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This is exactly why I have stopped cruising ‘Kickstarter’ and refuse to buy into any new launches.

Of course, there are a couple of companies that are still using Kickstarter that I trust, but they have never employed the ransomed scheme.  I really didn’t think Mythic would join the list of “f-the buyer we’re not losing our profit”

This is also the reason why letting a game take two years to deliver is a bad idea.  Of course all prices will go up during that time!  So plan it in to your budget when setting your prices for the game your selling.  But they don’t want to ask for that much up front as they think people will say, “I’ll just wait till I see it on a shelf”.

As far as the subject of “wait till I see it on a shelf”, some Kickstarters say, “this game will never go to the retail shelf”. So ask yourself, if it never goes to retail and you lose a piece of the game down the road, you are screwed!  Unless you get lucky and find it on eBay later.  But I digress.

How much longer do you all think Kickstarter will survive?  It really is a much more risky prospect than ever before.  But remember, it has always been a “gamble with your hobby money” prospect.

Just think about Kickstarter as a gamble, not a game retail shop.  After all, Kickstarter NEVER guaranteed that you’d ever receive anything that you have paid for.  That is not their business.  Their business is providing a store front for investment firms to shop from.  You are the investment firms!