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'Flappy Bird' creator says he's pulling the game offline tomorrow
"Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen has said that he will take the game down — presumably removing it from the iOS and Android app stores — tomorrow for reasons unknown."
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+4Submitted 11 years ago by doodlegirl
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+1Submitted 11 years ago by canuck
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Wait, why??? Who care's if there's some haters. You can't avoid them.
Exactly, he should leave it up and have his run. Go on a trip, enjoy the success, come back in a few weeks and get back to it.
Right. I bet his sales are down to $40k a day. He knows the media will publish anything so he will probably be up to $60k a day in sales after all this. And the game will still be up.
These one-man game development studios don't seem to handle the pressure of public relations.
Remember Phil Fish? He freaked out and canceled Fez II on Twitter. There's another one, but I can't remember who.
Yep, for those who are wondering about the Phil Fish meltdown, you can read about it here.
Cease & desist letter from Nintendo? Those pipes really look exactly like the ones in Mario games.
The coin sound also sounds similar, when passing thru a pipe.