Kickstarter Video Game Revenue Increases For 2015, But At What Cost?

Georgi Trenev writes: "More important, there still seems to be a distinct lack of transparency with many projects, an aspect that Thomas Bidaux himself mentioned to be essential when we interviewed him last year. Back then, he also believed that equity-based crowdfunding is tricky in the sense that it turns a “love-based” relationship into a discussion of risk-versus-rewards, but with Psychonauts 2’s success on Fig.co such worries are beginning to dissipate in favour of optimism for such funding systems."

[contra157]

It's sad that this game needed a kick starter instead of Sega trusting the Creator with this masterpiece series

[DivineAssault]

Sega doesnt have the funds to publish a game like that.. It was cool of them to let the guy keep his IP and let it grow though.. Without kickstarter, publishers wouldve never known the interest for many of the games releasing.. Its better than nothing.. Im happy to get shenmue 3, mighty no 9, and bloodstained.. Theyre niche games these days because of all the money being made off shooters..