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Reply To: (KS) Ninja Division/Soda Pop out of money for Super Dungeon Explore: Legends

February 22, 2019 at 4:25 am #1352384

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I mentioned CMON because I had encountered people trying to say that CMON Kickstarters are super risky- BEFORE- that report came out. Like when Cthulhu Death May Die and Starcadia Quest were up, some folks were warning people away from their Kickstarters because of the ‘risk’

Basically, there was no reason to worry about CMON (and there still probably isn’t) and people were out forecasting doom and warning folks away from Kickstarters because they’re “risky.” I’m starting to see this on more and more Kickstarters, and when one does go belly up, there are always people around to say “There were red flags” whether or not there were any and with SDEL, there were none).

Some backers love to bring unlikely games to life, and enjoy taking a risk on a little company to give them a chance. That’s great, but a lot of backers want a sure thing, and only back companies that have established reputations.

I think that backers are becoming much more wary that a Kickstarter can fail- and what Ninja Division have done is shown us that a reliable and established company that puts on a very professional front and raise a huge gob of money can completely fail to deliver.

In summary, I think that Ninja Division’s failure is bad for Kickstarter and it is bad for the industry. Even with the report, I don’t think that backers from three years ago would be talking as if they were high risk the way that many do now.