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Demonstrably true (Gaming)

by CyberKN ⌂ @, Oh no, Destiny 2 is bad, Friday, June 19, 2015, 19:50 (3448 days ago) @ Cody Miller

What types of games are funded through kickstarter? RETRO GAMES. The ones that take zero risks. Here is an avenue that completely removes publishers and expectations of profit, yet zero 'innovative' games came from this. There's a lot of retro games though, that would be in place 10 to 15 years ago however.

The big budget stuff is generally what drives innovation. It may not seem that way, since for every innovative game there are 100 play it safe copycats.

If you think making "Retro" games doesn't carry big risks, you're sorely mistaken. The main reason kickstarter games exist is because publishers reject funding them. I guarantee you Tim Schafer shopped Broken Age around everywhere else before going to kickstarter, and it was rejected because it was too risky from a financial standpoint.


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