spemanig said:
fleischr said:
I don't get the outrage over tiered Preorder bonuses.
It's a reward publishers give you all in exchange for granting them working capital for marketing and development of the title. They're really just the same as Kickstarter rewards, except cheaper and with greater promise for a real game by the end. |
Its not the same at all. With Kickstarter, your money means the game can actually exist at all. Preorders just mean publishers can put a number on their financials. So taking out content for a fully funded game is worlds different from rewarding the people who gave your game a chance to exist at all.
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But here's the thing: the Kickstarter game could take years to exist. It may not even exist at at all when all is said and done. However a 'fully funded' game can always use additional funding and manpower to develop new content and polish the game. It's not about what gets taken out (often VERY small inconsequential pieces of content), it's everything else that could be put in. Triple A games as we know them now couldn't exist without preorders
