Legend of Dragoon

[Acevil]

LuckyTrouble said:

Acevil said:

LuckyTrouble said:

Acevil said:

Ruler said:

Well they could make their own kickstarter site and integrading it into the playstation store and ecosystem

I would support that, since it will help out smaller indies as well. However them using kickstarter itself sends a bad message. 

How does confirming consumer interest in the easiest possible way send a bad message? I'm not saying I like the Kickstarter campaign stuff, but at the same time, I get it. It's smart. It's a new way of gauging consumer interest that has been proven to work with other video game projects, two very significantly in just the past month. Kickstarter has proven itself as a viable platform for pitching projects. I get the complaints and fears, but I feel they're relatively unfounded right now. If we start seeing recent AAA title sequels end up in the Kickstarter box, I think some worry is warranted, but that will never happen.

Because a large company doesn't need kickstarter to know consumer interest, they have research abilities and other resources. They are also not strapped for cash on small kickstarter projects. 

You're fixated on the money amount, but it isn't about the money amount. Once a developer backs the project, as has been stated, whatever the project got from the Kickstarter will be a drop in the bucket. There is literally not a more reliable way of gauging consumer interest than by having them prove it with their wallets. I don't think it was possible to know just how much people wanted Shenmue 3, for instance, until the Kickstarter. I mean, I barely even see the series get mentioned, and then suddenly the Kickstarter comes up and people are willing to pour millions in. That beats any estimates a research team would have come up with, I can guarantee, in terms of consumer response to the project.

Shenmue is a unique beast, and honestly speaking I don't know how to feel about it. Given I don't know the details of the partnership or Sega and Sony involvement. 

Also I said two things, the money is the second. Even if you were to just have kickstarted goal of $1, and just to gage interest (which would be the way I would go about if I was large company and I truly had to do a kickstarter). 

Large companies if they are truly successful ones, do usually have a division designed on knowning demand and the cost of filling out that demand. This is exactly why you have yet to see a large company use a funding website yet.