That thing needs a massive re-working. There are plenty of us who have released apps, games that were great, only to be buried by apps that were terrible.
The cream definitely doesn't rise to the top using the current App Store model.
It's just a fricken lottery at this point.
People are learning to reject IAP-everywhere monetization models, but they've also retained the notion that nothing should cost more than $1.
Even if we eliminate the discoverability problems, the shitty copycats, all that noise, will the economics of mobile game dev still even work out without stooping to EA's Dungeon Keeper-esque shenanigans?
I don't think mobile phone games will ever be a serious thing. The small screen combined with no hardware controls is too limiting. But a tablet can excel in certain areas, particularly anything turn-based.
For example, I'm convinced that a full version of Football Manager for tablets would be massive at $15-20. They've actually done most of the necessary UI work for a touch interface with the "Classic" mode, but apparently mobile CPUs are still a limiting factor.
It doesn't suggest that mobile gaming will ever be able to afford substantial budgets.
Startups face the same problem and almost exclusively fail for the same reason. And businesses in general. And authors. Musicians. Actors. Artists. Singers. The list goes on and on. You have to be good at what you do to make it your occupation.
Seriously, sucess is how well you promote what you do. Being a good programmer will have as much to do with your sucess as being a virtuoso guitar player has to do with the likelihood of making a living as a musician.