Reply To: Weta Workshop cancels Districts 9 Kickstarter

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Clicked on this out of random interest, and I do appreciate for the people looking forward to the game it is disappointing, I have had one I was really looking forward to fail to fund but fortunately it found its way to market by other means.  So for those interested lets hope it does eventually make its way out

However some of the comments surprised me, ultimately the kickstarter didn’t fund and Weta clearly didn’t believe it would fund, so regardless of comments by backers the issue was it was a product they couldn’t sell.  I would also add Weta using the platform as a pre-order has let them see that before further investment, we aren’t talking about a tiny company that couldn’t publish (albeit at a risk) without.

On the cost front, as is often said it is subjective in the hobby, I often here the same person de-cry the cost of one product then rave about an other which I personally think is hideously overpriced (plus I know has been made for a about 20% of retail if that after development is re-paid) so economics rarely factors accurately into it.  Heck I buy stuff that I know on a purely economic analysis is poor value because it has other perceived values.  As an aside its more £75 plus postage that is before any potential drop off in the pound

Sorry for the rant but at seems all to easy to yell at other people being twats, when really the game failed appeal to enough people to attract the necessary funding.  If it had done that then any complaints would have been idiots gibbering on the web