Best of Success! (Your business)

master200012

How well have you been doing? Vote here and contribute your experience to help everyone here on the forums.

Share your stories, too!

RedlerTech

I voted for "It's not meeting my expectations, but doing ok."

I feel as if your goals & expectations are reasonable/reachable it's not good enough. My apps are doing okay, but push the limit! No one should be happy until they are set for life. I know it's harsh, but it's a good lesson.

Matt

master200012

Those are great words of wisdom, NextGen. Thank you!

Anyone else?

rlehm

Never measure future success based on someone elses success.

master200012

That is quite true, rlehm. Thank you for the contribution.

Mrshoestore

NextGen said:
No one should be happy until they are set for life.

Let me tell you a story.

I knew a man who ran a vintage clothing story he started up probably mid 80s. Over time, the location of the store became bad, a poverty stricken area with not a lot of traffic. And the "Vintage Scene" isn't quite what it used to be, because big retailers are selling "vintage" reproductions.

So one day I asked him, "How business?"

He replied by saying that the reality of things was that they were living in poverty. He had a wife and son, and they were literally just getting by. But despite the fact that they were far from set for life, they were happy. He loved having his own store, the conversations he would have with people he met. He was doing what he wanted to do, and that's all he needed.

he said "I'm happy, and I couldn't ask for anything more"

Setting your goals too high skews your own definition of success. For some, having enough sales to "just get by" is perfect for them, because they are doing what they love.

If you want to be set for life, become a doctor and join the army.

RedlerTech

@Mrshoestore you are 100% correct. If you are loving what you do, you should vote "It's A Legend!!!" because you love it. Forget money.

RH

I don't think that forget money was quite the moral of the story but close enough...

master200012

That's a very good point. These ideas are really helping me consider different factors to publishing my game.

Anyone else?

master200012

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youngster9

As a kid I don't need any money so I just put my app for free. The moral of the story is that some people are just greedy and want money without putting much work into their games. So just because someone else became a millionaire of their game doesn't mean you will, you might but its very unlikely. When someone asks for how much money people make it depends on the quality of their games and sometimes the quantity. Its not a regularity for someone to make tons of cash.

master200012

You sound quite generous with the public, but do you actually want your games to become extremely popular? Or are you content with the work you've done?