That Polygon article links to the full interview on Modojo, which is worth a read: http://www.modojo.com/features/riven_fo ... nd_miller/
Couple of key quotes:
Rand Miller wrote:
realMyst sales have gone past the break-even point, which is always good news. realMyst was much tougher to convert than we anticipated, so it was a relief to at least pay the bills.
Creating and selling software for the App Store has generally been a positive experience for us. The income doesn't move us into higher tax brackets, but it is very satisfying being in control of the process from start to finish: financing the development of these smaller projects, controlling the development process, and then reaping the benefits without a middleman. It's very liberating, even if the risk is higher and payoff might be less in some instances.
Very good to hear that they've actually made money on realMyst.
Rand Miller wrote:
We are focusing on mobile at this point because it allows for the smaller budgets that work well for our current economic situation. We will be taking the work that we've done porting our products to the mobile market and updating versions for current Mac and PC platforms.
So it sounds like we might see some of the iOS remakes come to current desktop machines…
And he mentioned Kickstarter again. 