Newswire: Flappy Bird will return to the App Store someday, when the world is ready

By John Teti

Earlier this week, Flappy Bird developer Dong Nguyen said on Twitter that he intends to return Flappy Bird to the iTunes App Store, but “not soon.” The Vietnamese designer pulled his game from the App Store at the height of its popularity, despite the fact that by his own estimation, he was pulling down about $50,000 a day in ad revenue. That’s a lot of coin for a simple game about a bird who crashes into pipes, which made it all the more baffling when Nguyen killed the App Store listing.

@painfullpacman Yes. But not soon.

— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) March 19, 2014

While there have been plenty of rumors about the “real” reason behind the game’s revocation, a recent Rolling Stone profile reconfirmed Nguyen’s contention that he ended the craze because he didn’t need the money or want the spotlight. Sure, he could be a …

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