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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of successful single-perso... by Changu on Monday May 29, 2017 @04:11AM (#14438013)
The Flappy Bird creator said he made $50k per day from in app ads. But he pulled the game after a short while. Said because he felt guilty for making people play all day. Would love to know the whole story behind this.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of successful single-perso... by sah2ed on Monday May 29, 2017 @04:34AM (#14438089)
> Would love to know the whole story behind this.

He actually did an interview with Rolling Stone [0] where he told his "story".

[0] http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-flight-of-the-b...

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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of successful single-perso... by giosch on Monday May 29, 2017 @04:15AM (#14438023)
I remembered that he was threatened with a legal action by Nintendo for using Super Mario pipe sprites, but it may be only a rumor.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of successful single-perso... by zer0tonin on Monday May 29, 2017 @04:58AM (#14438164)
That's not unlikely considering how aggressive Nintendo can be when it comes to protecting their IP.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of successful single-perso... by ido on Monday May 29, 2017 @05:36AM (#14438275)
He was found to not have infringed on their IP.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of successful single-perso... by lawless123 on Monday May 29, 2017 @05:43AM (#14438299)
Rumor, AFAIK Nintendo didn't care.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of successful single-perso... by eriknstr on Monday May 29, 2017 @08:15PM (#14442232)
He put it back up once a lot of clones started appearing though, didn't he? The reason being that since people would play the exact same kind of game either way he might as well be the one to get the revenue?
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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of successful single-perso... by ge96 on Monday May 29, 2017 @06:38PM (#14441884)
$50K Per day hahha

There was some podcast or something I remember listening to guy said he was worth $15K/hr or something haha man, I am a grub

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