Yeah, it's also not bad supplemental income if he's got a "day job". He's easily offset the purchase of the iPhone, developer account, and maybe even computer.

Yeah, it's also not bad supplemental income if he's got a "day job". He's easily offset the purchase of the iPhone, developer account, and maybe even computer. On top of that, he has an extremely valuable research project feeding him data on the app store and his users. He's learned some lessons that I'm sure will help smooth the release of his future more ambitious (and hopefully lucrative) work. I'll bet his game will have a "lite" version for sure now, whereas he might otherwise not known how important that can be to drive revenue of the full price version. The app is also quite valuable as a motivator. I know I get discouraged from time to time working on my app thinking that nobody is going to buy it. I'm certain I would have more gusto if I was watching sales numbers from a simple app roll in, even if they were incredibly modest.