[Les]

Not sure exactly what Slipball meant, I thought he was referring to the lack of backers and/or the amount pledged.

Was looking at the numbers -

$158897 Kickstarter total, divided by total amount of backers (2553) = $62.23 on average.

Number of (above the average) backers pledging $65 or more - 628. Averaging $135 per backer.

Number of (below the average) backers pledging $60 or less - 1858. Averaging $36 per backer.

So, theoretically -

If all 2553 backers had pledged the higher $135 average it would have raised about $344655.

And if all 2553 backers had pledged the lower $36 average the Kickstarter would have raised about $91908.

I guess that's just the way it is. A smaller amount of people give more, while a larger amount of people give less. And combined, they get over the line.

I think there could be a case for saying, once it's all added up, people at a certain lower pledge level shouldn't get the rewards that their total amount of pledges didn't actually reach. But it's not something I really care about personally. The low-ballers might be getting a better bargain than others, but the whole thing still would have failed without them, so...whatever.

Imo anyone who pledged less than a couple of hundred dollars is still getting a good deal. That's less than $40 per plane for five DCS:WWII planes (not including the free to play one), at least one new EDGE map to fly in, hard-copy manuals, or DCS:World planes, or other extra's. Even the higher pledge levels are still good value if you want their associated rewards.

Will be interesting to see how future fund-raising efforts go after the experience gained from this one.

Edit - Added this up from the numbers given in the individual Kickstarter rewards, but the total amount raised and total amount of backers doesn't tally with the numbers given there. Still, the same conclusions can be drawn.