Re:Scythe, the most-hyped board game of 2016, delivers
by erikpukinskis on Monday August 01, 2016 @02:44AM
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> it seems to be used too much these days, and in many cases by individuals or companies that would not have issues getting funding through traditional channels
I have seen this a lot, people suggesting that it is somehow wrong or destructive to use Kickstarter unless you have no other options.
Why? What if he just likes Kickstarter, it works well for his funding and pre-order needs, and his audience is familiar with it? Why should he stop using something that works to cobble together some other system that does the same thing? Why should he use a 20th century funding strategy and business structure when we live in a time when you can just fill out a form, press a button, and then run a business out of your kitchen? Isn't that kind of the dream?
The only argument I've heard is that it somehow takes revenue away from other more constrained Kickstarters. I guess the idea is that people go onto Kickstarter with a fixed budget and choose some number of projects to back within that budget.
But I have doubts that "is this within my budget for Kickstarter projects?" is a common purchasing constraint. And there is also the fact that by putting his projects on Kickstarter, he is repeatedly drawing his customer base to the site, many of whom will then browse for other related content, thus increasing the funding for other projects.
I have seen this a lot, people suggesting that it is somehow wrong or destructive to use Kickstarter unless you have no other options.
Why? What if he just likes Kickstarter, it works well for his funding and pre-order needs, and his audience is familiar with it? Why should he stop using something that works to cobble together some other system that does the same thing? Why should he use a 20th century funding strategy and business structure when we live in a time when you can just fill out a form, press a button, and then run a business out of your kitchen? Isn't that kind of the dream?
The only argument I've heard is that it somehow takes revenue away from other more constrained Kickstarters. I guess the idea is that people go onto Kickstarter with a fixed budget and choose some number of projects to back within that budget.
But I have doubts that "is this within my budget for Kickstarter projects?" is a common purchasing constraint. And there is also the fact that by putting his projects on Kickstarter, he is repeatedly drawing his customer base to the site, many of whom will then browse for other related content, thus increasing the funding for other projects.