Re:Scythe, the most-hyped board game of 2016, delivers
by ghaff on Sunday July 31, 2016 @04:32PM
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>use it as a marketing and pre-order platform
I agree with most of your points but this one I have a bit of an issue with.
I get that this may not have been the original vision of Kickstarter and similar platforms. But, in terms of consumer risk, this actually seems to be pretty far down the scale. Say I'm using Kickstarter to gauge interest in something I basically know how to do and have the capital to create. Is that really a problem compared to doing a Kickstarter for something that's a germ of an idea with many unknown development and production issues to come?
I do get that pre-orders are riskier than pre-orders on Amazon. But it still seems as if market validation of a concept/product is still useful for everyone concerned.
I agree with most of your points but this one I have a bit of an issue with.
I get that this may not have been the original vision of Kickstarter and similar platforms. But, in terms of consumer risk, this actually seems to be pretty far down the scale. Say I'm using Kickstarter to gauge interest in something I basically know how to do and have the capital to create. Is that really a problem compared to doing a Kickstarter for something that's a germ of an idea with many unknown development and production issues to come?
I do get that pre-orders are riskier than pre-orders on Amazon. But it still seems as if market validation of a concept/product is still useful for everyone concerned.