If enough backers find merit in that project, it will get funded without the slightest expense for those who don't care to get involved because they aren't interested in the project or because they resent the big publisher involved. Once that will happen (and it will, regardless of Shenmue III), the power will be exclusively on the hands of the backers. There's absolutely no rule on Kickstarter preventing it, nor there should be. Ultimately, it's really simple: A big publisher might use a Kickstarter campaign to fund one of its more risky projects. More people creating a Kickstarter account and becoming involved with the platform means a higher potential for them to spread out and fund other campaigns. Mind you, having big and popular projects with a large backing and media attention actually benefits the small ones. It's their money, and if you live with a (rational or otherwise) hatred of the publisher involved, all you have to do is completely ignore the campaign and spend the money to fund that darling indie project no one knows about, or nothing at all. If said project ended up being successful, it would simply mean that there are enough backers who feel that the project is valid and deserves being funded. So, Electronic Arts could decide in the future to use Kickstarter for a project of its own.
The power to decide whether a campaign is successful or not rests entirely in the hands of the backers. Putting aside the fact that it's ridiculous to somehow rank publishers on whether they are the good guys or the bad guys, Kickstarter is simply a platform that democratizes development (of games or other products). I also read comments stating that the involvement of Sony in a Kickstarter campaign would create a slippery slope and put a foot in the door for "evil" publishers like Electronic Arts, Activision or Ubisoft to use the crowdfunding platform for their own games. Where exactly is the problem with that?Ĭhrome, 11:18:40Shenmue 3 by Ys Net Kickstarter - Google Chrome It was also confirmed that the primary goal of the Kickstarter is not for Sony to gauge consumer interest in the game, but let's assume for a moment that it might be. I'm not sure in what world getting more for the same amount of money is a bad thing, but most certainly not in mine. If you pledged without knowing about external funding, and that's what happened within the first 24 hours of so of the campaign, hearing about further funding allocated to the game only tells you that the game you'll get with your pledge is going to be bigger because it will have a bigger budget, and you won't spend a dime more. If you pledged $29 for a digital copy of the game, you'll end up paying $29 regardless of the content included in the game. The higher the budget for the game is, the better and bigger the game will be, for the same price coming out from our wallets. This kind of deals normally come with non disclosure agreements, and it's honestly silly to even worry about it. The fact that the exact amount of the external funding isn't being disclosed is also par for the course. That's exactly what Sony and Suzuki-san did. That way the announcements provided during press conferences can be explained and elaborated in much deeper detail. That's why there are interviews, livecasts and all kinds of coverage in the following days. The schedule is packed and having Boyes spending time explaining the ins and out of a project on stage is simply redundant. Many seem to think that nitpicking on everything for the sake of singing against the choir, sets them apart from the "sheep" who fall for the hype, and somewhat makes them appear cooler, less gullible or simply smarter than everyone else.īut let's get into the meat of the issue and tackle the major points one by one.įirst of all, a press conference at E3 is not the place for listing caveats and explaining things in detail. It's ok to criticize anti-consumer initiatives, and Kickstarter has never been perfect to begin with, but in this case we're seeing the result of a trend that I find damaging and disingenuous.
That kind of controversy-mongering deeply saddens me.
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