5th Cell comments on Double Fine Kickstarter success, impact on industry
"What Tim and Double Fine have done is increased awareness of how Kickstarter works as a potential new model to fund indie games. Because of their bold move many more companies and potential investors will look into the Kickstarter model on a smaller scale. I'm glad it paid off for him.
"But the numbers thrown around are just too small to impact mainstream publishing or large developers. Most good XBLA, PSN or Steam indie games cost multiple millions of dollars. So asking for $400,000 (even though that target has now been exceeded) isn't going to net you much. The title Tim wanted to fund made a lot of sense, it's a 2D labor of love based on a dying genre that Tim is known for and publishers wouldn't want to touch.
"The shift of power keeps slowly creeping back to the creative talent. It's a very similar analogue how the early days of the film industry worked."- 5th Cell's Jeremiah Slaczka
I think this movement deserves a bit more credit than Mr. Slaczka is offering up. It's not just about the money raised, but the fact that publishers can see just how willing gamers are to spend cash on the projects they love.
"But the numbers thrown around are just too small to impact mainstream publishing or large developers. Most good XBLA, PSN or Steam indie games cost multiple millions of dollars. So asking for $400,000 (even though that target has now been exceeded) isn't going to net you much. The title Tim wanted to fund made a lot of sense, it's a 2D labor of love based on a dying genre that Tim is known for and publishers wouldn't want to touch.
"The shift of power keeps slowly creeping back to the creative talent. It's a very similar analogue how the early days of the film industry worked."- 5th Cell's Jeremiah Slaczka
I think this movement deserves a bit more credit than Mr. Slaczka is offering up. It's not just about the money raised, but the fact that publishers can see just how willing gamers are to spend cash on the projects they love.
