Gaming
Games Earned $172 Mil. USD Thanks to Kickstarter
It was a very complicated 2016 for Game Kickstarter projects. However, this year the crowdfunding website has a lot of reasons to celebrate. Crowdfunding for games rose very sharply on Kickstarter this year.
According to the tweet shown below belonging to Luke Crane. The amount of money pledged to successful projects was up 29 percent year over year. The game category includes aspects such as video games, tabletop games, card games and other kinds of similar categories.
https://twitter.com/Burning_Luke/status/946836732225507328
In 2016, Kickstarter crowdfunding as a whole was down significantly with 5.8 percent less in backer revenue than the year before. It was the first time it had seen a decline since its founding in 2009. I even reported the massive hit taken by the Video Game side of Kickstarter projects.
It’s not stated where these numbers actually come from specifically. They make mention of the Games category but they don’t disclose how much revenue comes from specific categories like Tabletop games.
However, if we take games such as Resident Evil 2: The Board Game into account. The influx of revenue majorly comes from the Tabletop crowdfunding projects. In 2015 Tabletop Games earned twice as much money as the video game category, and in 2016 it earned nearly six times as much.
Now, in a later post, Crane also revealed that the amount of money Kickstarter has gotten is 29% more than the amount generated last year. This also marks the record for most successful Kickstarter projects in this category alone.
Now, you know I’m going to mention games like Mighty No. 9 that have increased the skepticism in the Video Game Kickstarter world. The scene has been in a crisis for a very good reason. Not a lot of people are trusting projects like this anymore.
It’s a shame, games like Okinawa Rush are being clouded by the failure of gaming disappointments like Yooka-Laylee. But I guess this is part of the course for upcoming Kickstarter video game developers.
Since the excellent Baldur’s Gate 3 has been out in the wild for a while, interesting data can be gleaned, such as how players choose to play an innovative new RPG from home. Stats from developer Larian Studios and posted on the PlayStation Blog show that most people want to play as a stealthy archer like in Skyrim when given nearly limitless options.
According to a fascinating graph, Rogue/Ranger is the most popular multiclass build, with over 175,000 players using it to snipe unsuspecting enemies from range. The next two builds reveal similarly. 150,000 played Barbarian/Fighter because they loved pummeling things, and 109,00 played Barbarian/Paladin, which lets players talk to their victims before beatings.
More sense emerges as you descend. If the Paladin/Warlock/Sorcerer/Bard has high Charisma, any combination can be interesting. Charisma helps these classes cast spells and abilities and interact with NPCs outside of combat.
Playing a single class through Baldur’s Gate 3 feels great, which is what most players do. A pure Fighter or Wizard becomes so powerful by game’s end that we don’t blame you for not mixing things up!
Play as a Tiefling Oathbreaker Paladin, Dark Urge Origin (which you must resist), or Bard for real moral dilemmas. You could also play pseudo-Aragorn again.
Techland is continuing to release Dying Light 2 content as part of its long-term support. This is surprising since the meaty Good Night, Good Luck update was released a few months ago. It’s nice to know what’s coming, but no timeline was given.
IGN-exclusive roadmap trailers reveal more co-op missions, board quests, a tower raid, and replayable GRE anomalies. Executions and finishers may be added to the April Gut Feeling update, which overhauled melee mechanics. Graphical options, weapon repair, gear, and mod dismantling are always welcome.
Knives, polearms, and more enemy variants are coming, including a Nightmare difficulty. Changes to NG+ include firearms. Players can finally dress to their hearts’ content with new cosmetic options.
Has Techland’s Dying Light 2 support lured you back? Would you rather focus on something new?
Epic Games expanded the Fortnite V-Buck “pricing alignment” after laying off almost 900 employees, citing “inflation and currency fluctuations”. Fortnite’s premium currency will rise in international markets, including the largest.
Epic Games will raise the price of V-Bucks and real money content packs in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Eurozone countries, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and the US (including all US Dollar storefronts) on October 27.
Raising the price of this fictitious currency was successful when the company trialed it in the UK, Canada, and Mexico, so it was decided to announce it worldwide now. These USD increases range from $1 (1000 V-Bucks, previous $7.99) to $10 (13,500 V-Bucks, previous $79.99).
How do you view Epic’s timing and pricing increase?
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