We warned you. Game creator Dong Nguyen removed Flappy Bird from the app store today.
Nguyen announced on Twitter yesterday that he couldn’t handle the pressure of being the number one mobile game. The Flappy Bird creator gave his fans a 22 hour warning before deleting the game.
I am sorry ‘Flappy Bird’ users, 22 hours from now, I will take ‘Flappy Bird’ down. I cannot take this anymore.
— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) February 8, 2014
And Nguyen wasn’t bluffing. If you go to iTunes or the Google PlayStore now, you won’t find Flappy Bird among the ranks of today’s hottest games.
Flappy bird is officially deleted #RIPFlappyBird pic.twitter.com/vON9hXgIjS — Flappy Bird Probs (@Flappybirdprob) February 9, 2014
People who already downloaded the game will still be able to play Flappy Bird. Now that the game has been deleted, however, there will be no updates and no new users. According to USA Today, Nguyen was making about $50,000 a day from in-game ads. That apparently wasn’t enough money to put up with the headaches of viral fame.
I can call ‘Flappy Bird’ is a success of mine. But it also ruins my simple life. So now I hate it.
— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) February 8, 2014
Flappy Bird fans have been mourning the loss of their favorite game all morning on Twitter.
rip flappy bird gone but never forgotten. pic.twitter.com/JSVInbfdvl
— sel (@additionarry) February 9, 2014
Flappy Bird has officially gone from the App Store. I made a graphic in honour of its memory. pic.twitter.com/FQYPew7LNx
— Jeeves Williams (@jeeveswilliams) February 9, 2014
Are you surprised that Dgong Nguyen pulled Flappy Bird from the app store?
0 Comments