The lies of Slightly Mad (Project Cars) Head of the studio confess that they were overpromising

[pokoko]

padib said:

pokoko said:

Certainly not the first, as I care nothing about Bayonetta, but I did not think it was smart.  I don't think this is smart, either, though it's nowhere near the same level.  This probably won't hurt them much at all, to be honest.  Sure, this guy was saying he won't but it on his PS4 because of the Wii U situation, but--even assuming he's not lying about having a PS4--I can't see many others doing the same thing.

In all situations fans are very silly, but in this case you have to admit that this was crowdfunded and is not the same as nagging by over-entitled fans.

If this were funded by something like Kickstarter, your point would probably be much more clear, but I'm honestly not sure how this translates with the whole investment approach.  Isn't everyone going to get their money back?  I will admit, I really need to know more about it before forming a concrete opinion.

As for crowdfunding itself, I think it's both good and bad.  The bad, which we're seeing now, is how developers have to limit themselves to goals and promises made in PRE-PLANNING, which is really crazy when you think about it.  If Project CARS had been funded in the traditional way, we probably never would have heard about a Wii U version to begin with.  It certainly isn't a perfect solution from the developer perspective.