Striking It Rich In The App Store: For Developers, It's More Casino Than Gold Mine

To develop a mobile application for App Store, now-a-days the developers only need a laptop and some development experience. This is why there is an outburst of applications in the App Store. Monitory development cost of these applications varies from few dollars to even hundred thousand. But, the question is, does the success of an application depend only on the quality, invest, or it is just a luck game? In his article, the author Chris Stevens brings this topic in front. His opinion is that it is more like a casino than a goldmine. I mostly agree with his view.

When developing an application, except the monitory investment, there are some other related investments too. The most important one is the intellectual investment. The application does not always need to be a new one, but to be attracted by the user; something new should be in it. Here comes the intellectual investment. The developer needs to be up to date with real world trend, as well as needs to be creative. 

However, even if an application comes with a completely new idea, it is impossible to tell certainly that the application will be a business success. It follows no pattern. Due to the uncertainty of human psychology, it is not always the case that, when investment on an application is high, it will be a business success. However, the odds of being successful by a badly polished and poorly invested application is also not very high.   

In my opinion, App Store is more or less like a casino. Even when you are uploading a well-furnished, well-developed application, it is not certain that it will be a jackpot winner. Rather it is like, you are betting in a casino, and your betting amount is proportional to your invest. If you invest more on the application, the chance of winning the jackpot will be high.