Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:05 pm
The world of game publishing may have dramatically changed yesterday and I for one didn't even notice. It's interesting stuff.
First, watch this video: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/projects/73409/video-77340-h264_high.mp4
Then read this blog post.
Sure, this sort of thing has been done here and there in small ways, but nothing like this in terms of speed and impact. I predict that before 2012 is over at least one major distributor (like Valve, perhaps, through Steam) will set up a system that mimics Kickstarter but is designed specifically for pre-funding of independently developed video games. I bet at least one major corporate developer will try something similar, but it will fail because they'll do it very poorly and people will see they're full of crap and just trying to not spend their own capital that they already have plenty of.
Here's the direct link to the Kickstarter project in question, by the way: http://www.kickstarter.com/project....ef=live
First, watch this video: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/projects/73409/video-77340-h264_high.mp4
Then read this blog post.
Sure, this sort of thing has been done here and there in small ways, but nothing like this in terms of speed and impact. I predict that before 2012 is over at least one major distributor (like Valve, perhaps, through Steam) will set up a system that mimics Kickstarter but is designed specifically for pre-funding of independently developed video games. I bet at least one major corporate developer will try something similar, but it will fail because they'll do it very poorly and people will see they're full of crap and just trying to not spend their own capital that they already have plenty of.
Here's the direct link to the Kickstarter project in question, by the way: http://www.kickstarter.com/project....ef=live