11/8/2022 0 Comments Hyperspace kickstarter![]() ![]() That store paid $50 to $60 to its distributor. Suppose there’s a game with an MSRP of $100 in a game store. Here’s an example, in case this is confusing: Not to say it can’t be changed, but it’s long standing and well established. I do not know the details of other industries, but I do know that the value each link in the chain for tabletop games is fairly rigid. And also like all industries, there is some amount of negotiation between each link in that chain over the value each link deserves. Like all industries, this one has a chain from the product creator all the way to the end consumer. Let’s start with the tabletop game industry value chain without Kickstarter. Or, it dies, having been a one time print run. Indeed, Petersen Games only exists thanks to Kickstarter! But once a Kickstarter funded board game exists, it still enters the same industry as games published without Kickstarter. Why not?įirst, let’s acknowledge that in the past decade, Kickstarter has dramatically changed the tabletop game industry by lowering the main barrier to entry in this industry – capital. We currently have our Hyperspace campaign which also has a $299 level for $519 worth of stuff.īut more often than not, KS campaigns don’t quite offer that level of deep discount. ![]() My half-snide initial answer would be that sometimes we DO! Look at Planet Apocalypse we ran last year – a $299 level for over $600 worth of stuff. Since Kickstarter creators sell directly to customers (without the intermediary of distributors and retailers), why can’t they offer the game at the same price as they would to a retailer? The unasked question I’m going to answer here, is: ![]()
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