If that's the case, I'm still not a fan of the crowd funding process, but it's better that what I had in mind.

It's because she doesn't actually have an arguement to back it up.

Big company using crowdfunding to gauge consumer interest is bad because....... I don't know but this is my opinion. This is the internet and this is a forum where opinions are told. 

If the crowd funding site was being used to pay for Sony's next model MP3 player, stereo system, or even PlayStation games and peripherals then it would seem pretty dodgy. But its not. They have started a site in which their own employees can propose what appear to be experimental hardware items that Sony likely don't want to fund without first knowing if there is demand.

Not sure how many people have actually had a look at the site. I can't read the language, but the items on their look very conceptual, and not at all things Sony would usually make. The site was probably created at the request of the staff members wanting to promote their own ideas but not wanting to get fired for going to a different crowd funding source.

Lol, I agree. It's funny seeing people say this is a good idea "to test the waters". Sorry, big companies like Sony don't need their fans to fund shit for them. Feel sorry for the sheep who are going to pour countless dollars into the drain for a billion dollar company

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The same, well besides fanboys. That's expected though

SHHHHHHH... don't say that, lots of people will disagree with you, and it'll start a flame war. 

No, I'd be even more pissed, as it would be my preferred platform. Also, Microsoft has alot more $$$, so that would also make me quite pissed. Even so, Sony is still a multi-billion dollar corp, it shouldn't need funding from other people to support its projects.

Sorry  

Oh goodness, I didn`t think it`d get this far with crowdfunding. Now that Sony is dipping their toes into crowdfunding, it has me worried that more big companies might follow suit, and who knows what else could happen. Possibly consumers having to show interest by backing projects instead of companies trying to sell consumers their products... I don`t like that in order for Sony to give their employees more freedom to take risks, that consumers have to show it with money. Why not let employees have some of that freedom without the crowdfunding? Higher ups can listen to these ideas and make a decision on whether to further the idea or not, and not with crowd funding... Or maybe just share the idea openly with people and hear their opinions on it. Just... not this crowdfunding thing, please.

I feel this is possibly telling the condition of the company if they are opening crowdfunding to take risks on more innovative ideas...

This is gross.

Its basically this: "We worth less and less every month. Although we're still worth/have more than you would in twenty lives, we need YOUR money to fund OUR employees' ideas because we have a lot to lose if we invest in a prototype... So you do it for us."

Would they at least mass produce the item and ship/promote it? Or do they need assistance with that too?

Crowfunding as a whole is just... No good. Unless you're a genius working on the cure for aids, you should be ashamed for asking people to fund your work. Work your ass for it!