- "Flappy Bird" can be a collector's item - Aftenposten

– I looked on the internet what phones this game cost, so I thought I might be able to earn some money.

Kjell Erik Lura, Sandnes let out his Iphone 4s to 5400 dollars on Finn.no late Sunday night.

– Apple sells brand new 4s for 3290 dollars. Mine is really worth 2800-3000 kroner I would estimate. It is clearly the game that makes me sell for this price, says 24-year-old Eve magazine.

The phenomenon of “Flappy Bird” is a mobile, data and web board that easily is to get a bird to “flapper” with wings and pass an obstacle course by tapping the screen. The graphics are very simple and the game is set in a universe many will recognize from the early Super Mario games. The game has in recent weeks been the world’s most downloaded.

– You become totally dependent. You can not put it away even though the game may make you green with frustration. Friends compete with each other, and there are many who post videos of themselves while playing on Facebook, Lura.

“flappers” for the last time?

“Flappy Bird” that was developed by Dong Nguyen became a gold mine, but had a medal back.

– Flappy Bird was designed to be played for a few minutes when you were relaxed. But it was an addictive game. I think it was a problem. To solve this, it was best to remove Flappy Bird. It’s gone forever, said the Vietnamese successor to Forbes on Tuesday.

It is estimated that Nguyen earned 300,000 kroner daily on ads in the app, but the 29-year-old says that it went beyond sleep and quality of life. In addition, the Vietnamese fans have received death threats.

Nguyen already announced Monday that he would remove the game, and after that he made the threat seriously, several similar games appeared in Apple’s app-store and Google play store. It has not prevented many in laying out their phones and tablets to the extreme prices on the internet.

On Ebay there is thousands of phones that beckon with “Flappy Bird”. At this writing (Wednesday afternoon) cost the most expensive all 300,000 Canadian dollars, or about 1.66 million Norwegian kroner.

In Norway, prices have not been as extreme, but in this country it can become expensive to acquire free game. Except one maybe more than optimistic salesman from Oslo who wants one million telephone with the game, is the most expensive of 25,000 crowns. In Rogaland cost the most expensive phone 9.000 million on Tuesday morning.

collectibles

- “Flappy Bird” could be a collectible.

store manager for GameStop in Sandnes, Tom Danny Solli Pedersen, think the game can rise in value.

– It is the first version of the Playstation 3 After the new types came out, the value rose on the old, partly because it also could play Playstation 2 games, he said. Pedersen is still amazed at how much people expect to get for the game.

– There are “Limited Edition” or “Collectors Edition” of the game that is worth more than the regular versions, but the prices are operated with here is absolutely amazing, he says. 25-year-old has been tested and played games for many years. He has of course tried “Flappy Bird” too.

– It’s incredibly annoying, but they are very dependent, his judgment.

hopes mechanical engineering student Kjell Erik Lura some additional notes to “flapper” into his wallet as a result of someone else’s addiction.

– I have not posted it as expensive as many others, but I will have enough to upgrade the phone to something better, says Lura.