Verno wrote on Apr 18, 2012, 13:21:

Ok... this is getting ridiculous.

While I have been eagerly awaiting a completed Dead State, surely not EVERY FUCKING GAME REQUIRES A KICKSTARTER.

How many donations/investments/preorders do these 'companies' honestly expect people to make? How the hell can NONE of these people get any funding through normal channels? Is it truly so bad that the only way to fund games, aside from the next CoD or whatever, is to beg for money?

I'm starting to picture the Indie scene shifting from self made success stories like the Minecraft guy(s) or better yet the Trine guys, to a bunch of Salvation Army bell ringers, standing next to a bus terminal.

Haha, I liked the salvation army bit man but seriously, I don't understand the problem. Fund the ones that interest you and ignore the ones that don't. It's like publishers with preorder spam and marketing except that it's nowhere near as obnoxious. It's a great way for developers to directly connect to consumers and while not every project will turn out as planned at least this gives both parties a shot at a better product.

They're not trying to guilt you into giving them money or something, if you want to just buy the end product then its your cash man. Kickstarter is a new thing for some of these indies so a lot are going to try their hand at it. The traditional indie self-made scene isn't going anywhere nor is the traditional AAA market.