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NEWS: Beastmaster and Prince -Flower and Snow- Kickstarter Fails to Reach Goal

I would have backed if they were releasing a PS Vita version. I don't understand why they couldn't translate the already existing Vita version and made the stretch goal a mobile version instead.

This campaign was also seemingly unorganized and poorly advertised. It left me not wanting to give them anything.

We've carefully considered adding the creation of a Vita version as a stretch goal. However, with all the risks involved, we believe it would be wiser to focus on the Steam version first, and reconsider this idea after the game has been successfully released.

First, we've estimated the costs for the Vita version to be about as much as the whole project's current goal. We believe this is much more than we might be able to collect from the Kickstarter project.

Second, Sony's network is divided into regions, namely, North America, Europe (also including Africa and Australia), and Asia. As our goal is to release the game worldwide, we would need to enter into negotiations with Sony to get their approval for each of these regions. For a digital version on the Playstation Network, we believe it would be difficult to get their approval before this Kickstarter project ends.

For those reasons, even if we made a stretch goal for the Vita version that was successfully reached, we cannot guarantee that we can make it a reality. That is why we’ve decided not to add such a stretch goal during this campaign. Once the game has been successfully released on Steam, we would like to reconsider the creation of the Vita version.

Though I still think having the Vita version as a stretch goal, even if the stretch goal was another 200k and likely impossible to hit, would have made people more interested in backing. I would have much preferred the game on my Vita than Steam (I rarely get the time to just sit on my computer. Finding time to play a handheld here and there is much easier)

I supported this KS, but I kept getting the feeling that they had no idea as to how to run a fund raiser. They kept adding optional items and tiers even until the last few days, but the things that people were really interested in, such as signed stuff by seiyuu and whatnot, they refused to offer. When you set the amount you want to raise so high, you need to offer higher tiers. For a good chunk of the campaign, the highest tier was less than $200.

Tiers as in "if you give this much, we'll provide you with these items"?

As for signed stuff, it is possible they don't have access to that sort of thing. They might not have the clout to get autographed stuff. Then again, from what people are saying here, is it the company that made the game in Japan in the first place?

The big ones have now been funded; the VN craze is dying down for the leftovers.

Hmm, I always had the impression that it wasn't that easy to get autographed stuff. Like, I thought that the people making the Kickstarter campaign were a bunch of nobodies, so celebrities like them wouldn't give them the time of day, or their agents would be fussy and demanding or something. If it is the company that made this game, however, then they WOULD be in a position to obtain autographs, because the actors would be working for them.