

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pressjudge2426d ago

I heard FlappyBird will be only available for the iOS user on the iPhoneX

Fullmetalevolust2426d ago

well, that's just criminal, hehe.

Zjet2426d ago

Its a 32bit app. iOS 11 is only compatible with 64bit apps.

App developers have been informed for the last 2 years that they need to update their apps to avoid this problem.

Customeers have been made aware with every new firmware update but no one reads patch notes.