Ka-pi96 said:
Aielyn said:
Ka-pi96 said: False advertising? They aren't selling a product, they are selling an investment. Investments don't always work out the way you want them to...
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Once again, I'm sorry, but you're wrong. They're selling a product. If it was an investment, you'd get returns on the investment. This is a product - "pledge $x, get y reward". Not "pledge $x, get y% cut of profits" or "pledge $x, get $x*y in return if the game achieves a certain profit". It's a product.
And "false advertising" also covers services, including investments. It's how people can sue someone who sells fake investment properties, for instance.
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You do get returns on the investment, a copy of the game if it releases and all of the other stuff they've been able to add into it thanks to any additional funds they received.
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Not only that, you actually get returns on investment in the form of profit sharing. This isn't a kickstarter project just because it uses a form of crowd funding.
People who backed the game actually made money. Spending time and money making a wii u version could threaten that.