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Re: Op Ed

Apr 19, 2012, 11:17

Creston

eRe4s3r wrote on Apr 19, 2012, 05:08: A bubble is when people put money in and expect returns before anyone that ever put money in got ever an return. Also a LOT of people put more than 15$ in..... by the way, why do Americans put the $ before the number? Are you not reading symbols literal? When say 15 dollars I type 15$ ! You would not normally say dollars 15 ... would you? Makes no sense. so 15$ it is ;p We also have awesome things like Quarts, Gallons, Yards, Feet, Inches, Pounds etc, all of which adhere to no mathematical system known to man. Not sure that the Kickstarter industry qualifies as a bubble, as it's breaking completely new ground. Everyone could see the housing industry was in a bubble, because in the space of ten years, houses doubled and tripled in "value." Nobody knows what to expect from the Kickstarter business, so it's impossible to say whether what it's doing now is unsustainable, especially since it's not really related to each other. Yes, a lot of games are getting funding now, but they're not really connected to each other. If each of these games comes through, how could it possibly be a bubble? I would assume most people are judging the risk before they put money into it. We have to remember that even though we're seeing all these huge amounts of money, when compared to the overall size of the game-playing market, it's really not even a drop in the well. I feel good about Wasteland 2 and Shadowrun Returns. I think both teams will finish their game and make it what their backers expect. Some of these others... yeah, not so much. Creston

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