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Comment by manarth | Hacker News Reader

  It may seem unfair to take $140 million and build a $10 million game

If a film spent $10M, and turned $140M at the box office, it would be seen as a success, rather than a con. Should a game be any different?

It shouldn't be any different, however, this situation is:

    If a film spent $140M and turned $10M at the box office, it would be seen as an utter failure. Should a game be any different?

I don't think that's totally accurate. That $140M could be considered preorders, basically.

No, the post you are replying to had it correct. The $140M is people paying to have the game, that's the same as boxoffice sales.

Given that games have different funding models and expectations w/r/t release dates, yes.

Good point, except they are promising more to reach each funding goal.