The downside to Kickstarter is there is no checking if the project operator ever actually delivers. I've backed multiple projects that have succeeded to have nothing ever happen, no product delivered and no updates, same has happened to a friend, all on different projects, mainly creative ones. It sucks and it really puts me off using the service. A project I backed a few months ago delivered to me last month (Romo) and it was the first to ever deliver, after backing 9 in total since 2010... creative people are unreliable it seems, really put me off ever backing projects that aren't guaranteed in some way.