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No, and never will.
People just cant be happy with what they have? Human nature.
There are better causes to spend money on.. better causes to donate for .
If whoever doesnt have the funding to make/complete certain something.. take out a loan from the bank? Taking the general public's money to complete a game/software o.O profit both ways.
Though I dislike the concept from an investor standpoint (from the me being an investor anyway, cofunding* through crowdfunding is quite OK) I am not sure I can get to the moralistic viewpoint. Better causes, depending upon how you view the world absolutely but given part of this living lark includes free use of your resources then this would be an aspect of that.
Bank loan... though such things have long existed it was not always that it was the default place to go to, somewhat ironically it was often community investment funds and they were not noted for their opposition to the arts, see also patronage (though this is probably closer to angel investment nowadays). Similarly if I was a bank/VC fund I would be most apprehensive about funding a art project (even proper investors are encouraged to really know what they are doing before they sink any money into such things -- rapidly changing and somewhat unpredictable tastes, low volumes of output and narrow income streams all make for a decidedly risky venture).
*not really at directed at ShawnTRods but at various points in the past several traditional developers/publishers have expressed an interest in partially crowdfunding something. For reasons I could not understand (the best I ever got back was something nebulous like "purity"/"it is for the little guy") such moves were often met with hostility. What are the present opinions on the matter?
Edit. Forget the "be happy with what they have" part. Arguably some are but trying to improve your lot in life is usually seen as a positive thing.
A game or two wont improve my life in any way ya its a good way of killing some time and then?
there are so many games in the market, so many existing and so many coming out.
If people are willing to donate to game developers, why are those same people not giving any money Syria, africa or any other country in need?
but anyway, gaming is a hobby, addiction and life for some lol. Everyone's got different views
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if GBAtemp was ever in need of donation, I would gladly donate. Costello, shaun or anyone is getting nothing out of it.
But those game developers are.
No, and never will.
People just cant be happy with what they have? Human nature.
There are better causes to spend money on.. better causes to donate for .
If whoever doesnt have the funding to make/complete certain something.. take out a loan from the bank? Taking the general public's money to complete a game/software o.O profit both ways.
A game or two wont improve my life in any way ya its a good way of killing some time and then?
there are so many games in the market, so many existing and so many coming out.
If people are willing to donate to game developers, why are those same people not giving any money Syria, africa or any other country in need?
but anyway, gaming is a hobby, addiction and life for some lol. Everyone's got different views
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if GBAtemp was ever in need of donation, I would gladly donate. Costello, shaun or anyone is getting nothing out of it.
But those game developers are.
Because people aren't "donating", they're purchasing the game. You'll notice that very few backers pledge less than the first reward tier, and the most backers pledge amounts that give them the product being funded. In fact, projects that can't deliver their end product to backers tend to fail. People are buying the product the campaign is supposed to finance.If people are willing to donate to game developers, why are those same people not giving any money Syria, africa or any other country in need?
I stumbled upon these today:Edit - About to fund this holy shit that's neat http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...-cell-phone-based-microscope?ref=discover_pop