Posted By: traveler
Should Disk Copies Be Offered for Kickstarter Games? - 09/09/14 03:42 PM
I received an email today containing a post mortem for the failed Dagon Kickstarter.
The game interested me and I'm sure those who are fans of H.P. Lovecraft, whose stories were a heavy influence on Dagon, were looking forward to it so I'm sorry it didn't meet its funding goal.
There was a part of the email, which can be found here on the Kickstarter pages, that I thought was particularly interesting as it concerns the burden of offering physical rewards on the small, independent developer making games for a niche market.
I've come to prefer digital downloads myself (DRM-free, that is, which can be burned to disk if I like) but I know some of you prefer and want boxed physical copies.
This Indie developer makes a pretty good argument against offering them.
Would you decide against investing in the making of a game without the promise of a box?
Gil.
The game interested me and I'm sure those who are fans of H.P. Lovecraft, whose stories were a heavy influence on Dagon, were looking forward to it so I'm sorry it didn't meet its funding goal.
There was a part of the email, which can be found here on the Kickstarter pages, that I thought was particularly interesting as it concerns the burden of offering physical rewards on the small, independent developer making games for a niche market.
I've come to prefer digital downloads myself (DRM-free, that is, which can be burned to disk if I like) but I know some of you prefer and want boxed physical copies.
This Indie developer makes a pretty good argument against offering them.
Would you decide against investing in the making of a game without the promise of a box?
Gil.