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« Reply #75 on: June 11, 2012, 10:49:47 AM » |
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http://www.purplepawn.com/2012/01/kickstarter-com-an-interview-with-co-founder-yancey-strickler/So the reason why we are limited to project creators only in the United States is that we use Amazon flexible payment system to process all transactions. This means that when you start a project, you sign up for an account through Amazon that allows money to be transferred to your business account. We used amazon because the time the site launched they were the only ones that had a product that would work with us. PayPal was not compatible and a lot of people had an issue with our model –the idea of charging people at a later date, lots of funds, from a lot of credit cards suddenly being transferred to a single account at once, this being someone who probably hasn’t received money before – brings all kind of fraud alerts. People are just puzzled by this in that world. But amazon is, I believe, the world’s largest retailer, lots of people have accounts and the checkout process is very simple. So we’re very glad to work with them, I think it has been really really important to Kickstarter. Amazon has yet to clear the red tape to make their service available around the world, having to deal with regulation, bureaucracy and the like. We are not going to be a US only site for ever – we are looking this year at beginning the process of making Kickstarter available in more places. So I think that you will be seeing changes of where Kickstarter’s available within the year. We are also really appreciative of everyone’s patience in waiting for us to open up more, I realise that the limitation of where Kickstarter can be used has certainly been a big reason why there have been 80 knock off sites that have started up around the world – but that’s been good for us to focus on doing this product right and just figuring out the right way for Kickstarter to work. As any start-up will tell you, scaling up to start internationally is really a big order, you know, it’s a real difficult thing to do. We’re taking our time to do it the right way to feel great about where we eventually be. The whole kickstarter thing will probably have imploded at that point, though...
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SirNiko
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« Reply #76 on: June 11, 2012, 03:01:17 PM » |
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With luck, though, it'll hold out just long enough for Moi and CA Sinclair to each score half a million dollars to make Gimmy's Sonic Clone and a Dark Souls sequel exclusively for PC, respectively.
I think the kickstarter thing will go in waves - a bunch of projects now, a cool down period while people wait to see those games actually get made, then another wave when hungry consumers fund a new wave of games.
The non-game small time projects like Nesl and MaKey MaKey will keep it going in the meantime.
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« Reply #77 on: June 11, 2012, 06:43:42 PM » |
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CAsinclair would mistakenly delete his kickstarter at 75%
And I am philosophically oppposed to these hype machine fads
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« Reply #78 on: June 11, 2012, 06:58:12 PM » |
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He would Sinclair his kickstarter at 75%.
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Medevenx
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« Reply #79 on: June 11, 2012, 07:28:35 PM » |
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Then why don't people go to Indiegogo instead? The support they get there is really low..
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Mr. LL
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« Reply #80 on: June 13, 2012, 12:24:49 PM » |
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Capntastic
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« Reply #81 on: June 13, 2012, 12:46:26 PM » |
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And I am philosophically oppposed to these hype machine fads
Kickstarter's been around a few years, it's not so much a fad as it's gotten far more attention from the general public due to the success of some of the bigger name projects-- not even just the videogame related ones. So if you think it's a hype-machine fad just because it's popular enough that you've heard of it, that's a silly way to look at things. |
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« Reply #82 on: June 13, 2012, 06:17:53 PM » |
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I've been on Tigsource for 5 years now, on the internet for much longer, I've seen my share of fads and the people defending them like they were the new coming of christ .
I think kickstarter will peter out of existence because this economic model can not sustain itself without hype. And hype obligatorily creates hate and disgust, with time.
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« Reply #83 on: June 13, 2012, 06:21:31 PM » |
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Oh so your definition of Kickstarter as a 'fad' is unfalsifiable solely because everything will eventually peter out, okay.
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Medevenx
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« Reply #84 on: June 13, 2012, 07:59:18 PM » |
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« Reply #85 on: June 14, 2012, 08:10:22 PM » |
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« Reply #86 on: June 14, 2012, 08:24:45 PM » |
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Shackhal
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« Reply #87 on: June 15, 2012, 12:57:49 PM » |
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And now today it's a $1000 more than needed. I want to see happy faces  |
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Tanner
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« Reply #89 on: June 25, 2012, 06:52:59 PM » |
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Holy crap, Pinball Arcade's getting the Twilight Zone!? I don't have the money but I will be buying that the instant it comes out.
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First play the game,
then let the game play you,
then you play game. - Hamletz
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