novurdim Posted February 22, 2019 Posted February 22, 2019 14 hours ago, Naterocks2000 said: I wasn't blaming anyone for high prices here. Honestly, with the Hoshimemo disaster, I don't blame Favorite for the prices they charge for licenses. Ah, sorry for the misunderstanding, I actually didn't mean you specifically, I have just recently had similar discussions all over the place. Quote
Antera Posted February 22, 2019 Posted February 22, 2019 11 days left and its only on 40K. I am afraid KS might tank Quote
yelsha57 Posted February 22, 2019 Author Posted February 22, 2019 46 minutes ago, Antera said: 11 days left and its only on 40K. I am afraid KS might tank Yeah, the pledge's aren't going much higher. I just saw the pledges go down a little bit. Would it of done better if it was Astral Air? I still want to read Irrotoridori, of course. I was just wondering if it was popular as Astral Air. Quote
Antera Posted February 23, 2019 Posted February 23, 2019 6 hours ago, yelsha57 said: Yeah, the pledge's aren't going much higher. I just saw the pledges go down a little bit. Would it of done better if it was Astral Air? I still want to read Irrotoridori, of course. I was just wondering if it was popular as Astral Air. Hard to tell. People generally no longer trust KS. Maybe there is also problem with name recognition Quote
yelsha57 Posted February 23, 2019 Author Posted February 23, 2019 39 minutes ago, Antera said: Hard to tell. People generally no longer trust KS. Maybe there is also problem with name recognition Yeah, I guess that is part of the problem, and yeah Ive read horror stories about Kickstarters. I could never back one. I just watch the pledges and hope it succeeds. I know some Kickstarters did good, but I guess it depends what it is. Quote
Stormwolf Posted February 23, 2019 Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, yelsha57 said: Yeah, I guess that is part of the problem, and yeah Ive read horror stories about Kickstarters. I could never back one. I just watch the pledges and hope it succeeds. I know some Kickstarters did good, but I guess it depends what it is. Same here. I'd buy it if they were to take the chance of translating and selling, but the kickstarter route is not one i support. Although i sincerely wish they succeed, even though they don't get any support from me and those who are like minded. Edited February 23, 2019 by Stormwolf Antera and yelsha57 2 Quote
yelsha57 Posted February 27, 2019 Author Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/solpress/irotoridori-no-sekai-a-visual-novel-by-favorite/comments# I do kinda agree, that it was a bad idea. There are so many other projects that other vn developers are busy funding. I also agree about the rewards, and how they should of been distributed better. Edited February 27, 2019 by yelsha57 Quote
Incynerate Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) Yeah, it looks like very few people went for the higher-$ physical tiers. It seems like they either weren't priced very well or aren't things people were interested in getting. Somebody did pledge the $5k tier, but it sounds like that was somebody on /vn/ who probably wasn't serious. I think Doddler raised some good points on Twitter. Sol Press probably got a good number of the hardcore VN audience in the first couple days but doesn't have the reach to hit a wider audience, like JAST or Sekai has. Maybe an English title and logo would have helped with that wider appeal. If they try this again they might need to rethink the reward tiers and get a promotional partner. Edited February 27, 2019 by Incynerate yelsha57 1 Quote
novurdim Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) Almost 40k may be too much for the final burst, even Sol managers almost seem apathetic and don't try much of anything to spread the word. Hopefully they'll try again if the worst comes to it... Edited February 28, 2019 by novurdim Quote
Stormwolf Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 Had they just used their heads (if they have any) they would have realized how damn steep this kickstarters funding requirement was. Naturally it could have succeeded, but the chance for that was low. Quote
sanahtlig Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) What sort of publicity has Sol Press done outside of Kickstarter? Have they made any attempt to reach out to users who weren't already following them and this project? Edited February 28, 2019 by sanahtlig Quote
Naterocks2000 Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 4 hours ago, sanahtlig said: What sort of publicity has Sol Press done outside of Kickstarter? Have they made any attempt to reach out to users who weren't already following them and this project? Honestly, I've only seen a handful of people say they've seen ads for it on facebook and other like apps. It seems like they completely gave up on the advertisement portion of the kickstarter. It's a shame really. yelsha57 1 Quote
Mugi Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 Another kickstarter inevitably bites the dust. Shame, I wanted to try this out pretty badly yelsha57 1 Quote
yelsha57 Posted March 1, 2019 Author Posted March 1, 2019 3 hours ago, Mugi said: Another kickstarter inevitably bites the dust. Shame, I wanted to try this out pretty badly Same here Quote
yelsha57 Posted March 1, 2019 Author Posted March 1, 2019 Well the pledges are now up to 52k, it still has a long way to go. Quote
novurdim Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 6 hours ago, Mugi said: Another kickstarter inevitably bites the dust. Shame, I wanted to try this out pretty badly Did we really have so many major kickstarter flops? I... don't think we did? I can't even remember any serious KS failures except ChuSinGura (which was horribly butchered to begin with and had released later anyway) and Sharin (which then had a successful second try). It's not that bad. I'd even say that if Iroseka ends up not gathering 85k, it's more like a single relatively unusual mishap. Quote
Mugi Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 10 hours ago, novurdim said: Did we really have so many major kickstarter flops? I... don't think we did? I can't even remember any serious KS failures except ChuSinGura (which was horribly butchered to begin with and had released later anyway) and Sharin (which then had a successful second try). It's not that bad. I'd even say that if Iroseka ends up not gathering 85k, it's more like a single relatively unusual mishap. Talking less about VN Kickstarters and more about Kickstarters for games in general. Quote
Antera Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 I am afraid KS has tanked officially. they need some kind of magic now to fund base goal Quote
kokoro Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Antera said: I am afraid KS has tanked officially. they need some kind of magic now to fund base goal They won't reach the base goal, but it doesn't matter because Xeviax has said on 4chan that he can find other ways to fund an Iroseka project. Quote
Stormwolf Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 Guess we'll see a sekai project announcement soon! Quote
novurdim Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 This is honestly the first time when a VN-translation KS that I expected to fight for 100k failed to meet even the base goal. Hope it doesn't hurt the guys too bad. Ganbare, Sol Press! Quote
yelsha57 Posted March 5, 2019 Author Posted March 5, 2019 Well I hope if it doesn't reach, there will be another plan. I don't know what though. Quote
Stormwolf Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 12 hours ago, kokoro said: They won't reach the base goal, but it doesn't matter because Xeviax has said on 4chan that he can find other ways to fund an Iroseka project. He should have done that to begin with. This is not an amount anyone should ask for for a vn translation. Quote
novurdim Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Stormwolf said: He should have done that to begin with. This is not an amount anyone should ask for for a vn translation. It actually is. Nandemonai 1 Quote
Stormwolf Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 2 hours ago, novurdim said: It actually is. For a vn many haven't heard of and no particular advertising? Certainly not. The campaign results speaks for themselves. Quote
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