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Psychonauts 2 Announced (Crowdfunding on Fig, PC/PS4/XB1, UE4, $3.3M goal--funded!)
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KiteGr
Member
I also tried to invest on Original Sin 2, but the Capital Controls in Greece blocked in the end any transaction I tried to make.
Attempting to donate now would only cause the problem a fake inflation and get no money from me when the time is up.
Also... No retail for Consoles...
Attempting to donate now would only cause the problem a fake inflation and get no money from me when the time is up.
Also... No retail for Consoles...
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Yeah they're still destined to get funded - that's a certainty at this point - but no physical edition for consoles is killing the momentum they would have had. If you look at the Kicktraq of Shenmue 3 that campaign was all but dead until the PS4 physical edition was announced causing momentum to generate and the pledges to increase by a factor of ten. Momentum was then sustained for the rest of the campaign. I'm pretty sure Shenmue 3 only reached the ridiculous funding level that it eventually did because of the physical edition for consoles. Even the hardest of hardcore Psychonauts fans would love a physical copy sitting on their shelf and that may be preventing them from pledging.
I think this may have been an oversight by Double Fine - or perhaps something not possible?
Originally I pledged for just the standard PC copy, and was tempted to throw down the extra money for the console version as well. Until I realized that the console version would only be a digital copy. At that point I decided to just stick with the PC one. I rather have any sort of digital games on PC then console. I just feel PC digital titles are more worthwhile and long lasting compared to console digital stuff. If a physical version was released for consoles I would be all over that though.
CecilRousso
Member
How many other crowdfunded projects have so far successfully delivered physical copies for PS4/Xbox One?
Admiral Woofington
Member
I don't think any released crowndfunded projects so far even had a physical console copy in the mix. It's been all digital.
Shovel Knight is on PS4, 3DS, and WiiU physically I think.
saveweyard
Banned
That wasn't a part of the kickstarter though
Admiral Woofington
Member
I stand corrected. To be fair it wasn't released at the same time as the digital versions.
It's a new trend that started this past year so none of the games that offered that during their campaign have come out yet. Mighty No 9 will have a physical edition but that was announced way long after the campaign ended when a publisher jumped aboard. Shovel Knight had a recent physical release but that had nothing to do with their campaign. Bloodstained, Shenmue 3 and Indivisible are the only campaigns I'm aware of that offered/offer physical console versions in their campaigns/slacker backer programs.
Definitely been picking up speed this last day. As expected for the final week.
Gonna be interesting to see what it ends at.
Guess this is really happening, then. Psychonauts 2, after all these years.
Brutal Legend 2 next?
psychotron
Member
Just pledged for basic braining plus PS4 download. Feels so good!
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Less than 40K to go! I think I would have been a little heart broken if something as awesome as this didn't get funded. Super glad to see it succeed.
Dicktatorship
Junior Member
I bet Erik Wolpaw is glad to be writing games again. Please let this get funded!
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Awesome.
Yeah now I feel like my worries were unfounded - this'll be funded in a matter of hours. Best gaming news of 2016 so far coming up!Winnie the Pimp
Member
Just read this news and.... yeah.... time to finally finish the first game after owning (and enjoying ) it for like 6 years now or something. Just never got around to it and got sidetracked way too much. This is just the excuse i needed
Madrugador
Member
Didn't realize there are only six days left. Good thing we are almost there!
Brutal Legend 2 next?
If they hit $980k, they'll take the RTS elements out of the game.
If they hit $1M, they'll put them back in.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Game was guaranteed to get funded when they only had like 200k to go with 8 days. Kickstarters with less cult followings than psychonauts have made it in that time.
It's a tough goal to promise as part of the crowdfunding effort, but there have definitely been examples of Kickstarter projects that eventually got a physical release. Divinity: Original Sin leaps readily to mind.
I'm a bit of a noob with crowd funding but I love Psychonauts. I was looking at the I am Razputin tier and it says includes the plush and all previous tier rewards but then in the individual list of items it fails to list the signed art prints and physical copies of the games (although it lists collector's box which should contain the physical pc games). I know I'm being paranoid but I've seen Kickstarters with tricky wording on tier/rewards before. Does anyone know if there is a cross chart for tiers/rewards? Or is it straight forward and I'm being dumb?
Also is there any word on stretch goals of any kind? I didn't see anything St a glance.
