It’s time to say goodbye to Flappy Bird. The incredibly popular mobile game may soon leave the iTunes app store.
Creator Dong Nguyen wrote on Twitter today that he was going to take the game down. Nguyen said that he was not ready for Flappy Bird’s enormous success and that he just can’t handle the game’s popularity anymore.
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
It is not anything related to legal issues. I just cannot keep it anymore.
— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) February 8, 2014
Flappy Bird is truly a surprise success story. Business Week even penned a dumbfounded article last week trying to figure out how the game became such a huge success. Nguyen is also shocked at the game’s popularity and he doesn’t want to be in the spotlight anymore.
Press people are overrating the success of my games. It is something I never want. Please give me peace.
— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) February 4, 2014
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
Nguyen could sell Flappy Bird to a company that is ready to take on a huge customer base but the game designer said that isn’t planning on selling the game to anyone.
I also don’t sell ‘Flappy Bird’, please don’t ask.
— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) February 8, 2014
He will, however, continue to make games. Of course, he’s probably hoping that they aren’t nearly as successful as Flappy Bird.
And I still make games.
— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) February 8, 2014
Nguyen sent out his tweets about an hour ago. That means that you only have until about noon tomorrow to play Flappy Bird.
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