Continued from my last reply:
The shop makes everything even more complicated. I can see that Warhorse tries to imitate StarCitizen’s sales model. However, these two are completely different games. They also have different background. StarCitizen is a game that created by public funding. It doesn’t have investors or publishers. Every backer of StarCitizen is the investor. As a result, StarCitizen has to pay a lot of attention on public opinions.
The KCD is another story. They have a private investor. The kickstarter page is just a poll to see how many people will interest their game. So, the sale model of StarCitizen doesn’t fit KCD very well. The Warhorse shouldn’t open this shop. People are not expecting this shop originally. It changed the theory of Warhorse. Because of this shop, they probably will be threatened by backers. I don’t want to see this situation happen.
However, if they continue imitating StarCitizen, this game will be different. The Warhorse probably will be affected by public opinions, and change their theories. So, for those people who like the original game they promoted on Kickstarter, You guys better be prepared to face some big changes.
Again, I’m not judging their behaviors. I just simply list the possibilities of things that will happen in the future.
BTW, if they figure out a better way to run the shop, I will applaud. StarCitizen is a special case, and it can’t be imitated.
I hope the Warhorse can keep their style.