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If you’ve taken a breath at any point in the last few years, you’ve probably heard of Kickstarter, the crowd funding website where anybody can contribute to the creation of various creative projects. The past few months have seen Kickstarter become a friend to small and indie game developers in particular, with endeavors such as Double Fine’s upcoming adventure, inXile’s Wasteland 2, and Harebrained Schemes’ Shadowrun Returns, among others, all proving to be massive successes. Today, AppsBlogger has posted the official success and failure rates for Kickstarter’s various projects for the first time ever, and while the majority of gaming-related endeavors have failed, the numbers can be still be seen as somewhat encouraging. 
Now, one may see gaming Kickstarters’ 57 percent failure rate as disheartening, but considering that most of these future titles wouldn’t even have had an opportunity to be entertained without the service, I’d say the indie game industry has found a pretty good friend for itself over the past few years. Here’s to its continued growth and success. By Jeff Dunn |