'Flappy Bird' Creator Promises to Remove Game From App Store TomorrowDong Nguyen, the
developer of Flappy Bird, the viral hit that
remains at the top of the App Store rankings, has promised on Twitter to remove the app from the App Store because the sheer amount of attention the app has drawn is something he isn't interested in dealing with.
Nguyen has repeatedly said on Twitter that the press is "
overrating the success" of his games and that the sudden fame and attention is something he doesn't want, saying
"please give me peace". He said today that though he is planning to remove
Flappy Bird from the App Store, he will continue to make games. However, he isn't interested in the future of Flappy Bird and he won't sell the app to another developer.
Yesterday, before the shutdown was announced,
Flappy Bird was updated to remove all social sharing features.
<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down. I cannot take this anymore.</p>— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory)
February 8, 2014<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>It is not anything related to legal issues. I just cannot keep it anymore.</p>— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory)
February 8, 2014<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I also don't sell 'Flappy Bird', please don't ask.</p>— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory)
February 8, 2014</center>For the moment,
Flappy Bird is a
free download from the App Store. [
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