Broken Age (formerly Double Fine Adventure) (Finally complete!)

[EvilMog]

So when this bombs maybe people will start a fundraiser for something worthy rather than a videogame.

[Joust Williams]

It can't possibly bomb though. They're getting money that they don't have to pay back with a *successful* product. In most cases, you need to deliver a successful product regardless of quality. In this case, you probably have to deliver a good product regardless of success. Depending on your definitions, the correlation changes, but since we like to whine about that stuff, I'll just say it isn't close to +1.

The publisher IS the target audience (without the responsibilities of actually, well, publishing the game).

[EvilMog]

That's true. If they sell one they can scream success.

[Frogacuda]

So when this bombs maybe people will start a fundraiser for something worthy rather than a videogame.

The only way for this to "bomb" is if the game doesn't come out. It's not even like a pre-sale, they're literally putting all the money back into the product, because the product itself is the end goal, not maximizing profits. If profit was the goal, they would still stick with the original budget even after exceeding that goal.

The WHOLE point is that this is a game that wouldn't be made otherwise, because it isn't the type of game that sells a great deal. To quantify this game's success in terms of sales is ridiculous.

That said, obviously it will make a profit, because they're selling it directly (or close to directly) and any sales at all is profit.

[epmode]

Fools.

So when this bombs maybe people will start a fundraiser for something worthy rather than a videogame.

That's true. If they sell one they can scream success.

You are making the strangest posts in this thread.

[Spent]

What was his last good game? Psychonauts? How did Brutal Legend turn out again? I predict disappointment.

[Joust Williams]

I have high hopes for a PnC-ish adventure game though. I feel there will be a focus in this game, something that BL lacked.

[Frogacuda]

What was his last good game? Psychonauts?

I haven't heard one bad thing about Iron Brigade, and that was only a few months ago. I didn't play it myself though.

How did Brutal Legend turn out again?

I think you might be looking at this from the wrong angle. Everyone loves Double Fine's stories, writing, and characters. So this is them making a kind of game focused more on story, writing and character.

[Tain]

So when this bombs maybe people will start a fundraiser for something worthy rather than a videogame.

lol, great humanitarian EvilMog lookin' down on people on the internet who want to entertain themselves.

[Frogacuda]

I like how he thinks this is coming out of people's charity budget and not just money they would have spent on different games that aren't catering to their own small niche.