FunFan said:
It doesn't matter if Saint Sony is offering the most honorable and fair crowfunding platform ever. Other companies will be looking at it, taking notes. Studying how successful this venture is with particular emphasis on how much advantage Sony can take from its fans. If they see they can get away with their own crowfunding shegganigams they will jump on the bandwagon using whatever crowfunding platform is available to them, or making their own. And lets be honest here, we are talking about Sony and its fans. The outcome is obvius. |
This is not the twilight zone where the worst case scenario will likely happen. Again, games have diddly squat to do with this.
You say that I don't see the ramifications but I do. On the otherhand, I'm sure sony and other companies see the likely consquences if they try to use crowdfunding to fund every little product, idea or project. They ultimately answer to consumers. It's not like I have faith that sony or other companies will always do right. I just believe that they'll be smart when playing with a loaded gun and not point it at themselves. Ask MS about their DRM policies in '13 and how that worked for them.
Also, Sony is no saint but it does not have the kind of reputation to suggest that they'll try to screw people over on crowdfunding.
in the same sense you don't see the good that will likely come from this because apparantly companies are the boogie man that hunt children at night and kick kittens.
