I really can't wait to see the reactions to the first "big" funded project like this when they finally release. Hell, I'm curious on the kind of sales to expect post-launch on them too.
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Wasteland 2 Kickstarter project by inXile entertainment [Ended, $3 Million Funded]
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I really can't wait to see the reactions to the first "big" funded project like this when they finally release. Hell, I'm curious on the kind of sales to expect post-launch on them too.
MightyHedgehog
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I think about all of the money I've thrown away on buying new games. Those games had long, well-produced videos, positive reviews, and detailed dissections available shortly before I bought them. Those games were $50-$60 apiece. Kicking $15-$30 to a not-so-good title in an almost completely extinct genre I love and miss isn't going to hurt anywhere near the level of being unhappy with a brand new console game and spending twice that. Plus, I like and trust the creators behind these projects...that's something that is very important when you remove the corporate brand and franchise filter.
They have 40k$ in paypall donations. So it's only 60k$ to reach target. Easy.
2,5 mln tier is promising and 3 mln tier is hard to say. If they will same surge as Double Fine at the end they will overfund it (tier 3).
2.1 - 2.4 max
Sentenza
Member
2,5 is very doable.
I'm very, very skeptic about the chances to reach 3 millions.
no way they will reach this.
Pachterballs
Banned
http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/
hey brian; fucking update your kickstart page with stuff! pissing me off.
I mean, he got his guys to do the counter. WTF!
brian fargo said:
hey brian; fucking update your kickstart page with stuff! pissing me off.
I mean, he got his guys to do the counter. WTF!
he did it yesterday
I'm talking about increasing slots, not modifying tier rewards. The $1k tier was already very popular, but it didn't get any more funding there because it was filled at its limit. The $2.5k tier already includes everything the $1k tier has but wasn't getting any play. They had already modified the $2.5k tier and it did almost nothing. Now they've simply doubled the $1k slots and it's already far more effective. It's just plain common sense, and it isn't really hindsight as I've been saying they should do that for a while now, so surely they must have thought of it earlier.
Those Double Fine tiers contained no such limitations. People simply went where they thought they'd get the most value, but they weren't restricted with those lower tiers. The fact that the $100 tier was so popular meant that they didn't have to do anything with the $60 one. People who went above $30 were paying $100 anyway. It would actually have been less beneficial for them to modify the $60 tier, as it would have probably ensured some people would go there instead of the highly popular $100 tier.
I don't think that new $2k tier will do much either. I don't think they can do anything with the $2.5k tier since (five) people have already pledged that amount, but they probably should have created 300 slots for $1k and done away with $2k altogether.
Either way, it will certainly reach its $2.1 million figure but I think they could have done quite a bit more, and done it fairly easily. Hopefully Obsidian learns from this when they create their own Kickstarter.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Should be at $2M inside of fifteen minutes or so. All they need is a new talent- and game-focused video and a more concrete $2.5M/$3M goal. They need that today or before the last seven days.
Pachterballs
Banned
with stuff.
MightyHedgehog
Member
This comment in update #8 seems to be one of the few hints for the timeline of WL2 and how it sits, time-wise, from the first game. 2087, and Bobby the child NPC from the town of Highpool is an old man at sixty to even eighty years later. I think they'll set this one twenty-five years later and amid a larger world that sees many of the same locations, older, changed, repopulated or devoid of friendly life/AI. Or, maybe, they'll make him into a cyborg that has lasted much longer than the typical wasteland dweller. As long as they stay rooted in that 80s retro-futurist take on things.Brian Fargo via WL2 KS Update #8 said:
Also, two million.
Portugeezer
Member
People seem to say that all the time.
It'll easily make it to $2.1 million. The inevitable surge in the final 24-48 hours alone will ensure that, but it'll certainly make it to that beforehand. The added slots in the $1k tier are gonna help quite a bit, along with more updates.
Fargo tweeted this last night:
Which only reinforces what I was saying earlier, but I won't belabor the point.
Fargo tweeted this last night:
Which only reinforces what I was saying earlier, but I won't belabor the point.
Hey awesome! I asked inXile a question about getting the $50 shipped to an address that I don't have yet because I'm going to be changing jobs and home addresses in the next 6 months. If anyone is curious:
Turns out I will be able to give them an address much closer to the release. Thank god, as that's what was keeping me from a Boxed Copy. I'm so in for an "old school instruction book", large box, and cloth map. I hope to god the instruction book continues the gag joke of going to Mars from the original. It was such a shame that everyone died
inXile entertainment said:
Turns out I will be able to give them an address much closer to the release. Thank god, as that's what was keeping me from a Boxed Copy. I'm so in for an "old school instruction book", large box, and cloth map. I hope to god the instruction book continues the gag joke of going to Mars from the original. It was such a shame that everyone died
the_prime_mover
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Hey awesome! I asked inXile a question about getting the $50 shipped to an address that I don't have yet because I'm going to be changing jobs and home addresses in the next 6 months. If anyone is curious:
Turns out I will be able to give them an address much closer to the release. Thank god, as that's what was keeping me from a Boxed Copy. I'm so in for an "old school instruction book", large box, and cloth map. I hope to god the instruction book continues the gag joke of going to Mars from the original. It was such a shame that everyone died
That is great, and such fortuitous timing. I was thinking about upping my contribution but I too will be moving in the near future.
