Flappy Bird's popularity has caused the virtual app to go down for good.
The app had over 50 million downloads, and earned creator Dong Nguyen $50,000 a day in income from advertisements CNET reported Tuesday.
"Flappy Bird was designed to play in a few minutes when you are relaxed," Dong Nguyen, creator of the app told Forbes. "But it happened to become an addictive product. I think it has become a problem. To solve that problem, it's best to take down Flappy Bird. It's gone forever," Nguyen told Forbes. Remarks from Nintendo did not reportedly influence Nguyen's decision Forbes reported.
Nguyen was also not able to sleep following the app's launch.
"The reason Flappy Bird is so popular is that it happens to be something different from mobile games today, and is a really good game to compete against each other," Nguyen told The Verge. "People in the same classroom can play and compete easily because [Flappy Bird] is simple to learn, but you need skill to get a high score," Nguyen told The Verge.
"I cannot take this anymore," Nguyen said in a post on his Twitter account. The app was then gone by Sunday according to CNET.
Flappy Bird came out at no cost May 24, 2013 on iOS.
"I don't think it's a mistake," Nguyen told Forbes.
"I have thought it through. After the success of Flappy Bird, I feel more confident, and I have freedom to do what I want to do."
Nguyen originally did not want to enhance the game for fear it would decrease its characteristics.
"Flappy Bird has reached a state where anything added to the game will ruin it somehow, so I'd like to leave it as is," Nguyen told The Verge a week ago. "I will think about a sequel but I'm not sure about the timeline," Nguyen told The Verge.
Nguyen also has other app games that are popular in the app store such as Super Ball Juggling and Shuriken Block Forbes reported.
