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Exactly this. The writeup is excellent, but also shows exactly how hit-driven the app market is. The dev made one game (based on already-successful IP) that g

Exactly this. The writeup is excellent, but also shows exactly how hit-driven the app market is. The dev made one game (based on already-successful IP) that generated a lot of revenue, and then the subsequent games are only modestly successful. I think one of the big "do's" from the article is very good advice: don't spend huge amounts of time working on an app and expect it to provide a return. The dev says 2 months of part-time work should be a target, and that seems about right to me as well. Beyond that you're just asking for negative returns if you value your time highly.

forgetsusername 11y ago
>The dev made one game (based on already-successful IP) that generated a lot of revenue, and then the subsequent games are only modestly successful. And now is going write a book and probably go on to become an "expert" and do consultation on how to successfully repeat a process that they themselves couldn't repeat in practice. The transparency and information in the post is awesome, but I don't see any systematic path to success here, in what is the crap-shoot of the App Store. One-hit-wonders are everywhere.