Star Citizen Raised $148M from Fans, and Now It’s Raising Concerns

Re:Star Citizen Raised $148M from Fans, and Now It’s Raising... by sanderjd on Thursday May 11, 2017 @07:48PM (#14320435)

This attitude makes no sense to me. This is what kickstarter is for: you back high-risk projects, get some goofy schwag, and sometimes the project actually works, and how cool is that?

Why does there seem to be a horde of people who think kickstarter is for pre-ordering finished products and getting pissed when they don't receive them? That's just not what it is!

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Re:Star Citizen Raised $148M from Fans, and Now It’s Raising... by arglebarnacle on Thursday May 11, 2017 @08:31PM (#14320608)

I'm sure this horde exists because kickstarter creators market themselves as if they're selling pre-orders of finished products.

In some cases they have no choice, because some kickstarters are really expensive. It might make sense to pre-order Ubuntu's $700 smartphone for example, but nobody would ever throw Canonical $700 for some "goofy schwag" and just hope they might or might not get a phone later.

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