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.
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