Court Smacks Down Star Citizen Refunds

Oof. Get wrecked.

I know someone who started a game with a substantial backing from Kickstarter. He was developing with then his wife, who was the major developer. But things went sour and they got divorced and the wife took the rest of the money for development of the game. He is slowly refunding all his kickstarter funders as best he can. Kickstarter is very clear you need to release a product or give out refunds. Problem is when product stays in development. Kickstarter needs to control how long projects have to come to completion in their terms. It says it on Kickstarters site: It is a contract between the creator and the backer to deliver those rewards as promised. Not a donation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REUAt0OO-2A A major example of the feature creep that has kept me from pledging

Thats why i never backed Star Citizen Its just going to be in development hell for ever and feature creep hard

i never... realised how short ashley is and or how tall gus is

I am interested in Star Citizen. If it ever comes out, I'll definitely be buying it. But, at this point, I'm not even sure if it will ever come out, so I'll wait to give them my money.

These conversations come up every once in a while, and it always brings up the topic of Kickstarter and refunds. In my opinion, Kickstarter shouldn't make developers guarantee refunds if a product is not delivered, as long as the developer can prove where the money went (if all the money went to development but shit happened that prevented the product from being delivered, well, shit happens). I always thought of Kickstarter pledges as being capital investment. It might pay off one day, or it might fail utterly. I never sympathize with people who donate to something and never get a product. It's a possibility that people should be aware of when they donate. I donated to Harebrained Schemes' Battletech project because I love Battletech and they are an established publisher, though they have made some flops. However, it was money that I was prepared to lose if nothing came of it.