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

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VanceIX said:

Acevil said:

VanceIX said:

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. 

ALL money goes into paying salaries in some form or another. That's what money does.