Molyneux: 'Enjoy the indie craze, because it won't last'

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Acevil said:

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Acevil said:

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Considering how many bad indie games steam has, I wouldn't doubt it... Out of every awesome indie game on steam, there are many more bad ones and I hate the concept of Early Access that indies seem to have cause since most of the time, they don't furfill what they promised and you already paid for it

Early access is one thing that I hope really does die. A terrible way to develop a game, imo.

Crowd-funded indie games as well. Some are good, but most are just terrible. 

What is wrong with crowd funded indie games? I really don't get it, it is way for games to exist.

You take money from a person with lofty promises and limited information. People get on board because of flashy incentives, and then usually the project doesn't pan out completely. Crowd-funding usually doesn't raise enough money to develop a full sized game anyway, which is what a lot of the people advertise. Most projects raise what, $100,000-200,000? A lot of that cash goes to paying salaries, and then the bit that is left over is used to make a game that is a shell of what people expected. 

Um can you name examples, because I have yet to see someone feeling that what they paid didn't live up to some expectations. Ya Double Fine might be of an example where they got way too much money and most of it did most likely go into somewhats pocket, but the game still is excellent peace of work.

7 Days to Die is Early Access, $35, and not near truly playable form right now. Unsung Story is a kickstarter project that I was thinking of funding, but I backed out because the dev still hasn't really released any indication of what the game really will be. Planetary Annihalation on Steam is $50 for an unfinished, early-access game. Wasteland 2 players complained for a long time about the early-access. Most Kickstarter games are yet to come out, as the funding craze happened more recently, but as time goes on and developers remain silent about the proceeding of many of the projects, people get suspicous. It's basically gambling, you pay a discounted price for a game still in development, but you may get burned if the game turns out to be a mess or doesn't match your expectations. Unlike a pre-order, you can't cancel once you've paid up. The developer can pocket your money and release a half-baked product and there would be nothing you could do about it.