Indie smash hit 'Flappy Bird' racks up $50K per day in ad revenue

[JoeTheBro]

Somini said:

JoeTheBro said:
I've started to come around to the idea that iOS and Android games aren't that bad of a route for mobile gaming to go,

and then I hear about something like this.

I know what you mean. Gamers don't like this, but casuals and most game developers really do. It's really bad. I wonder if they're ll be much incentive in making games for us in a couple of years if this doesn't change :S

It's great for the dev of this game, but it's just ridiculous. Games like Flappy Bird have existed for years yet for some stupid reason the community as a whole decides this is the next big thing. It's like a million times worse than how everyone buys COD just because it's COD.

 

It does have one plus over COD though. These smartphone games come and disappear so fast. King which is power drunk off Candy crush will be dead within a year. Flappy bird is the new temporary overlord.