05-14-2015, 11:25 PM
The publishers seem to be losing their power in the gaming market. Rather than going to a publisher to pitch a game and have them back the project, the developers have cut out that middle man and are going right to the fans to back it instead. It seems to be working well for them; they don't have to pay the publisher, nor potentially give up the rights to their product for it. It does seem that the days of the big AAA publishers, the Konamis, the Capcoms, the Square-Enixs, having a vice-grip hold on developers seem to be coming to an end. The majority of their developers, their Inafunes, Igarashis, and Kojimas, have all left. All of them are going into mobile phones to try and grab that Candy Crush cash. The siren's song of Microtransations is too enthralling to resist. Hell, even Nintendo hasn't been immune. They had said for years that they weren't gonna do DLC; now most of their major games have them; they even have a Candy Crush clone (Pokemon Shuffle) for the 3DS with the 'free-to-play' model.
Jason, most KickStarters I've backed will give you a copy of the game when it comes out when you've pledged X amount; the tiers for that are usually FAR less than what it would retail for, so I feel they're usually pretty good in that regard.
Jason, most KickStarters I've backed will give you a copy of the game when it comes out when you've pledged X amount; the tiers for that are usually FAR less than what it would retail for, so I feel they're usually pretty good in that regard.