Fri, Apr 20, 2012 | 20:28 BST
Dutch firm Gambitious to launch Kickstarter alternative at E3
Dutch firm Gambitious plans to launch an alternative to Kickstarter during E3 in June.
The “game-specific alternative,” according to GI International, will provide investors with the opportunity to purchase share in the title which like the stick market, will provide dividends should the game be successful.
“The main difference between Gambitious and the currently popular Kickstarter is that the former does not rely on donations,” said company CEO Korstiaan Zandvliet during a keynote at the Dutch Festival of Games.
“Instead, a developer decides what percentage of the required funding people can buy. Someone who invests money in a project, becomes a shareholder and is entitled to dividends.”
The platform will launch in Europe first and then internationally once legal hurdles are overcome.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: Gambitious, Kickstarter, Korstiaan Zandvliet
3 comments
#1
thesamy
20/04/12, 9:03 pm
sound intresting and bad all in the same time.
good luck i guess…
#2
Cormac
20/04/12, 11:20 pm
I think it’s a great idea, More power to them.
#3
ejams
21/04/12, 12:38 am
It sounds like a good idea, but as Kickstarter progresses like this, won’t it just become like normal games development and publishing all over again? To me, it sounds like things could get carried away.