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GEExCEE
Sep 19, 2012

It's not a store.

Kickstarter's model is basically some dude playing guitar in the subway station and asking everyone if they could spare a few bucks. Except instead of playing songs, they are using the money to buy a mixer and a microphone and if you write your name and email address down here, they will totally make a good faith effort to send you a song six months from now.

I don't know any stores that work like this.

rather than doubleposting i'll just e;

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CCP is not a company that needs Kickstarter to do anything.

As long as fans are willing to throw their money at the company knowing that the company is not obligated to provide them with any return on their investment, why not milk them for everything they've got? If you can maintain a good reputation with them, it's a cash cow.

GEExCEE fucked around with this message at 13:39 on Apr 5, 2013

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GEExCEE
Sep 19, 2012

Actually, Kickstarter can't be used for charitable donations. Go figure.

Kickstarter's functionality and the cultural expectations of an anglophone audience may eventually turn it into a giant online preordering retailer (specifically things like games), but that's hardly the only thing you can use the system for.

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