OUYA's whole idea is very bad. Say you have a wealthy friend with $100.000 and just agree with him to back the project. Kickstarter gets their share, but you get almost all the money back AND another $100.000 from OUYA - without any guarantee that you have to finish the game. It's a clear call to scam the system.
I understand what OUYA was trying to accomplish, but they did not think it through. The main reason to use Kickstarter would be to attract as many PLAYERS to OUYA, and developers are insignificant here. For this to work, they should have required a minimum amount of backers per buck. For example, you would need to have at least 1000 backers, and on average not more than $50 per backer, or something like that.
Edit. Here's a nice explanation what "suspicious account" means:
"Both games, however, appear to have been backed by mysteriously fresh new Kickstarter users, which thanks to some celebrity profile icons and accompanying names look a lot like fake accounts."
OUYA's whole idea is very bad. Say you have a wealthy friend with $100.000 and just agree with him to back the project. Kickstarter gets their share, but you get almost all the money back AND another $100.000 from OUYA - without any guarantee that you have to finish the game. It's a clear call to scam the system.
I understand what OUYA was trying to accomplish, but they did not think it through. The main reason to use Kickstarter would be to attract as many PLAYERS to OUYA, and developers are insignificant here. For this to work, they should have required a minimum amount of backers per buck. For example, you would need to have at least 1000 backers, and on average not more than $50 per backer, or something like that.
Edit. Here's a nice explanation what "suspicious account" means:
"Both games, however, appear to have been backed by mysteriously fresh new Kickstarter users, which thanks to some celebrity profile icons and accompanying names look a lot like fake accounts."
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/08/kickstarter-games-accused-o...