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How do we feel about established companies using Kickstarter? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Domiku@beehaw.org to c/tabletop@beehaw.org

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I've noticed a trend (among TT games and other product categories), of established companies using Kickstarter. Mostly I think they use it as a hype machine/pre-order system, but that doesn't quite feel like the ethos behind Kickstarter. Full disclosure, I have backed some of these myself!

A few examples (some are on Kickstarter-adjacent sites)

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[–] Deebster@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Not a fan at all.

I forget the details, but one established company who I foolishly backed on Kickstarter used the stretch goals to offload some old stock on us backers.