wraggster
December 5th, 2012, 22:26
Crowdfunding service says creators benefit even in failure
Crowdfunding service Kickstarter has no plans to alter its all-or-nothing funding policy.
That’s according to a statement, given toGamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/182778/Why_Kickstarters_not_going_to_change_its_allornoth ing_policy_anytime_soon.php), following a game that missed its funding goal by a just $28 (http://www.develop-online.net/news/42683/Alpha-Colony-misses-Kickstarter-goal-by-28).
Backers pledged 99.94 per cent of the $49,972 needed to fund DreamQuest;s trading sim Alpha Colony, but because of Kickstarter’s policy they will receive none of it.
Kickstarter says that it doesn't want to put project creators in a situation where they're forced to deliver anything under budget. It wants to “protect” them from the awkward situation of not being able to deliver on their backer rewards, t-shirts, CDs, collector’s items and so on, which are often dependant on reaching their minimal funding goal.
And that goes for backers too. Those funding a project see value in it, but they deserve to have they’re investment protected.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/42686/Kickstarter-sticks-to-all-or-nothing-policy
Crowdfunding service Kickstarter has no plans to alter its all-or-nothing funding policy.
That’s according to a statement, given toGamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/182778/Why_Kickstarters_not_going_to_change_its_allornoth ing_policy_anytime_soon.php), following a game that missed its funding goal by a just $28 (http://www.develop-online.net/news/42683/Alpha-Colony-misses-Kickstarter-goal-by-28).
Backers pledged 99.94 per cent of the $49,972 needed to fund DreamQuest;s trading sim Alpha Colony, but because of Kickstarter’s policy they will receive none of it.
Kickstarter says that it doesn't want to put project creators in a situation where they're forced to deliver anything under budget. It wants to “protect” them from the awkward situation of not being able to deliver on their backer rewards, t-shirts, CDs, collector’s items and so on, which are often dependant on reaching their minimal funding goal.
And that goes for backers too. Those funding a project see value in it, but they deserve to have they’re investment protected.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/42686/Kickstarter-sticks-to-all-or-nothing-policy