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Article #682954Re: Wasteland 2
From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:02
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:02
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:17:58 GMT, BDB <noemail@yahoo.com> wrote: >Rin Stowleigh wrote: >> >> Wasteland 2 coming for the PC >> >> >> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2 > >Interesting, they want the users to fund development and thus assume >the risk if the project fails, but at the same time if it succeeds >they would get to keep all the proceeds. Nice business model if you >can get people to buy into it. Would make more sense to me if they >were going to open source it. Some would say the risk is minimized by the fact you're promised the game from a reputable source for $15, DRM free upon release. They have already apparently got folks to buy into it, the funding goal was met in a couple of days.
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