Yokosuka wrote:
50 000 backers from 2 million potential old players including curious newcomers.
2.5% is very weak.
64,867 backers for a new Castlevania (essentially) on the bloodstained kick starter and doesn't take a genius to know there are probably millions who want one and will buy it at release.
The majority of the public do not pledge on kick starters. its that simple. If someone gets 50,000+ backers on a KS its a very good indicator it will do very well at release, reviews allowing.
ShenmueForeseen wrote: Hate to break it to you all but even 6 million won't be purely development funds, remember if you pledge you probably pledged enough for items such as a copy of the game, which means your pledge is mostly to fund manufacture of your game copy etc.
Thanks for "breaking" it too me, hope my heart can cope. There is so much wrong with that statement, if you even spent more than 5 minutes to look at the kick starter page it has a breakdown of where the KS money goes. 65-72% of it goes towards development, so your pledge is "mostly" going towards development.