I think this project will clear 10 million without breaking a sweat.

[AlphaWhelp]

I realize momentum died down somewhat, but there are 30 days left. I have high hopes.

 

Maybe with enough money, Obsidian can hire a few more people and get the game released ahead of schedule.

[Infinitron]

I can say with a high degree of certainty that it won't make ten million.

 

The schedule is already very tight. Adding more money will in fact give Obsidian more reason to extend it. More money = more months of salary that they can pay.

 

And that's precisely what they should be doing. More time = more polish, better game. There's no way around that.

Edited September 16, 2012 by Infinitron

[LadyCrimson]

I think 10 million is a pretty big reach. Things tend to get slow in the middle, then pick up towards the end. But 3-5 is well within the realm of possibility.

[LadySpace]

I think your optimism is adorable and that we should cherish and nurture it lest the world take it away from you.

 

In all seriousness, 4 million or bust.

Edited September 16, 2012 by LadySpace

[NateOwns]

They'll hit 2 million easy, we can only hope they hit 10 million! I would love to see what Obsidian can do with 10 million to work on this game!

[Darth Trethon]

Yeah I fully agree.....10 is definitely doable. I would love to see a bit of an impossible miracle and have them break the 20 or even 30 million mark.

[Gazoinks]

Yeah I fully agree.....10 is definitely doable. I would love to see a bit of an impossible miracle and have them break the 20 or even 30 million mark.

If they somehow get above ten mil I will be expecting cookies to come with my game download... somehow. Or a life-sized statue of Chris, Tim, and J.E. That'd be cool too. ;P

[oldmanpaco]

This is going to slow down big time. They are kind of letting the core base down by pandering to the biodrones and those people are still in middle-school or stay at home moms. Not a lot of disposable income.

[Volourn]

I doubt it will reach 10mil. It'll awesome if it reach 5. I say 3-4mil is a reasonble goal for a porject this size. And, 5 would be SUPER DUPER AWESOMESAUCE.

[nikolokolus]

I can say with a high degree of certainty that it won't make ten million.

 

The schedule is already very tight. Adding more money will in fact give Obsidian more reason to extend it. More money = more months of salary that they can pay.

 

And that's precisely what they should be doing. More time = more polish, better game. There's no way around that.

 

I don't mean to quibble too much, but more money doesn't really mean more time, it just means hiring more warm bodies to do work in the time allotted. FWIW, there isn't a chance in hell they hit ten million; 2.5 might even be a push.

[Humanoid]

I could see a figure approaching that, if you were to include long-term Paypal pledges: that is, assuming the scenario that contributions will continue to be accepted over the next year. Say it finally closed six months out from release date - i.e. late 2013 - I can see a fair chunk of people "pledging" then as an effective pre-order for a game that should be then be a pretty known quantity.

[Gazoinks]

I doubt it will reach 10mil. It'll awesome if it reach 5. I say 3-4mil is a reasonble goal for a porject this size. And, 5 would be SUPER DUPER AWESOMESAUCE.

Yeah, there's no way it'll reach 10 mil. But if it does I'll be expecting statues of the team, made out of cookies.

[WDeranged]

If they reach ten million I demand two drops of Avellone's ball sweat for every backer.

Edited September 16, 2012 by WDeranged

[Darth Trethon]

This is going to slow down big time. They are kind of letting the core base down by pandering to the biodrones and those people are still in middle-school or stay at home moms. Not a lot of disposable income.

 

Oh I don't think so. They seek to be true to the good BioWare games of old not the newer games they made....the ones that started attracting the fans you refer to as Biodrones and the description for Project Eternity is essentially that of the ultimate, flawless RPG. There is no pandering or disappointment that I see coming in the foreseeable future. If the core fans were disappointed the game would not have raised nearly 1.2 million in just about a day. It would likely still be sitting at less than 100k.

[Leferd]

The key to getting more pledges is to get more publicity and press. Not just from the gaming websites, but also like Reddit, slashdot, uncrate etc. If they get featured in mainstream newspapers and magazines, they'll get a huge bump.

[Darth Trethon]

The key to getting more pledges is to get more publicity and press. Not just from the gaming websites, but also like Reddit, slashdot, uncrate etc. If they get featured in mainstream newspapers and magazines, they'll get a huge bump.

 

Well with the present pledges they should have a clear green light to pay for additional exposure....if done properly it'll pay back a thousand fold.

[Axis-II]

Given there has only been one project to break $10 million, I don't see this one being the second. But Shadowrun Returns raised nearly 460% funding, so I could see PE raising around $4.5-5mil by the end.

[mrmud]

It will never hit 10 mil and thats fine.

Looking at the current way it is tracking and comparing that to shadowrun and wasteland 2 it could make 4 million though.

[Gorth]

The key to getting more pledges is to get more publicity and press. Not just from the gaming websites, but also like Reddit, slashdot, uncrate etc. If they get featured in mainstream newspapers and magazines, they'll get a huge bump.

Quoted for truth. I think they underestimated the initial response and got caught a bit with their pants down. They do need to get the marketing up and running and that pretty soon.

 

I think 10 million is a pretty big reach. Things tend to get slow in the middle, then pick up towards the end. But 3-5 is well within the realm of possibility.

Exactly. I've only followed a few Kickstarters, but they all followed a pattern of large initial burst followed by a long, almost "flatlined" curve with slow but steady trickle of pledges followed by the last 24 hour burst which was even larger than the initial burst.

3-5 million would be nice, but I think the cautious optimists hope for 3, yet prepare for less.

[Darji]

10 Million is out of the question. But if they Reach it I will demand that they skip their new IP and make Baldurs Gate 3 XD.

 

And no it will not happen^^

[Sensuki]

TBH they probably would get more if the $20 pledge wasn't limited to 25,000 (this is the one I chose).