Also is there any word on stretch goals of any kind? I didn't see anything St a glance.
Admiral Woofington
Member
they've gotten crap for stretch goals before I think. But anyways don't expect to see any until at the very least they hit the initial goal.
It's only $15k away, it'll be done today lol
crazygambit
Member
I took a look at the investment terms and honestly they're pretty awful.
They need to sell 700k units at full price just so you can recoup your money, which is already an iffy proposition, but there's almost no room for upside.
Even if the game is wildly successful and sells 4 million fucking units at full price, you're not even tripling your money.
Then they bullshit you by telling you that the first game sold 1.7 million units, but there's no way in hell the average wholesale price was $21. They sold less than 100k units the year it launched (and I'm being generous and thinking all of those were at full price). The vast majority of those sales were probably at something closer to $7-$10.
Considering you're looking at at least 3 years before you see any money back the potential returns seem pretty pitiful for the amount of risk involved.
A shame really, I was looking forward to investing, because this seems like a pretty interesting idea, but you're essentially investing equity without gaining any shares of the business. It's kinda like a preferred stock, but shitier.
I wonder how many people they'll get to invest.
They need to sell 700k units at full price just so you can recoup your money, which is already an iffy proposition, but there's almost no room for upside.
Even if the game is wildly successful and sells 4 million fucking units at full price, you're not even tripling your money.
Then they bullshit you by telling you that the first game sold 1.7 million units, but there's no way in hell the average wholesale price was $21. They sold less than 100k units the year it launched (and I'm being generous and thinking all of those were at full price). The vast majority of those sales were probably at something closer to $7-$10.
Considering you're looking at at least 3 years before you see any money back the potential returns seem pretty pitiful for the amount of risk involved.
A shame really, I was looking forward to investing, because this seems like a pretty interesting idea, but you're essentially investing equity without gaining any shares of the business. It's kinda like a preferred stock, but shitier.
I wonder how many people they'll get to invest.
liliththepale
Banned
You're not wrong, but it's not their fault either. Most games don't make huge margins, just enough to fund the next project or two (aka doubling or tripling investment).
Admiral Woofington
Member
I think most investors realize, or I hope they do, that they aren't likely to make money but maybe they'll be able to get their investment back.
A Double Fine title isn't the best money making scheme.
A Double Fine title isn't the best money making scheme.
Yeah, I think too many people hear "investment" and expect some kind of "get rich quick" scheme when I doubt that's the intent. You're not going to become a self-made millionaire from investing in this game. It's just an option for people with lots of disposable income (i.e., people with $500+ to throw at crowdfunding) to possibly make their money back along with some modest dividends down the road, while at the same time backing a game they want to see come to fruition. Since such people are happy to spend thousands of dollars for rewards of dubious value on Kickstarter (e.g., $4500 to name a street vendor in Shenmue 3!), it's hardly the worst deal in the world, but you also need to be realistic about the investment.
So a couple of days ago I sent Double Fine Support an e-mail asking why I hadn't gotten a confirmation e-mail from them for pledging money through Paypal. Got a pretty quick response saying that they'd get back to me about that. Then today:
Obviously it's no longer a problem now that they're actually sending these out, but still surprising that this campaign has been going on for a month without them doing this.
So they didn't send out confirmation e-mails for Paypal pledgers at all until now? O_O
Obviously it's no longer a problem now that they're actually sending these out, but still surprising that this campaign has been going on for a month without them doing this.
misses bull
Banned
we did it!
Admiral Woofington
Member
awesome. I mean I didn't back it yet, i've been holding off in case of an emergency. I'll be buying it digitally on PS4 once it's out since it just didn't seem like a good deal for consoles. But if a stretch goal I really want appears I'll help out.
boredJonathan
Member
Honestly, I loved Psychonauts - and I'm super happy 2 is being made, and I'm looking forward to it...
But I think I'm actually more excited about getting more 2 Player documentaries out of Double Fine. Loved the Broken Age videos more than I actually ended up liking Broken Age itself. Even if the new Psychonauts doesn't live up to expectations, I know I'll at least get some good stuff to watch out of the deal.
But I think I'm actually more excited about getting more 2 Player documentaries out of Double Fine. Loved the Broken Age videos more than I actually ended up liking Broken Age itself. Even if the new Psychonauts doesn't live up to expectations, I know I'll at least get some good stuff to watch out of the deal.