A Human Becoming
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I disagree with this assessment. I think it's more likely someone will go to the $60 tier from $30 than someone going from $100 to $60. The gap is much smaller. Even if some people did go down, I think they would have made more money by simply having more popular options.
AndyMoogle
Member
With the paypal funding it should be above 2.1 by tomorrow at latest.
People have been asking for an Avellone/Fargo video where they shoot the shit on CRPGs (similar to that Schafer/Gilbert vid).
Maybe that'll come to pass. Avellone said this on Twitter recently:
So they are aware of it, to some extent.
Maybe they are saving that for a final push. I think they also were caught a bit off guard with the success of the KS. They had a big goal and I bet they were nervous about it. Even the Avellone/Obsidian involvement seemed more reactive than planned. 2.5 millions with an one hour video talk between Fargo/Avellone is perfectly doable and it will be a real treat for all of us.
Ignis Fatuus
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People have been asking for an Avellone/Fargo video where they shoot the shit on CRPGs (similar to that Schafer/Gilbert vid).
Maybe that'll come to pass. Avellone said this on Twitter recently:
So they are aware of it, to some extent.
They read my post!
Make it happen!
And I disagree with your assessment of my assessment.
They've had 16 people snagging that $1k tier since they opened up more slots yesterday. Whether or not we agree on how well Double Fine did their tiers, this was clearly something that needed to be done, and it would have helped to do it earlier. And I still think inXile should have added even more $1k slots, but maybe they will.
1. What made you think it was Paypal? My Kickstarter payments have gone through Amazon.
2. "The digital copies will be made available through Steam and other DRM free digital distribution methods."
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Those questions are all answered on the page. There is no PayPal unless you can't use Amazon for some reason. It will be available on Steam.
Ignis Fatuus
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HP_Wuvcraft
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Easily 2,1 by tomorrow. 2,5 wont be a problem either at this rate, factoring in the last day funding. I mean its a little extreme, but I don't think they'll land too far off the 3M. Maybe 2,8M now if they finally get their Shit together for their KS updates.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
New reward tier and stuff:
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
New $55 Reward Tier: the all-digital pack.
No physical items, just digital versions of the stack.
EDIT: Beaten. Curses.
No physical items, just digital versions of the stack.
EDIT: Beaten. Curses.
Opening up more $1k slots was highly significant. I know I keep harping on that but it's the plain truth. 19 new backers on it already since yesterday, so $19,000 bucks from that tier alone in a day.
The fact that it's also getting ever closer to that $2.1 million mark also helps.
Pachterballs
Banned
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2
that video. pushed it up 50k? 50k to go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk-baSDDJ14&feature=player_embedded
* why would he link that video? The harddrive guy is annoying as fuck and the interview doesn't add anything new and its kind of stupid. I wish he put an avellon/him/inxile video
that video. pushed it up 50k? 50k to go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk-baSDDJ14&feature=player_embedded
* why would he link that video? The harddrive guy is annoying as fuck and the interview doesn't add anything new and its kind of stupid. I wish he put an avellon/him/inxile video
Well, that video is like two weeks old.
That video was uploaded back on Update 6.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Currently at $20,094.
Pachterballs
Banned
?
Its at 2,056,331+ 40,580
2096911
$3089 away from 2.1 million
Its at 2,056,331+ 40,580
2096911
$3089 away from 2.1 million
I think we're DEFINITELY in the clear even if somehow it stayed perfectly in place. That's so close Brian Fargo would cover the difference or something.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Just broke 2.1k.
So nice!
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
By tomorrow, we should have $2.1k Vanilla.
StoppedInTracks
Member
I can already taste the Avellone mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Obsidian get.
I was looking over the credits to Arcanum, and it's incredible how few people are required to make a huge, deep role playing game compared to the asset and cinematic heavy games we see elsewhere.
I was looking over the credits to Arcanum, and it's incredible how few people are required to make a huge, deep role playing game compared to the asset and cinematic heavy games we see elsewhere.
viewtifulsub
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I'll donate all my savings for a tier reward of Chris Avellone tucking me in at night and reading a few pages from one of his scripts.
Rawket Lawnchair
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It sounds so good. Damn, now I think it's time for me to pledge as well. But pledge how much? Hmmm, long weekend of pondering the amount, ahead.