I think much of the audience of HN is surprised that something so rough and unpolished could be so successful. A popular assumption is that you need to professi

I think much of the audience of HN is surprised that something so rough and unpolished could be so successful. A popular assumption is that you need to professionally use modern technologies to standout and be successful. Flappy Bird shows that in this segment (mobile gaming), it just has to be fun. Nobody really cares if it's rough around the edges, especially when it's free. I think the open question is whether 'unpolished but delivers the MVP' will "fly" in other markets? I think a takeaway from the whole Flappy Bird saga is that delivering on the MVP is what matters, not necessarily how polished it is. Flappy Bird simply had a lot more latitude to be unpolished due to cost and what it was promising. Experienced developers are left shaking their heads wondering "they hit top of the charts with THAT?"