It needs changes too tho, many projects don't get completed and people have gotten screwed over. The idea was and still is great, but it's easy to take advantage of.
The idea of Kickstarter is great, but there does need to be some changes for it. As @Xaevi said, too many people have gotten screwed over by alot of projects and there needs to be some compensation or something.
They also need to stop these sudden exclusivity deals long after the project has started. Let's say someone backs a project expecting something like a Steam release at launch, only to be turned around as an Epic exclusive for a year. It's dumb and honestly it's very hard to trust people on kickstarter now. It betrays alot of people's trust.
It revitalized the crpg genre with games like Kingdom Come:Deliverance, Pillars, Original Sin, and Tyranny.
It needs changes too tho, many projects don't get completed and people have gotten screwed over. The idea was and still is great, but it's easy to take advantage of.
The idea of Kickstarter is great, but there does need to be some changes for it. As @Xaevi said, too many people have gotten screwed over by alot of projects and there needs to be some compensation or something.
They also need to stop these sudden exclusivity deals long after the project has started. Let's say someone backs a project expecting something like a Steam release at launch, only to be turned around as an Epic exclusive for a year. It's dumb and honestly it's very hard to trust people on kickstarter now. It betrays alot of people's trust.