OUYA Video Game Console - Fully Funded, More Units Still Available at $99

[dharh]

crissindahouse said:

dharh said:

Is there somewhere they said "We had 10k, oh but now we have 20k, and hey uh, we might have 30k too?" Where?

If you are _infering_ that from them just increasing the 10k to 20k for the $99 pledge, then i'm saying you are making the wrong assumption. They don't necessarily _have_ 10k or 20k or any number lying around at all right this second. They at first made the commitment, from their original $950,000 goal to only make 10k for the $99 pledge. Now that it looks like they have _already_ burned through that pledge 2x. They can safely increase that commitment to a higher ammount. I daresay based on all the buzz, they may uncap the $99 pledge entirely.

they call it limited reward right? so calling something limited just to increase the limited number when they reached it is a lie. they said "limited to 10k" and then they increased the numbers when they sold the limited amount. people buy something fast when they think it is limited, if they wouldn't see that there are only 350 more avaiilable they wouldn't buy it without thinking maybe twice about their purchase if they knew there will be minimum 10k more if they will reach the 10k. they just do it because they won't be the idiot who waited too long.

they could make it like others, just writing they need 1 million dollars and say one will cost 99 dollars. without "only 10k available" just to increase the number when they reach the 10k. they knew that they will be able to build more than 10k if they will reach that number. why can't they say 20k from beginning then?

The _will_ need to explain, but the simple explentation is that they did not account for the project being so popular. That said, 20k will not likely be enough. It could go as much as 30-50k. If the possibility of using it as a dev kit is true, I will end up buying a couple myself.