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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...

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.

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.


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.