Crowdsourcing: Kickstarter, Crowd-funding, and You

posted by Kenny (more from this author)
Thursday, Mar 15, 2012 - 8:19 am (PDT)

There's been a lot of buzz lately about Tim Schafer's new Double Fine project hitting $3 million on Kickstarter lately. Other companies are beginning to take notice and to start their own Kickstarter projects as well. But there are some lingering questions about the crowd-funded approach that no one seems to be asking.

 

First off, crowd publishing may be new now, but what happens if it suddenly becomes the norm? Let's say EA decides they want to try to launch a new IP,…

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