Agreed. I was more responding to the parent comment (than the article) re: the difficulty in estimating the time to polish software.
You (and the article) are absolutely correct. An unpolished productivity app can still deliver value if the output is complete, i.e. the majority of the value comes from the output, not the experience of using the product. Whereas games are all about the experience, so unpolished game is not going to provide the value.
You (and the article) are absolutely correct. An unpolished productivity app can still deliver value if the output is complete, i.e. the majority of the value comes from the output, not the experience of using the product. Whereas games are all about the experience, so unpolished game is not going to provide the value.