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Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by tantalor »

mahyarm wrote: post #60
tantalor wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like he made a mistake and is paying for it now. If he really wanted a simple life, he should not have published a game under his own name.

It's a big pain in the ass to register an App Store account as a company vs as an individual. Especially if it's something as small and casual as this.

It may be a pain, but the game is generating a lot of attention and money. The prudent choice would be to release the app under a company's name. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by jerogarcia »

adventured wrote: post #66
amark wrote: post #25

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He's really a PR genius. When he restores Flappy Bird to the app store next week, after a week of the media writing about how it was taken down abruptly, It'll blow up even more.

When - if - he removes it from the app store, Clumsy Bird [insert clone here] will take over his sales momentum, and Flappy Bird will never be heard from again.

indeed , clumsy birds is coming close.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by Jhsto »

cfinke wrote: post #65
Jhsto wrote: post #55

As a side note, Dong has doubled his Twitter followers in one hour from 7000 to what now is nearly 16000. Whatever was his real intentions, he is receiving media attention which will most likely last even after he pulls out the game. You could speculate that he is trying to make a name for himself, so that the upcoming games would make him a stable income. As an indie developer he should know the fact that Flappy Bir…

You could speculate that he is trying to make a name for himself, so that the upcoming games would make him a stable income. Are you speculating that, or are you suggesting that others should speculate that?

I'm sorry if that's a grammar mistake. I was trying bring my own idea out without saying that Dong would actually do it for PR. So yes, that's me speculating.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by yofx »

UnfalseDesign wrote: post #27

This is a great opportunity for someone to make a (good) clone of this game and clean up!

Really sucker ? Just because he is not from America so you are suggesting to make clone ? How creative of you ? I am reading many comments here and some people really need to get a life. So he became famous, his game appeared in top charts doesn't mean you should start to hate him. If you are so genius why you don't you create something yourself ? something novel ? You also have all opportunity , (including whatever tricks some are saying), time. Let people decide what they like and not. Again, stop the hatred.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by alexeisadeski3 »

kjhughes wrote: post #46

He's averaging $50K per day from in-app ads according to an interview with The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/5/5383708/flappy-bird-revenue...

He can let me take the heat for him. $40k a day is all I charge.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by Aqueous »

pikachu_is_cool wrote: post #43
Aqueous wrote: post #30

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And in about a month or two Flappy Bird fever will wear off and folks will move onto something else. Don't turn down millions of dollars because people are doing what people do! Someone remind him of all the folks who have downloaded his game and stopped playing nearly immediately...,

This might come as a shocker to many people on HN, but many people do not like money.

It's not noble to waste opportunity like that. If he doesn't like money, he should take the money then give it away. A lot of poor people would kill to have that money to feed themselves and their families, or send their kid to school - if he feels so inclined he should take it and give it to them. If not, he's wasting a huge opportunity to either be very rich or very charitable out of some poorly thought-through righteousness.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by unethical_ban »

forgottenpass wrote: post #58
yogo wrote: post #48

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Yep they either have it already or they are fucking idiots. It's a fundamental lack of appreciation for good luck.

There's nothing more to life than profit. Except maybe regretting your priorities on your deathbed, but whatevs, you won't be worried about it for long.

You and pikachu_is_cool are boggling my mind right now. The guy is having a moderately high amount of money coming in for him now, based on something he did out of passion. There is nothing wrong with money for stability. If you don't like it, give it to charity... or save for health issues, because we all now realize just how pricey a scrape can be in America.
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