Demonstrably true (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Friday, June 19, 2015, 20:11 (3444 days ago) @ CyberKN

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.

That's probably true, because adventure games don't sell like they used to. But my point, is that these kickstarter games are not innovative. They all are retreading old ground. Your argument that small studios innovate more because the publishers aren't in control is wrong, as demonstrated by kickstarter's complete lack of industry driving innovation.