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Re: Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter Live |
Mar 6, 2013, 18:51 |
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Now, I don't mean in saying that crowdfunding will destroy the classic publishing business model. It'll take a lot more than that. However I think crowdfunding, by its very specific nature, cannot fail in the sense that it cannot ever go away. Individual projects will fail and the model itself still requires a lot of fine tuning but due to the semi-anarchic nature of the model it becomes pretty impossible for it to ever fade away. It's here to stay.
I do believe that Obsidian's Project Eternity must have sent some shivers down some publisher's spines though. That, for me, was the defining moment of crowdfunding in gaming, when an established developer did get quite a lot of funding from random people to make their own game their own way. That signaled to everyone who was watching that big developers don't necessarily need publishers to get games out, not anymore.
This is why I think crowdfunding is a game-changer in business models, because it's opening the door for more innovative models to come through and trounce the classic business models. Much like RIAA and MPAA, the fight of the classic business model has long been lost, they just don't know it yet. Consumers are starting to become aware they have more choices now and are acting upon it, especially in this economic recession climate where the existence of different choices of models and slightly more informed consumers is resulting in less people spending money blindly.
Simply put, crowdfunding removes the middleman. And let's be honest, the middle man never really brought anything to the table that a developer couldn't offer if it got the money directly from the people. And I don't count marketing in this. |
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| News Comments > Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter Live |
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Re: Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter Live |
Mar 6, 2013, 18:10 |
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Dev wrote on Mar 6, 2013, 17:57:
ASeven wrote on Mar 6, 2013, 17:33:
And Chris Taylor (and numerous idiots) announced the death of Kickstarter when his project failed.
HAH! Crowdfunding is here to stay. I don't get the hatred and vitriol towards crowdfunding from people who aren't even in publishing business. Its like they can't WAIT for this stuff to fail horribly and are gleefully standing around with a gas can to pour onto the fire when a project goes south.
There WILL be projects that fail. It doesn't mean the rest will, or that crowdfunding is stupid and should die and go away in a year. Its like investing in a startup. Protip, they sometimes fail.
KS's model of only funding if it reaches the goal reduces a lot of crap from getting funded. People are also expected to use a modicum of common sense, if something doesn't sound legit... guess what? It might not be!
The main reason for this hatred directed at crowdfunding from certain sectors of the entertainment industry is, I believe, simple to explain.
Crowdfunding threatens the status quo of publishers, gaming and otherwise. The dinosaurs don't want anything to threaten their ancient business model and crowdfunding is the biggest threat to classic publishing yet. It threatens the whole status quo of the publishing world and hence a lot of corporate people and their cronies can't wait to see this new model fail and fail hard. Bad news for them though, due to the nature of this model this can never, ever fail. |
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| News Comments > Ships Ahoy - SimCity; Refunds Offered for Launch Issues |
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Re: Ships Ahoy - SimCity; Refunds Offered for Launch Issues |
Mar 5, 2013, 18:09 |
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Creston wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 17:29:
Beamer wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 17:00:
Creston wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 16:42:
Sigh. In the old days the trolls were at least funny. 
Back when they had phantom online phds?
Nah, I was thinking more of fredster. And POO ASS. POO ASS was hilarious. Who had a phantom online phd again, except the unnamed one who thrice-uttered name summons him?
Ya! Ya! Shub-Niggurath and the Thousand Smarts of the Woods! |
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| News Comments > Arma III Alpha Released |
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Re: Arma III Alpha Released |
Mar 5, 2013, 16:22 |
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Just remember guys, alpha. Expect the PC to explode. 
Having said that, I haven't come across any problem though some people on the Steam's forums can't even start the game. If it runs you're in for a hell of an experience. |
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| News Comments > Ships Ahoy - SimCity; Refunds Offered for Launch Issues |
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Re: Ships Ahoy - SimCity; Refunds Offered for Launch Issues |
Mar 5, 2013, 16:12 |
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SpectralMeat wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 16:00:
nin wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 15:58:
Blue lately has been attracting a lot of trolls and idiots
It really has gotten weird around here in the last few years...I'm not sure how these people find us, unless it's just folks that were banned, and reregistering.
That's my guess.
Yeah but Slick is... something else entirely, I think. |
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| News Comments > Dead Space 4 Cancelled? |
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Mar 5, 2013, 16:02 |
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Creston wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 15:02:
Verno, will you please stop engaging the troll? How much more evidence does he have to provide that he's a troll? He literally repeats the exact same fucking thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Stop giving him the satisfaction. Save yourself the 5 minutes and do something cool with it, like ogle a hot secretary or something. :)
I'm with Creston here. He reminds me of this. |
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