tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815224618303135633.post1336153101380540031..comments2023-03-25T12:55:32.587+00:00Comments on The Dark end of the street...: X Factor for gamersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815224618303135633.post-58828788034216547192012-07-23T21:22:48.769+01:002012-07-23T21:22:48.769+01:00I have actually heard of someone running a complet...I have actually heard of someone running a completely bogus campaign on Kickstarter. I fail to remember what it was for, but it was bound to happen. <br /><br />As for the risk of what if the game turns out to be shit, frankly I think that's the same with any game you buy today. No matter how many reviews you read of it, the majority of them are by completely fan boys, and your mileage may vary completely from theirs. I've bought several games only to be either pleasantly surprised by it, or be disappointed, and back to the second hand bin at Static it goes. <br /><br />As has been pointed out, it is getting a bit like X Factor though. All it takes is for someone to do a half arsed bit of art, some rubbish miniatures (or concepts thereof) and all his mates and the few fans they've collected on the forums are shouting "You should do a kickstarter". At which point because it hasn't been thought out, it pans. Or worse yet, it succeeds, the guy delivers on his product and then has no idea were to go, so people are left with a few things for a game that will never reach fruition. If you want an example go compare the amount of money from Red Box games kickstarter which has been running pretty much the same length of time as War Echoes from Battle Bunker, and you'll see.Mecha Acehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790550382189794512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815224618303135633.post-46117698273886529972012-07-22T22:20:52.141+01:002012-07-22T22:20:52.141+01:00Well said and an aspect that I completely failed t...Well said and an aspect that I completely failed to consider!<br /><br />I fervently hope that those brave enough to back these projects don't fall victim to the emperor's new clothes. I will continue to watch from the sidelines until the time of judgement...Uncle Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501057058061825236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815224618303135633.post-75622874513513524012012-07-22T22:14:22.084+01:002012-07-22T22:14:22.084+01:00"No risk for backers - "
Au contraire. ..."No risk for backers - "<br /><br />Au contraire. You're correct that backers only need to pay up if a campaign reaches its funding target. However, once that has happened, there is still the whole development and manufacturing period to wait through. Even disregarding the possibility of outright fraud, there are still plenty of opportunities for the project to fail, and at that point, I expect Kickstarter and Amazon (who handle the electronic payments) to wash their hands of the whole thing.<br /><br />I've also seen evidence that some campaigns were badly thought out - the offered rewards and promotion sucked up most of the money, meaning the actual development of the game was squeezed.<br /><br />At the moment, I think it's that Kickstarter is new and shiny. companies such as GMT and Eureka have run a similar scheme for years - put up an idea (in Eureka's case, they let customers suggest ideas themeselves) and once a sufficient number of people had ordered, the thing got made.Andrew Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11239339734859467432noreply@blogger.com