I love that a bunch of people came to the comments section to express apathy instead of anger, and they get downvoted for it. Haha.
I feel the same. Kickstarter themselves say that the service they provide is helping people "get involved in creating something." Kickstarter spins this narrative that sometimes things don't work like you want them to, and that's all part of the "joy" of bringing a product to market. Being along for the experience. And then they tell project creators that backers are making an investment and backers assume any and all disclosed risks that this won't work, or that the end result will not meet initial expectations. Just like an investor in an arms length transaction.
But let's be real here. This is totally just a preorder platform.
For some of the controversies, maybe you all are justified in being angry. You feel like you're getting ripped off. IMO, Kickstarter should have a big banner on its homepage reading "abandon all hope, ye who enter here." After several years and about fifteen backed projects, I finally learned that backing a kickstarter is just risky business no matter what. These devs really are between a rock and a hard place. Try not to blame them. They often need to disappoint somebody just to get something to market.
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Re: Shenmue III Backers Irate as Pre-Order Bonuses Not Included
I love that a bunch of people came to the comments section to express apathy instead of anger, and they get downvoted for it. Haha.
I feel the same. Kickstarter themselves say that the service they provide is helping people "get involved in creating something." Kickstarter spins this narrative that sometimes things don't work like you want them to, and that's all part of the "joy" of bringing a product to market. Being along for the experience. And then they tell project creators that backers are making an investment and backers assume any and all disclosed risks that this won't work, or that the end result will not meet initial expectations. Just like an investor in an arms length transaction.
But let's be real here. This is totally just a preorder platform.
For some of the controversies, maybe you all are justified in being angry. You feel like you're getting ripped off. IMO, Kickstarter should have a big banner on its homepage reading "abandon all hope, ye who enter here." After several years and about fifteen backed projects, I finally learned that backing a kickstarter is just risky business no matter what. These devs really are between a rock and a hard place. Try not to blame them. They often need to disappoint somebody just to get something to market.