Vortrog wrote:QUOTE (Vortrog @ Nov 22 2012, 05:21 PM) Bacon, you are set up for a massive fall.
Do you pay your real estate agent BEFORE he/she sells your house? No.
Why?
Because it is no guarantee of a sale, and it makes them work harder to get the sale.
Also, exhibit A....The Phantom Menace trailer.....all the best bits in a trailer so when the movie came out.....
I think this has the high potential to be a disaster. Yes, a game will be produced, but then Duke Nukem forever came out too remember......
Well it's not just me taking the risk, dude. I put in $60. The campaign got $6.5
million. So if you're gonna accuse me of being an idiot, also accuse the tens of thousands of other people that did the exact same damn thing.
I know that it's a risk. Duh. But I love the idea of Kickstarter and Chris Roberts has a history of making games that I really enjoyed. So, I decided to back his project because a) I like the idea of crowdfunding and cutting out the middle man and b) Chris Roberts has a history of making games and I desperately want him to make a new one.
Is there a chance it'll suck? Sure, of course. Is there a chance it'll be a great game and I'll consider my $60 well spent? Yup. However if it sucks, I suppose I'll somehow find a way to pull myself back up after that massive financial "epic fail." Oh, $60! HOW YOU COULD HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE HAD I NOT SPENT YOU ON A PROJECT I THOUGHT SOUNDED COOL!!!!
IMO you don't understand what crowd-funding is. It's a large number of people taking an inconsequential financial risk to see a project they like the sound of get made. Whereas before, some investor would have to take a big financial risk to back the project and influence it's creation independent, and sometimes contrary, to what the core fans want. Kickstarter puts the power in the hands of the fans, not some nameless investor who is only interested in recouping his investment. With Kickstarter and Star Citizen, people who wanted a Chris Roberts space sim gave Chris Roberts some money to make the game he and the fans want, not what some big publisher wants. How on earth is this anything but cool and exciting?
Both of your analogies are horrible. No, you don't pay your real estate agent first. But you also don't buy a house with $60. And the Phantom Menace was a dissappointment, but I believe each person who went to see it was out $7 for getting excited about the trailer. Not millions.
Basically, go away. You don't get it.
