The life of fame has lasted for Flappy Birds little more than a week: if last weekend we spoke to you for the first time about the sudden success that this game had begun to reap, seven days later we have to communicate the news that its creator has announced that this afternoon he will withdraw from Google Play and App Store.
Flappy BirdAs you may already know by now, it is a game with game dynamics and extremely simple aesthetics, which despite having been released in the App Store more than half a year ago, with his arrival in Google Play it has become the most popular game of the moment, practically overnight. What has led its creator to decide to withdraw the game?
Its creator has announced that this afternoon it will end the game
The announcement has come through the profile of Twitter of its creator (Dong Nguyen, an independent developer) and, although one might suspect that it is some kind of strategy of marketing or even from legal issues (some have harshly criticized its similarities to other games), it seems that this is just another case in which success has simply meant too much pressure.
Be that as it may, the announcement sounds quite serious, so if you have an interest in the game, the best thing is that you do not hesitate to download it as soon as possible.
Generated $ 50.000 a day in advertising
The news cannot fail to surprise us, taking into account that we do not have any great study behind us (whose survival depends on a wide repertoire of games), and the enormous income that it was generating in these few days of popularity for its creator: as we told you this very week, Nguyen was earning up to $ 50.000 a day in advertising and had announced that there would soon be a sequel.
Source: theverge.com