DaCostaBR: I'm more curious now about what they'll do next. Are they going to use the profits from this game to fund another one? Or are they going the way of other companies and keep going back to Kickstarter for each new project?
It's a little early to say that companies went to Kickstarter "for each new project". DF and inXile went back before their first project was finished (and any profits even possible) but I don't think you can extrapolate a trend from that even for these particular companies, let alone the rest of them. It's likely that this trend will remain as long as there aren't enough profits to sustain the companies.
Though frankly I think that most companies
will continue to use Kickstarter. It's a great way to get fans involved, get them paying sums that other people won't (and do it up front), get them to offer feedback, etc. It's a great way for an artist to make a real connection with fans. The fans benefit too because they can get exclusives that way. While there are other ways to do all this, Kickstarter does it well so it's obviously attractive for that.
It remains to be seen whether Big Finish Games will make a decent profit and it's hard for me to guess what their future plan is. I imagine that if they make a nice chunk of cash from this they'll try for a sequel.
