Investigating the funding method is the most interesting part of the story of the game so far. Kickstarter has had and will continue to have massive ramifications on the future of the video games we play, so of course it's a big story.
I guarantee Ben Kuchera doesn't give a shit about Shenmue Fan #431 who happily contributed, but is more concerned with how this funding scheme changes the game of VideoGame Production (tm).
Hmmm... he cares so much and yet does no investigating of his own. All he's done is taken quotes other people have gotten and then give his own misleading interpretation of the quotes.
I guarantee he doesn't give a shit about anything except for clicks.