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Op Ed

[May 08, 2012, 09:28 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Gamasutra - How long before the Kickstarter bubble bursts?
We are still in the early days of our Kickstarter relationship, the early days of falling in love. Everything our partner does is wonderful. We gloss over the risks, we ignore the downsides, because the glory of falling in love is everything.

I think we have about six months left of that period. Towards the end of this year, some Kickstarter projects are going to start slipping. Some will see their teams collapse amidst bicker recriminations. Some pledgers are going to start getting very angry.

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Re: Op Ed

May 8, 2012, 14:10

Prez

There's no evidence that there's a bubble to burst at all - it's only people wishing and hoping it is a bubble because this threatens the stranglehold the greed-driven, creativity-crushing powers-that-be currently hold. Them and the arrogant know-it-all's who believe people shouldn't be given what they want because they are too stupid to figure out what it is they want on their own (One of them is posting in this thread right now, but thankfully I have him on ignore so I am spared his self- important, idiotic blathering).

There will be some failures and setbacks, maybe even some spectacular ones, but all it will take is one high-profile project like the Tim Schafer one or Wasteland to be released and be great and I think people will be sold on kickstarters. The failures will make people wary, but the successes (assuming they eventually come) will win out in the long run.




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Comment [quote="Prez"May 8, 2012, 14:10]There's no evidence that there's a bubble to burst at all - it's only people wishing and hoping it is a bubble because this threatens the stranglehold the greed-driven, creativity-crushing powers-that-be currently hold. Them and the arrogant know-it-all's who believe people shouldn't be given what they want because they are too stupid to figure out what it is they want on their own (One of them is posting in this thread right now, but thankfully I have him on ignore so I am spared his self- important, idiotic blathering). There will be some failures and setbacks, maybe even some spectacular ones, but all it will take is one high-profile project like the Tim Schafer one or Wasteland to be released and be great and I think people will be sold on kickstarters. The failures will make people wary, but the successes (assuming they eventually come) will win out in the long run. [/quote]

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