*raises hand*

I usually don't buy games for 150$. But I gladly give that to a KS I want to see happening. I generally give more to a KS than when I would buy a game.

Again:

Kickstarter is not a store.

Everybody who is clicking on the big "What is Kickstarter " link on the freaking main page and is not completely blind knows that.

While it is unsurprising that gamers bash KS for not being something it never wanted to be, it is somewhat disheartening. And it shows that games, even as gamers have grown older, is still a long way from being taken seriously.

Yeah, sorry, I thought you still meant to imply something about KS, when you obviously didn't.

I have never given 150$ to a KS project and probably never will because I do not trust any of the project owners enough (not knowing them personally any of them) to bet 150$ on a single horse. But if I did I would probably regard part of it as a donation because the rewards is most probably not an equivalent reward. Anyway I don't.

For the 15$-50$ tiers this is a reasoable price that comes closer to what you get in return. Sure one always has the positive effect of supporting the projects and make them happen, but it doesn't mean the rewards cannot be worth what you invested. You can have both, getting something worth your money (no real profit though but that's okay) and supporting your favorite projects. Both. Actually I think that is the secret of Kickstarter.

The topic sure has a lot of repeated opinions but in the end, it's really simple: person A is offering something, person B gets to pay for it. Person B is taking a bit of a gamble and no-one really knows how much of a gamble this is. The end.

If people expect there's a sure guarantee that the game will be released AND be great, they're delusional and have unrealistic expectations. I'm sure that for some devs, having no publisher will be like the old days: more freedom, less pressure and a better game as a result. For others, it will be a new experience having no-one looking over their shoulder and may actually do more harm. Bottom line is, we don't know. Dev teams have become much larger than the bedroom coding teams which made many of the classic games we know today.

My main concern, is that talent withers with time. 20 years is a very long time and the world has changed a great deal. People who were at their creative peak back then, are now set in their ways and unlikely to come up with fresh new ideas. The new generation, on the other hand, gets mashed to pulp in the big wheels of modern gaming industry where any creativity gets squished.