Quoted from dgposter:Yeah, too bad Derek Smart wasn't in on any of Jpop's games!
For those who don't know, Derek Smart is the guy blowing the lid off of what may be the biggest video gaming and crowdfunding scandal in history (Star Citizen PC game). I read through his blogs last night and there are a lot of similarities with what Jpop has done, just at a much higher level (83 million dollars and almost 1 million backers).
Completely different situation. The CS devs update constantly, the amount of behind the scenes content they put out is staggering. There's a game you can play, right now. It is not buried in secrets and lies, they are VERY open about all of their developments, and inevitable setbacks and delays. They are smartly building it in modules so as to not bog down the whole project with all the features all at once. Unlike Jpop, the game exists in an early partial (yet enjoyable) form, you can download it, run it, play it with friends.
Try that with your Jpop game!