Why not? I see no problems.

These things are very hard to understand though, considering its hard to find insight. And as for crowdfunding, I disagree. Its a negative thing on the industry, and it won't be used in the right way.

@bold, you say no, but just after, you say yes... i don't get it

sounds like you are concerned about people giving money to sony, is that the problem? you don't want people helping sony?
i understand you don't want that... what i don't understand is why... some people hates somethings so much, but i never understand why. can you tell me the why?

No, I never singled out Sony. Your accusing me of something, when I'm talking about the industry as a whole.

It is hard to find insight?  I provided you with insight in Tamron's post!  You didn't bother to read the original article and it also seems like you didn't bother to read the posts shown above.  

In your own words, what are the "negative thing[s]" that you see with crowdfunding on the industry as a whole?

Sighs*. I'm talking about theb Shenmue III funding!!!! Sony said they where funding it after the kickstarter, clearly never heard about Sega in the picture. And how is it bad for the industry. Well if Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, ect all start doing this, it puts the risk onto the consumer. It demands they pay to support it, otherwise they won't be getting this games. Tell me what's positive about this?

As a lot of wise people said, there is only ever good coming out of this. Big companies usually have big project which will draw a lot of new people to the platform, which in turn are more likely to fund again.

And the stuff with people being funded and then not releasing the product was invented by small indies. Big companies have more to lose and won't pull that shit. They will at least release the product in a broken state. Which is what they're already doing without crowd funding anyway.

So what were the negative points about this again?

If anything if more companies were to do this we'd see a lot more old fan favorites being remade or continued.

So do you now have insight into the Shenmue III funding thanks to the source that I provided?  

Again, every single positve thing that I see about crowdfunding can be found in Tamron's post.  

What "games" are you talking about?  Why are you talking about Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony as if we are talking about gaming platforms?  Please give me a source where big companies are talking about crowdfunding games.  Otherwise, we might as well argue about the stupid and nonsensical movie example that I gave in my previous post.

I'm talking about before you gave the source!!! I also said "if" they begin to do this. I never said they where.

Super6646 i think you've jumped the gun a bit with some of the statements you've made in your OP and as a result has led to criticism of the OP. I think the premise of the thread is fine, Sony has started a crowdfundng platform which very well might result in crowdfunded games (doesn't seem to be the case yet, but it seems possible).

However that hasn't actually happened yet and as of now the platform seems to be targeted more towards electronics. You needed to make it clear in your OP where you are making assumptions. I particularly had an issue with your opening paragraph which suggests Sony is starting a trend of crowdfunding games, yet you dont provide any examples of this or evidence (this will be hard to do because they haven't actually done it yet).

I'm going to lock the thread, as I think replies will be focused more on the assumptions made in the OP rather than the underlying question of the thread. I'm already seeing posts becoming personal and flaming. While this is wrong the way OP is phrased and the statements made in it will naturally cause those type of responses.

Perhaps remake the thread and don't single out a single company as a culprit unless you can back it up with some sort of proof or evidence. I definitely think its a topic worth discussing.