knightsljx

I think a lot of people are missing the point. Backers are very different from pre-orders. If you pre-order a game from Steam or any shop, and the developer tanks, you can go to the retailer and ask for a refund. Backers on Kickstarter basically threw their money in sight unseen. If the developers takes the money and run, there's no avenue for backers to get their money back. It's a system based heavily on trust. And trust IS a subjective issue. Whch is why Backers should not be treated as normal pre-orders. The impact goes far beyond just Obsidian and PoE. A backer with a sour experience is far less likely to back another project, so gaming projects down the line will suffer from every project that doesn't handle their Backers properly. Especially a project as big as PoE from an established developer like Obsidian Calling Backers self-entitled? I think Backers do deserve better because of the reasons above. Backers can be seen as partial investors. Just as publishers have a say in what the developers do, Backers should be entitled to some degree of opinion.