Games Have Exploded on Kickstarter, but Company Will Stick to Creative Projects
Games have exploded on the crowd-funding platform Kickstarter this year, increasing by 20-fold over last year, said CEO and co-founder Perry Chen. But Kickstarter will continue to focus on creative projects, despite its increasing importance for tech hardware startups.
Games have exploded on the crowd-funding platform Kickstarter this year, increasing by 20-fold over last year, said CEO and co-founder Perry Chen.
Games accounted for $3.5 million in funding in 2011 and have already driven roughly 20 times that in 2012, Chen told the audience at a GigaOm conference this morning in San Francisco.
But Kickstarter will continue to focus on creative projects, despite its increasing importance for tech hardware startups.
Film continues to be the largest funded category on the site, Chen said.
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