All I can say, its despite the benefits, I've about had it with Kickstarter based stuff.
My experiences so far:
Mighty Number 9 - nuff said
Yooka Laylee- proabably the most solid one- the game game out more or less as promised. Yes, it was sort of mediocre, but still, not really Kickstarter fault
Bloodstained- kind of peeved over lack of info on what to expect with Switch version- we had to lock in platform before performance details went out- kind of pissy to have a 30 fps experience on Switch unique ONLY to that version, and now I can't change this to PS4
Shenmue- I'm locked in for PS4, but its really scummy what they are doing to the PC-verse.
I think the big thing is the perception does not meet the reality for these kickstarters.
We are sold on:
Please kickstart this game- it won't happen without you and these funds will be used to develop the game. The more you pledge, the more stretch goals are unlocked, and the more content we can add to game.
But the reality they don't say and what they really should be saying is:
Your kickstarter money doesn't really fund the game. We actually need WAY more than that to make this game and meet expectations (unless we are talking about a really small low budget low end title retro-ish like an Undertale or something). We are using Kickstarter as an unofficial preorder platform, which will show on-the-fence publishers this game does have a viable paying audience. If you give us a successful kickstarter campaign one of these publishers does pick up the game and then contributes the real funding beyond the chump change obtained from Kickstarter. The concept of stretch goals at this point is a big joke since we've now got the money for whatever. At this point the publisher is in complete control and are going to do whatever the fuck they want despite what was stated on the Kickstarter- including platform changes, adding previously unannounced DLC (which you backers probably won't get for free), offer exclusive physical or digital benefits to those buying the game at retail better than Kickstarter perks, and maybe at a far better price too.
